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Rabbit-sized deer relative, lost to science, found alive in Vietnam
newatlas.com

A will to survive might take AI to the next level
sciencenews.org

Video: ‘I modified my microscope to be able to use polarized light to illuminate my samples’ [5:52]
youtube.com

Ebola vaccine approved in Europe in landmark moment in fight against a deadly disease
statnews.com

NASA Scientists Detect Huge Thermonuclear Blast Deep in Space
sciencealert.com

In this age of never-ending technology upgrades and improvements, the “Original Swiss Army knife” is still a best-seller
qz.com

Bleach Death of Restaurant Manager Can Be Explained By The Simplest Chemical Reaction
acsh.org

The switch that saved a Moon mission from disaster
bbc.com

The Curious Flesh Eating Enzymes in Pineapple and Papaya
thespruceeats.com

There’s No Such Thing as Millennials or Boomers
bloomberg.com

How to Watch Mercury Transit the Sun Today
nytimes.com

If alien life exists in our solar system, it may look like this
nationalgeographic.com

How Elephant Poop Becomes Fancy Paper in Sri Lanka
atlasobscura.com

The 1985 race to get cherry cola onto store shelves first
cbc.ca • (see also)

Kongo Gumi: The 1,400-Year-Old Company
amusingplanet.com

Some Ships Keep Sailing Even After They’re Wrecked
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

NASA Scientist Shows Dinosaurs Roamed Earth on The Other Side of The Milky Way
sciencealert.com

NASA’s charge-dissipating paint provides a potential solution to a dusty problem
digitaltrends.com

Russia’s greatest Napoleonic reenactor was found drunk in a river with the severed arms of his lover in his backpack
washingtonpost.com

Kilometer-Long Space Tether Tests Fuel-Free Propulsion
scientificamerican.com

Survivors recount how SS Athenia steamed into disaster on first night of WW II
cbc.ca

The Most Delicious Foods That No Longer Exist
theatlantic.com

What Happens After A Whale Dies?
npr.org

The Secret Life of a Professional Statue
narratively.com

Video: Neutron Stars — The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes [8:40]
youtube.com

Marshall Islands folk artists suffer from cancers. U.S. nukes bear much of the blame
latimes.com

Mercury putting on rare show Monday, parading across the sun
apnews.com

Why the Berlin Wall rose—and how it fell
nationalgeographic.com

Could the world cope if GPS stopped working?
bbc.com

‘It was morally wrong’: the plot to abandon a man 5,000 miles from home
theguardian.com

How two centuries of slave revolts shaped American history
nationalgeographic.com

Galactic fountains and carousels: Order emerging from chaos
mpa-garching.mpg.de

Image: Saturn the Giant
apod.nasa.gov

The Lingering Trauma of Stasi Surveillance
theatlantic.com

150 years of Nature
nature.com

Police to offer first-time speeders timeout instead of fines
news.err.ee

A Prisoner Who Briefly Died Argues That He’s Served His Life Sentence
nytimes.com

China Bans Kids From Playing Games After 10 p.m., Caps Microtransaction Spending
kotaku.com

Battle-Scarred Viking Shield-Maiden Gets Facial Reconstruction for First Time
livescience.com

Gollum-Like Daddy Long-Legs Discovered in the Bowels of the Earth
gizmodo.com

Video: Most Popular Websites 1996 – 2019 [8:25]
youtube.com

World’s deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47
theconversation.com

He’s the First African American to Receive a Face Transplant. His Story Could Change Health Care
time.com

The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here
technologyreview.com

The Laser Weapon Is Really, Really Finally Here
foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com

The battle between NBC and CBS to be the first to film a Berlin Wall tunnel escape
theconversation.com

Pyongyang panorama pulls back curtain on city of mystery
theguardian.com

On this day in 1973 workers hauled away the remains of an exceptional tree
damninteresting.com

On Harriet Tubman’s Final Escape Mission
lithub.com

Edmonton paddler discovers 65-million-year-old tree stump during riverbank pee break
cbc.ca

A new way to measure gravity: Using floating atoms
phys.org

Top 4 candidates in our solar system for terraforming
bigthink.com

How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash
theguardian.com

‘Noise’ in the Brain Encodes Surprisingly Important Signals
quantamagazine.org

50 years of pickup artists: why is the toxic skill still so in demand?
theguardian.com

A ton of people received text messages overnight that were originally sent on Valentine’s Day
theverge.com

80 years ago today a German handyman (and/or time traveller) almost succeeded in assassinating Hitler
damninteresting.com

Why We Need to Map the Ocean Floor
nautil.us

‘I am scared all the time’: Chimps and people are clashing in rural Uganda
nationalgeographic.com

Thousands of rare ‘ice eggs’ found on beach in Finland
theguardian.com