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Coronavirus outbreak: Scientists explain 3 ways the epidemic could end
vox.com

A New Theory of Complex Emotions
thecut.com

For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until an unlikely hunter began digging.
magazine.atavist.com

The divers rescuing a drowning island
bbc.com • Sea also

‘All we can offer is the chain’: the scandal of Ghana’s shackled sick
theguardian.com

The fact-checker’s dilemma: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
niemanlab.org

China Pledged to Build a New Hospital in 10 Days. It’s Close.
nytimes.com

The People of Las Vegas
believermag.com

This Arctic Explorer Was One Tent Pole Away from Death
outsideonline.com

The right music playlist makes your workouts more effective, study says
us.cnn.com

We Found Missing Links in Tomato Evolution
realclearscience.com

Fossilized Tooth Captures a Pterosaur’s Failed Squid Meal
nytimes.com

Airports for the Supersonic Age
airporthistory.org

The CIA’s Infamous, Unsolved Cryptographic Puzzle Gets a ‘Final Clue’
vice.com • (see also)

Image: Apollo 14 Heads for Home
apod.nasa.gov

Scientists Are Rapidly Finding Weird Materials Older Than the Solar System on Earth
vice.com

‘It was like a movie’: the high school students who uncovered a toxic waste scandal
theguardian.com • (see also)

Virus tricked into glowing reveals entryway to cellular victim
arstechnica.com

Image: Earth’s moon in 400 megapixels
easyzoom.com • More info

The Man Who Enabled the Holocaust
thedailybeast.com

The U.S. Army Is Testing a ‘Guaranteed Hit’ Smart Scope For Its Rifles
popularmechanics.com

Exactly How Dangerous Is Football?
newyorker.com

Puffins Seen Using Tools, Breaking Dumb-Puffin Stereotypes
daily.jstor.org

We’re Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment’s Effect on Brain Health
lithub.com

An Ancient Australian Volcano Is a Haven for Giant Pink Slugs
atlasobscura.com

Image: Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
apod.nasa.gov

Toy Commercials Are Being Replaced by Something More Nefarious
theatlantic.com

Palindrome Day 20200202
blog.sumymus.de

Study: Sociable people have a higher abundance of certain types of gut bacteria and also more diverse bacteria
ox.ac.uk

Isaac Asimov’s Throwback Literary Legacy
theatlantic.com

100 years ago today researchers published the results of the infamous, disturbing ‘Little Albert’ experiment
damninteresting.com

Could Pablo Escobar’s escaped hippos help the environment?
nationalgeographic.com

‘Deaf’ genius Beethoven was able to hear his final symphony after all
theguardian.com

The Russian Conspiracy Theory That Won’t Die
theatlantic.com

On Saturn’s Moon Titan, Living Cells May Be Very Different From Ours
airspacemag.com

How did the last Neanderthals live?
bbc.com

Whatever Happened to ______ ?
longreads.com

Gallery: Interior Views of the Central Social Institution in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1937
vintag.es

British Police Seek “Rightful Owner” of The One Ring
tor.com

9,008 days
m.chicagoreader.com

Dense stars spotted twisting and dragging the spacetime continuum
newatlas.com

On this day in 1953 an extraordinary storm struck the North Sea coasts of Britain and the Netherlands
damninteresting.com

Could Phoenix survive a water crisis?
thecounter.org

No Twin Mustang Has Ever Been Restored…Until Now
airspacemag.com

They survived fire and toxic fumes. So what happened next to Notre Dame’s bees?
theguardian.com

Artificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask. That’s a Problem.
quantamagazine.org

Lost world revealed by human, Neanderthal relics washed up on North Sea beaches
sciencemag.org

Why Is Mystery Russian Spacecraft Cosmos 2542 Suddenly Stalking a U.S. Spy Satellite?
thedailybeast.com

Are Humans the Only Musical Species?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Artists Who Paint With Their Feet Have Unique Brain Patterns
smithsonianmag.com

Researchers Discover “Ghost Worms” Mostly Unchanged Since the Age of Dinosaurs, Despite 140 Million Years of Evolution
scitechdaily.com

New episode of Damn Interesting Week: Leolo
damninteresting.com

Cool Discovery Could Finally Explain Gigantic Ice Rings Found on Siberian Lake
earther.gizmodo.com

A Tiny Glass Bead Goes as Still as Nature Allows
wired.com

Russian Scientists Reveal Plans for Fusion-Fission Reactor
popularmechanics.com

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains
lithub.com

A deep dive into the Apollo Guidance Computer, and the hack that saved Apollo 14
arstechnica.com

Everyone Has Neanderthal DNA in Their Genome, New Genetic Analysis Shows
discovermagazine.com

Catching a Glimpse of a Dead Loved One on Google Street View
slate.com

After an 80-Year Quest, Scientists Have Almost Certainly Discovered Metallic Hydrogen
gizmodo.com