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18 February 2020

The Pros and Cons of a Lunar Pit Stop

theatlantic.com • (see also)

Is a world without trash possible?

nationalgeographic.com

Everyone loved George Washington, until he became president

washingtonpost.com • (see also)

For Science in the Courts, the Daubert Name Looms Large

undark.org

Our Swollen Sun Will Someday Shatter Everything in the Asteroid Belt

popularmechanics.com

17 February 2020

So What Were UFO Sightings like in the Really Old Days?

messynessychic.com

The Japanese village that eats wasps

bbc.com

How dinosaur blood vessels are preserved through the ages

phys.org

What’s the World’s Worst Smell?

nytimes.com

YouTube at 15: what happened to some of the platform’s biggest early stars?

theguardian.com

The radical moral implications of luck in human life

vox.com

The Secret behind 575 Wandsworth Road

messynessychic.com

Fossil Eggshells Suggest All Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded

discovermagazine.com

Lise Meitner Helped Discover Nuclear Fission—and Was Then Forgotten

thedailybeast.com

Why Fire Is the Greatest Tool of All Time

popularmechanics.com

‘They’ve abandoned us’: Srebrenica survivors still living in camps

theguardian.com

Did the CIA’s Dr. Frank Olson Jump to His Death or Was He Pushed?

thedailybeast.com

Could Gravitational Waves Ever Cause Damage On Earth?

forbes.com

Think the US is more polarized than ever? You don’t know history

theconversation.com

Is Coffee Good for You?

nytimes.com

Meet the Sulfur Miners Risking Their Lives Inside a Volcano

wired.com

Hell-on-Sea: how a drugs gang took over a sleepy Devon town

theguardian.com

Mudlarks scour the Thames to uncover 2,000 years of secrets

thestar.com

Ghost ship washes ashore in Ireland after more than a year at sea

theguardian.com • (see also)

Preparing For The End Of The World, On A Budget

npr.org

The Man Behind the Counter

bittersoutherner.com

Archaeologists Have Long Sought — But Never Found — The Very First Wheel

discovermagazine.com

Virtual Nuclear Weapons Design and the Blur of Reality

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

16 February 2020

The Fairey Rotodyne, the vertical take off and landing airliner time forgot

arstechnica.com

Supersymmetry is super-awesome. Here’s what it means for particle physics.

space.com

Why DNA tests are suddenly unpopular

vox.com

The fastest way to heat certain materials may be to cool them first

sciencenews.org

Chasing Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’

latimes.com

Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients

theconversation.com

How 1920s Catholic Students Fought the Ku Klux Klan

daily.jstor.org

When Betelgeuse goes supernova, what will it look like from Earth?

astronomy.com

The fraught future of recycling

axios.com

It Turns Out Rust Is… a Great Shield for Deadly Space Radiation

futurism.com

The Surprising 18th-Century Origins of Fan Fiction

theatlantic.com

14 February 2020

The Map of Mathematics

quantamagazine.org

Very few infants seem to be getting sick with the new coronavirus

sciencenews.org

The Quantified Employee: How Companies Use Tech to Track Workers

pcmag.com

Betelgeuse is Dimming and Changing Shape, New Image of Its Surface Reveals

discovermagazine.com

The Cascading Consequences of the Worst Disease Ever

theatlantic.com

What Abu Dhabi’s City of the Future Looks Like Now

citylab.com

‘The first thing people usually want to know is what getting stabbed feels like.’

medium.com

Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time.

washingtonpost.com • (see also)

Inside the Pentagon’s Secret UFO Program

popularmechanics.com

A History of Hating the Rich

saturdayeveningpost.com

Is love just a fleeting chemical high in the brain?

bbc.com

A Former Border Agent, at Risk of Deportation

theatlantic.com

Want Unlimited Clean Energy? Just Drill the World’s Hottest Well

wired.com • (see also)

This is the most violent object in the solar system

livescience.com

Amish Hackers

kk.org

New episode of Damn Interesting Week!: Think About the Tuvaluans

damninteresting.com

The clever glass box that reshaped the world

bbc.com

These 20 women were trailblazing explorers—why did history forget them?

nationalgeographic.com

France’s Deadly Seaweed

hakaimagazine.com

History’s Weirdest Aphrodisiacs And Love Potions

historyextra.com

Engineers Just Built an Impressively Stable Quantum Silicon Chip From Artificial Atoms

sciencealert.com

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The Pros and Cons of a Lunar Pit Stop

Is a world without trash possible?

Everyone loved George Washington, until he became president

For Science in the Courts, the Daubert Name Looms Large

Our Swollen Sun Will Someday Shatter Everything in the Asteroid Belt

So What Were UFO Sightings like in the Really Old Days?

The Japanese village that eats wasps

How dinosaur blood vessels are preserved through the ages

What’s the World’s Worst Smell?

YouTube at 15: what happened to some of the platform’s biggest early stars?

The radical moral implications of luck in human life

The Secret behind 575 Wandsworth Road

Fossil Eggshells Suggest All Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded

Lise Meitner Helped Discover Nuclear Fission—and Was Then Forgotten

Why Fire Is the Greatest Tool of All Time

‘They’ve abandoned us’: Srebrenica survivors still living in camps

Did the CIA’s Dr. Frank Olson Jump to His Death or Was He Pushed?

Could Gravitational Waves Ever Cause Damage On Earth?

Think the US is more polarized than ever? You don’t know history

Is Coffee Good for You?

Meet the Sulfur Miners Risking Their Lives Inside a Volcano

Hell-on-Sea: how a drugs gang took over a sleepy Devon town

Mudlarks scour the Thames to uncover 2,000 years of secrets

Ghost ship washes ashore in Ireland after more than a year at sea

Preparing For The End Of The World, On A Budget

The Man Behind the Counter

Archaeologists Have Long Sought — But Never Found — The Very First Wheel

Virtual Nuclear Weapons Design and the Blur of Reality

The Fairey Rotodyne, the vertical take off and landing airliner time forgot

Supersymmetry is super-awesome. Here’s what it means for particle physics.

Why DNA tests are suddenly unpopular

The fastest way to heat certain materials may be to cool them first

Chasing Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’

Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients

How 1920s Catholic Students Fought the Ku Klux Klan

When Betelgeuse goes supernova, what will it look like from Earth?

The fraught future of recycling

It Turns Out Rust Is… a Great Shield for Deadly Space Radiation

The Surprising 18th-Century Origins of Fan Fiction

The Map of Mathematics

Very few infants seem to be getting sick with the new coronavirus

The Quantified Employee: How Companies Use Tech to Track Workers

Betelgeuse is Dimming and Changing Shape, New Image of Its Surface Reveals

The Cascading Consequences of the Worst Disease Ever

What Abu Dhabi’s City of the Future Looks Like Now

‘The first thing people usually want to know is what getting stabbed feels like.’

Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time.

Inside the Pentagon’s Secret UFO Program

A History of Hating the Rich

Is love just a fleeting chemical high in the brain?

A Former Border Agent, at Risk of Deportation

Want Unlimited Clean Energy? Just Drill the World’s Hottest Well

This is the most violent object in the solar system

Amish Hackers

New episode of Damn Interesting Week!: Think About the Tuvaluans

The clever glass box that reshaped the world

These 20 women were trailblazing explorers—why did history forget them?

France’s Deadly Seaweed

History’s Weirdest Aphrodisiacs And Love Potions

Engineers Just Built an Impressively Stable Quantum Silicon Chip From Artificial Atoms

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