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A Vast Web of Vengeance
nytimes.com

Seeking the Truth Behind Books Bound in Human Skin
atlasobscura.com

Napoleon’s Brother Lived in N.J. Here’s What Happened to the Estate.
nytimes.com

Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control
bbc.com

Professor Avi Loeb: ‘It would be arrogant to think we’re alone in the universe’
theguardian.com

Octopuses sometimes punch fish out of spite
massivesci.com

Why is there something instead of nothing?
earthsky.org

New curio by James Holloway: A Grubby Niche
dam.mn

Apollo 14: The mission that saved the US Moon program
newatlas.com • Related video

The Ocean’s Mysterious Vitamin Deficiency
hakaimagazine.com

Satellites orbiting Earth are increasing like crazy
thenextweb.com

This Ammonite Was Fossilized Outside Its Shell
nytimes.com

Here’s How a 635 Million-Year-Old Microfossil May Have Helped Thaw ‘Snowball Earth’
sciencealert.com • (see also)

Is it possible to change a chicken’s sex before it hatches?
theguardian.com

How did a lovestruck English heiress become a notorious American criminal?
medium.com

Naked mole-rats ‘speak’ in different ‘languages’ just like humans, study shows
studyfinds.org • (see also)

Some Plants Use Stickiness to Fend off Hungry Insects
daily.jstor.org

On this day in 1953 a storm of extreme severity struck the North Sea coasts of Britain and the Netherlands
damninteresting.com

Quad Gods: The world-class gamers who play with their mouths
bbc.com

A Quarter of Known Bee Species Haven’t Been Seen Since 1990
wired.com

How NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover will make the most difficult landing ever attempted on the red planet
cbsnews.com

Regular afternoon naps linked to improved cognitive function
sciencefocus.com

On this day in 1962 a ‘laughter epidemic’ broke out in the Republic of Tanganyika
damninteresting.com

Diamond stays strong under highest pressure ever achieved in the lab
newatlas.com

How Africa’s largest city is staying afloat
bbc.com

Researchers Turned a Venus Flytrap Into a Robotic Gripper
gizmodo.com

Are Children “Persons”?
daily.jstor.org

Experimental planetary radar captures incredible high-res Moon images
newatlas.com

Video: ‘I was taken from my home and raised as a “nice Jewish girl,” but I’m Indigenous’ [12:48]
youtube.com

‘Charming’ D.B. Cooper suspect Sheridan Peterson dies at 94, spent years dedicated to political causes
oregonlive.com

Cool: Six-star system found. Cooler: Made of three binaries. Coolest: *Eclipsing* binaries.
syfy.com

‘Find of the century’: medieval hoard of treasures unearthed in Cambridge
theguardian.com

Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Royal Family Documentary Banned by the Queen Resurfaces on YouTube
gizmodo.com • Video (for now)

The country rejecting throwaway culture
bbc.com

This week: Silent velcro, Mona Lisa on the run, butterfly applause, and more
damninteresting.com

Say goodbye to Earth’s mini-moon on February 1 and 2
earthsky.org

1st Private Crew Will Visit Space Station. The Price Tag: $55 Million Each
npr.org

Box seat: scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo
theguardian.com

The Uncensored Guide To ‘Oumuamua, Aliens, And That Harvard Astronomer
forbes.com

What can we learn from the secret habits of genius?
aeon.co

How Useful Is Recycling, Really?
theatlantic.com

The roller-skating revolution swept the world in the 1800s
nationalgeographic.com

Lunar cycle has distinct effect on sleep, study suggests
theguardian.com

The Incredible Story Of The Africar
silodrome.com

The True Story of Jess Krug, the White Professor Who Posed as Black for Years
washingtonian.com

The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust
theatlantic.com

Video: What are these electric blue ponds in the middle of the Utah desert? [19:23]
youtube.com

150 Years Ago Brooklyn Renumbered All Its Streets. It Was a Disaster.
nytimes.com

Has science solved the Dyatlov Pass incident, one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries?
nationalgeographic.com

Send This to Anyone Who Wants to Know WTF Is Up With GameStop Stock
vice.com

Cops Disrupt Emotet, the Internet’s ‘Most Dangerous Malware’
wired.com

Soap bubble freezes into an iridescent snow globe in cool new video
livescience.com

Want to Get Out Alive? Follow the Ants
nautil.us

‘Unicorn’ Discovery Points to a New Population of Black Holes
quantamagazine.org

Cash injection: could we cure all disease with a trillion dollars?
theguardian.com

Video: The phony health craze that inspired hypnotism [9:08]
youtube.com • (see also)

Who’s Making All Those Scam Calls?
nytimes.com

Exoplanet system discovered with strange balance of order and disorder
newatlas.com

‘Black resistance endured’: paying tribute to civil war soldiers of color
theguardian.com