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These tiny, asexual animals steal genes to make their own medicine
popsci.com

How Golden Peacocks on a Dining Room Wall Destroyed a Longstanding Friendship in Victorian Society
smithsonianmag.com

Study Pinpoints Origins of Creativity in the Brain
healthcare.utah.edu

This week: Simian sympathy, time in spacetime, fickle cuisine, and more!
damninteresting.com

Smart soil can water and feed itself
phys.org

King Kong: Behind the Scenes Photos that Show the Making of 1933’s Classic Horror
rarehistoricalphotos.com

Video: New Recipe for Pi [14:28]
youtube.com

How The Science Of Tornadoes Has Changed in the 28 Years Since ‘Twister’
inverse.com

Will physics ever explain consciousness?
irishtimes.com

What will future aerial dogfights look like?
bbc.com

Monumental Proof Settles Geometric Langlands Conjecture
quantamagazine.org

A Hidden Graveyard of 18th Century Ships Makes Hawaii’s Shipwreck Beach
discovermagazine.com

Why Scratching an Itch Feels So Good
discovermagazine.com

What it was like to spend a year in NASA’s Mars base simulation
popsci.com

A new explanation for Jupiter’s shrinking Great Red Spot
phys.org

What Are Sheaves?
quantamagazine.org

Hidden Tunnels Discovered Under 1,500-Year-Old Church in Istanbul
mymodernmet.com

How NASA and SpaceX will deorbit and destroy the ISS
newatlas.com

Is there a hottest temperature possible in the universe?
astronomy.com • (see also)

Researchers track individual neurons as they respond to words
arstechnica.com

The Art Forger Had Fooled Thousands. Then He Met Doug.
nytimes.com

Signatures of life could survive near surfaces of the moons Enceladus and Europa, NASA experiment suggests
phys.org

Video: The Untold Story of Arsenio Hall’s Late-Night Legacy [47:06]
youtube.com

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian rock
phys.org

Video: Why are scientists shooting mushrooms into space? [5:28]
youtube.com • (see also)

NASA built a Moon rover but can’t afford to get it to the launch pad
arstechnica.com

The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius Wasn’t Pompeii’s Only Killer
nytimes.com

The Man Who Created the Trade Paperback
lithub.com

Artificial placenta: A new lifeline for premature babies?
bbc.com

Folklore meets science in this search for the ‘sounds’ of the northern lights
astronomy.com • (see also)

Food, water, wifi: is this the future of humanitarian aid?
theguardian.com

Juke in the Box
daily.jstor.org

Psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks
sciencenews.org

Common blood-thinning drug neutralises cobra venom
bbc.com

The Real Story Behind the Baltimore Deaths That Inspired ‘Lady in the Lake’
smithsonianmag.com

The Odds That Aliens Exist Just Got Worse
nautil.us • (see also)

Who killed the world?
pudding.cool

Experimental Radar Technique Reveals the Composition of Titan’s Seas
universetoday.com

Glasgow nurse’s lost journal reveals World War One art therapy
bbc.com

On this day in 1917 the residents of Clipperton Island took matters into their own hands
damninteresting.com

How to reboot the Large Hadron Collider
astronomy.com

Could Citizens of This Indiana Town Have Seen a 500-Pound Turtle?
smithsonianmag.com

The Sing Sing Follies (A Maximum Security Comedy)
esquire.com

Britain Approves Lab-Grown Meat for Pet Food
nytimes.com

Defending the Planet: How NASA Supercomputers Capture Hypothetical Asteroid Impacts
nas.nasa.gov

Anti-aging drug extends life up to 25%, staves off frailty and disease
newatlas.com

When a Mammogram Misses Breast Cancer
thecut.com

Thousands of endangered bird eggs worth $500,000 seized in Australia
bbc.com

Going Postal at the Qiaopiju
daily.jstor.org

Ant Surgeons? Transatlantic Butterflies? Worms That Make Antibiotics?
slate.com • (see also)

When is the global population expected to peak? And how will we adapt?
vox.com

Strange ‘garden sprinkler’ jets are erupting from a dead vampire star
space.com

Are Artificial Sweeteners Safer Than Sugar?
nytimes.com

Ancient viral DNA in our genome not ‘junk’ but cancer ally, says study
interestingengineering.com

Where Are the World’s Most Dangerous Seas?
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Scientists are surprised by the real reason people blush
zmescience.com

One Scientist’s 96-Year-Old Wheat Goldmine Is About to Transform Agriculture
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

A Statue of a 12-Year-Old Hiroshima Victim Has Been Stolen
smithsonianmag.com

Most birds avoid hurricanes. This species chases them, scientists say.
washingtonpost.com • Without paywall

Our brains take naps while we’re awake – and wake when we’re asleep
newatlas.com