Printed from https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/?after=36622

AI made from a sheet of glass can recognise numbers just by looking
newscientist.com

First Moon landing was nearly a US–Soviet mission
nature.com

Gallery: UNESCO Adds 29 New World Heritage Sites to Its List of Landmarks
afar.com

Why Dogs Now Play a Big Role in Human Cancer Research
wired.com

Egypt Opens Ancient Pyramids for First Time Since 1960s
bloomberg.com

Brain implant restores partial vision to blind people
theguardian.com

Powerful X-ray telescope launches to map cosmos
bbc.com

Why New Zealanders Love DIY Coffins
theatlantic.com

Bats regurgitate nectar for their babies—a new discovery
nationalgeographic.com

Half a million people signed up to storm Area 51. What happens if they actually show up?
thestar.com

Would you drink camel milk?
bbc.com

Found: 15 Wallets From the 1940s, Stolen and Stashed Behind a Bathroom Wall
atlasobscura.com

Alien moon likely seen forming in first-of-its-kind picture
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

Skyfall: How America’s First Space Station Returned to Earth
saturdayeveningpost.com

Pair of supermassive black holes discovered on a collision course
eurekalert.org

The US land forever leased to England
bbc.com

Superstrong artificial muscle can lift 1000 times its own weight
newscientist.com

The sticky problem of plastic wrap
nationalgeographic.com

How sounds, shapes, speech and body movements convey emotion through one shared property
eurekalert.org

Why Siberia Drives on the Wrong Side of the Road
jalopnik.com

The rise of the ‘vanlords’: renting out parked vans as living spaces in California
smdp.com

30 Years Later, a Sunken Soviet Sub Is Still Leaking Radioactivity
popularmechanics.com

Surveillance Cameras Debunk the Bystander Effect
citylab.com

These Photos Reveal the Pollination Secrets of Florida’s Most Elusive Flower
audubon.org

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Mirrors
longreads.com

The College That Became a Prison
theatlantic.com

The 25-billion-dollar gamble
bbc.com

Video: Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? We Found Them [10:50]
nytimes.com

Generalise, don’t specialise: why focusing too narrowly is bad for us
theguardian.com

Found: A Seditious Cufflink From the Colonial Resistance Wardrobe
atlasobscura.com

Reckoning With My Mother’s Kidnapping
gay.medium.com

The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway
nytimes.com

Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2: Second touchdown on asteroid Ryugu
dw.com • More images

How a Volunteer Firefighter Became a Serial Arsonist
vice.com

Why Men Thought Women Weren’t Made to Vote
theatlantic.com

The Neural Similarities Between Remembering and Imagining
nautil.us

The Myth of Blubber Town, an Arctic Metropolis
publicdomainreview.org

NASA shuts off systems on Voyager 2, saving power for long haul into interstellar space
astronomy.com

The Torturous History of the Treadmill
thewirecutter.com

On this day in 1897 a trio of explorers set out for the north pole in a balloon
damninteresting.com

When self-deception becomes global hoax
wellcomecollection.org

The Tow Truck Turf War and the Driver Left for Dead
narratively.com

The Computer Maverick Who Modeled the Evolution of Life
nautil.us • (see also)

How Swarming Insects Act Like Fluids
quantamagazine.org

‘State capture’: the corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa
theguardian.com

A Skull Bone Discovered in Greece May Alter the Story of Human Prehistory
nytimes.com

Capturing heat wasted in solar panels for use in distilling clean drinking water
techxplore.com

Earth Has WAY More Gold Than the Moon and Here’s Why
space.com

A Deadly Himalayan Avalanche Hit 8 Climbers. One Was Filming.
nytimes.com

Killed for spying: The story of the first factory
bbc.com

Straight arms or bent? For walking, it’s clear. For running, less so
theguardian.com

Does the North Pole belong to Canada?
qz.com

Inside the head of a killer: Imaging study uncovers unique brain abnormalities in murderers
newatlas.com

Most widespread wildlife crime raid ever sweeps across more than 100 countries
nationalgeographic.com

How a vaccinated woman’s death exposes the threat of anti-vaxxers
theguardian.com

Python Swallows Crocodile Whole. Photographer Captures Every Last, Grisly ‘Bite.’
livescience.com

These Sisters will make your Evil Siblings look like Angels
messynessychic.com

Should the Moon Landing Site Be a National Historic Landmark?
daily.jstor.org

Could our efforts to avoid anxiety only be making it worse?
washingtonpost.com

Video: 4000 Exoplanets
youtube.com