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The Chemical Origins of Life: What Is Life? And Will We Find It on Other Planets?
scitechdaily.com

A Physicist and a YouTuber Made a $10,000 Bet Over the Laws of Physics
vice.com

Mathematicians Prove 2D Version of Quantum Gravity Really Works
quantamagazine.org

Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
theguardian.com

How Blue Animals Color Themselves With Nanostructures
quantamagazine.org

Is the Universe Open-Ended?
nautil.us

Inside the mind of a murderer: the power and limits of forensic psychiatry
theguardian.com

These Brittle Stars Have Thousands of ‘Pig Snouts’ on Each Arm
nytimes.com

Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas
atlasobscura.com

The Rise and Fall of an American Tech Giant
theatlantic.com

Video: Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming [18:12]
youtube.com

When Graphs Are a Matter of Life and Death
newyorker.com

Gallery: The Last Images From Doomed Space Probes
gizmodo.com

Antidepressants leaking into waterways could make crayfish bolder
newscientist.com

Video: The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment [17:16]
youtube.com

Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues
theconversation.com

Image: A crater in the CO2 ice near the north pole of Mars (from NASA HiRISE)
damninteresting.com

The Mystery of Betelgeuse’s Weird Dimming Is Likely Solved
gizmodo.com

ALMA discovers earliest gigantic black hole storm
eurekalert.org

Decades After Mysteriously Drowning, Pecos Jane Has a Name
texasmonthly.com

Aliens Wouldn’t Need Warp Drives to Take Over an Entire Galaxy, Simulation Suggests
gizmodo.com

Overtime in Vancouver: An oral history of the 2011 Stanley Cup riot
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Victorian Science’s Great Unsolved Murder Mystery
theatlantic.com

Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study
phys.org

Bridge made of string: Peruvians weave 500-year-old Incan crossing back into place
theguardian.com

Domestic cats fall for the same visual illusions as we do
massivesci.com

How scientists are using cosmic radiation to peek inside the pyramids
sciencefocus.com

How Solid-state Battery Technology Will Change the World
interestingengineering.com

Soaking up the sun: Artificial photosynthesis promises clean, sustainable source of energy
techxplore.com

A DNA-based storage system with files and metadata
arstechnica.com

Video: The Psychic Spot Disappearance [18:37]
youtube.com

Scientists publish the first 3D map of the heliosphere — the final boundary between our system and interstellar space
zmescience.com

How a publicity stunt created an online social network in the 1980s
sciencefocus.com

Scientists Discover a New Plant Organ
smithsonianmag.com

The Navy’s Railgun Is Finally Dead
popularmechanics.com

Do You Have an Inner Voice? Science Can’t Agree If Everyone Does
discovermagazine.com

What the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens Can Teach Us About Real-Time Disasters
lithub.com

Israeli Archaeologists Find Whole 1,000-year-old Egg – and Accidentally Break It
haaretz.com

California’s drought may have helped solve the mystery of a 1965 plane crash
theguardian.com

A Strangely Comforting Finding About Alien Rain
theatlantic.com

Video: The Day the Dinosaurs Died [12:01]
youtube.com

Why People Fall For Conspiracy Theories
fivethirtyeight.com

Searching for City Lights on Other Planets
scientificamerican.com

Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird
phys.org

Earth’s lopsided core? Strangeness in our planet’s interior
earthsky.org

Most planets on tilted orbits pass over the poles of their suns
sciencenews.org

Mushballs and a Great Blue Spot: What Lies Beneath Jupiter’s Pretty Clouds
nytimes.com

Don Huckstep thought he’d found love in his hometown of Fowler, Indiana. But when Teresa Jarding vanished, it foreshadowed a series of bizarre discoveries.
indianapolismonthly.com

Ties Run Deep Between Disney and Space Exploration
supercluster.com

Popcorn perfection? Study reveals the secrets to popping every kernel
studyfinds.org

A (Small) Pre-Emptive Strike Against the Doomsday Asteroid
airspacemag.com

Video: The sharks that hunt in forests [5:38]
youtube.com

Ancient poop analysis reveals extinct species of bacteria
massivesci.com

Vast Strands In the Cosmic Web That Connects the Universe Are Spinning, Scientists Find
vice.com

Magawa, the Explosives-Sniffing Rat Who Uncovered 71 Land Mines, Retires
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

NASA is returning to Venus to learn how it became a hot poisonous wasteland – and whether the planet was ever habitable in the past
theconversation.com

Extraordinary new material shows zero heat expansion from 4 to 1,400 K
newatlas.com

Scientists Produce Healthy Mice From Sperm Kept in Space for Nearly 6 Years
gizmodo.com

The Deep Roots of the Vegetable That ‘Took Over the World’
atlasobscura.com

‘Crazy Worms’ Threaten America’s Trees And Maple Syrup
npr.org