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101 years ago today a massive molasses storage tank burst, flooding the streets of Boston with sticky goo
damninteresting.com

An emotionally intelligent AI could support astronauts on a trip to Mars
technologyreview.com

‘Fritz The Cat,’ [1972] The Infamous X-Rated Cartoon That Grossed $90 Million
decider.com • (see also)

Fewer than 200 Wollemi Pine trees are left in the wild, Australian firefighters just saved them
smh.com.au

New diesel scandal hits European car industry
rte.ie

How Viruses Secretly Control the Planet
insidescience.org

Secrets of ‘1,000-year-old trees’ unlocked
bbc.com

Man requests sword fight with ex-wife and lawyer to settle legal dispute
theguardian.com

The first official transport to Auschwitz brought 999 young women. This is their story.
nationalgeographic.com

Winners of the 2019 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Neural Dendrites Reveal Their Computational Power
quantamagazine.org

What kind of data is my new car collecting about me? Nearly everything it can, apparently
theglobeandmail.com

‘The True Crime Story That Changed My Life’
crimereads.com

Scientists Find an Explanation for Powerful Gamma-Ray Bursts: Binary Stars
discovermagazine.com

Peyronie’s disease: the penis condition that affects one in 10 men
theguardian.com

‘The Irishman’ tells us who killed Jimmy Hoffa. A lawyer with a secret trove of documents says the movie got it wrong.
washingtonpost.com

Will the skyscrapers of the future be made out of wood?
nationalgeographic.com

Navigating disability in the kitchen is all about finding the right adaptations
thetakeout.com

Man Admits To Murdering Investigative Journalist, A Crime That Rocked Slovakia
npr.org

‘My decade as a fugitive’: ‘I felt I could be killed at any moment’
theguardian.com

The shipwreck that forever changed South Africa
bbc.com

For Better Brain Health, Preserve Your Hearing
nytimes.com

The risky plan to haul minerals from a mine in the Alaska wilderness
nationalgeographic.com

MDMA researcher is fixing the bad science that sent him to prison
theverge.com

Cosmic Bubbles Reveal the First Stars
nationalastro.org

Photos: The Eruption of Taal Volcano in the Philippines
theatlantic.com

Scientists Found Ancient, Never-Before-Seen Viruses in a Glacier
vice.com

Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body
media.uzh.ch

The fall of the god of cars
bbc.co.uk

The post-war adverts that tried to cure lonely women
wellcomecollection.org

If you could choose, what would make for a good death?
aeon.co

How Far Can Abused Women Go to Protect Themselves?
newyorker.com

The discovery of a legendary shipwreck has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other
hakaimagazine.com

How Insects Cope When Blood Rushes to Their Heads
nytimes.com

A Mars sample-return mission is coming. Scientists want the public to know what to expect.
space.com

Same screen, different message: Delta trials Parallel Reality display
newatlas.com

How the solar system got its ‘Great Divide,’ and why it matters for life on Earth
phys.org

NASA May Have Found the Goldilocks Planet of Goldilocks Planets: TOI 700 d
time.com

Why are there seven days in a week?
theconversation.com

The D-I-Y Fallout Shelter
daily.jstor.org

Meet Xenobot, an Eerie New Kind of Programmable Organism
wired.com

Video: LEGO Bricks In The Making [08:32]
youtube.com

Scientists Find Meteorite Pieces That Are Older Than The Solar System
discovermagazine.com

Nasa is preparing to launch its most ambitious Mars mission ever
wired.co.uk

Dating apps need women. Advertisers need diversity. AI companies offer a solution: Fake people
washingtonpost.com

How 200 historic Hollywood backdrops were saved from the dumpster
latimes.com

Taxonomania: An Incomplete Catalog of Invented Species, From the Pop-Eyed Frog to the Loch Ness Monster
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

14th-Century Illustration of Venice Is the Oldest Found Yet
smithsonianmag.com

The people trying to save scents from extinction
bbc.com

The Bizarre Bank Robbery That Shook an Arctic Town
outsideonline.com

The Trouble with Crime Statistics
newyorker.com

The Day That Never Happened
npr.org

Does A Time-Stopping Paradox Prevent Black Holes From Growing?
forbes.com

Finding images in prime numbers
futilitycloset.com • Original in French

Biologists identify pathways that extend lifespan by 500% [in nematode worms]
phys.org

Toyota will transform a 175-acre site in Japan into a ‘prototype city of the future’
theverge.com

The gates of hell: Auschwitz 75 years on
theguardian.com

These Photos Capture the World’s Sewer Systems When They Were Brand New
smithsonianmag.com

The Horsewomen of the Belle Époque
theparisreview.org

The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change
newyorker.com