Printed from https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/?before=40684

Struggling Americans are haunted by zombie debt
theguardian.com

Astronomers Zoom in on a Galaxy 9 Billion Light-years Away Thanks to Gravitational Lensing
blogs.discovermagazine.com

How the US census kickstarted America’s computing industry
theconversation.com

Listen to an Underwater Volcano Burp 750-Foot Bubbles
wired.com • (see also)

Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster of Being a Science Writer
theopennotebook.com

The World’s First Skyscraper
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk
lithub.com

A British family on vacation accidentally drove into the U.S. They’ve spent days detained with their 3-month-old baby.
washingtonpost.com

Ice patch archeologists are racing against the clock to find ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change
gen.medium.com

Study reveals how mucus tames microbes
news.mit.edu

UK to deport academic to Democratic Republic of Congo – which she has never visited
theguardian.com

Is it wrong to keep octopuses in captivity?
nationalgeographic.com

The Mystery of Moon Water
theatlantic.com

Until the 17th century, high heels were mainly worn by men
1843magazine.com • (see also)

What it feels like to swim in sub-zero waters
1843magazine.com

Life after Life: Why parole in America in just another prison
harpers.org

How Randomness Can Arise From Determinism
quantamagazine.org

The Day the Native Americans Drove the KKK Out of Town
narratively.com

They lived on the porous border between haves and have-nots. They died in a double murder-suicide
latimes.com

‘The FBI Lost Our Son’
msn.com

Meet the wounded veteran who got a penis transplant
technologyreview.com

Massive, AI-Powered Robots Are 3D-Printing Entire Rockets
wired.com

The hunt for Asia’s El Chapo
reuters.com

The Wall Street Crash: the day the bubble burst
historyextra.com • (see also)

Unraveling the mystery of a stack of WWII love letters
washingtonpost.com

Scientists Speed Up Yeast Evolution to Create All New Alcohol
realclearscience.com

Ghost Towers: The view from Iran’s housing crisis
newyorker.com

The galaxy might be full of micro-machines
cosmosmagazine.com • (see also)

China Built a Flying Saucer
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Violent flaring revealed at the heart of a black hole system
southampton.ac.uk

How Columbus, of all people, became a national symbol
theconversation.com

Is the Equal Sign Overrated? Mathematicians Hash It Out
wired.com

Warp speeds in ‘Star Trek’ are achingly slow, and a simple animation by a former NASA scientist proves it
businessinsider.com

165 years ago today the Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty was signed in Nagasaki
damninteresting.com

The mysterious life of an African samurai
bbc.com

‘The smell will knock you off your feet’: mass mussel die-offs baffle scientists
theguardian.com

Five Reasons the Diet Soda Myth Won’t Die
nytimes.com • (see also)

How Yogurt Science Accidentally Revolutionized Gene Editing
theatlantic.com

How Southwest Pilot Tammie Jo Shults Landed Fatal Flight 1380
elle.com

The Twitch That Helps Your Intestines Grow
nytimes.com

He befriended the ashes of a Vietnam veteran. Now he has to let him go.
tampabay.com

How the Universe Stopped Making Sense
livescience.com

Who Owns the Arctic?
livescience.com • (see also)

Why Do We Have Eyelashes? New Study Says It’s to Keep Our Eyes Moist
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Death under the black mountain: surviving the 1966 Aberfan disaster
historyextra.com

Disposable Ships
amusingplanet.com

Monocles Were Never Cool
theatlantic.com

In the rush to harvest body parts, death investigations have been upended
latimes.com • (see also)

Video: What if We Nuke a City? [8:55]
youtube.com • (see also)

Fatal Familial Insomnia: The Disease That Kills By Stealing Sleep
blogs.discovermagazine.com • (see also)

The WW2 obsession: why the world can’t move on from 1945
historyextra.com

To try to understand the youths, researchers snooped through their trash
arstechnica.com

How to Glue Yourself to a Plane, According to Science
popularmechanics.com

How to Get Away With Murder
jezebel.com

The Billion-Dollar High-Speed Internet Scam
bloomberg.com • (see also)

Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
bbc.com

Quantum computing may be closer than expected with ‘game changer’ discovery
inverse.com

Japan hit by biggest typhoon in decades
bbc.com • (see also)

Eliud Kipchoge makes history by running sub two-hour marathon
theguardian.com

How Italians Became ‘White’
nytimes.com