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We Need a New Science of Progress
theatlantic.com

The Sahara buried this ancient Roman city—preserving it for centuries
nationalgeographic.com

‘Mind-reading’ may help those who cannot speak
cosmosmagazine.com

All spent nuclear fuel in the U.S. will soon end up in one place
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

Brain scans of incarcerated men reveal reduced gray matter in homicide offenders
news.uchicago.edu

Letters of the Damned: Exorcising the Curse of the Petrified Forest
collectorsweekly.com

The Maid Who Mapped the Heavens
narratively.com

Researchers model unihemispheric sleep in humans
phys.org

On Hitler’s Last Desperate Plan to Destroy Paris
lithub.com

The Good Kind of Crazy: The Quest for Exotic Propulsion
scientificamerican.com

Murder in the Moroccan Mountains
outsideonline.com

Researchers build artificial cells that sense and respond to their environment
phys.org

A Brief and Awful History of the Lobotomy
lithub.com

Everything We Know About the Air Force’s Secret X-37B Spaceplane
popularmechanics.com

The VR illusion that makes you think you have a spider’s body
technologyreview.com

Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax
techcrunch.com

How the sound in your office affects your mood
bbc.com

The business of sleep
gq-magazine.co.uk

Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds
sci-news.com

A Cultural History of First Words
theparisreview.org

Potosí: the mountain of silver that was the first global city
aeon.co

Boar wars: how wild hogs are trashing European cities
theguardian.com

Ancient Mars tsunami hints at surprisingly wet world
astronomy.com

The forgotten ‘wolf children’ of World War II
nationalgeographic.com

A Photo Trip to Bagan, Myanmar
theatlantic.com

Reconsidering the other historic event that took place during the moon landing
harpers.org

The Invention of Money
newyorker.com

Sun’s Puzzling Plasma Recreated in a Laboratory
quantamagazine.org

What is a fogbow?
earthsky.org

Mysterious Radiation Cloud Over Europe Traced to Secret Russian Nuclear Accident
livescience.com • (see also)

The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.)
nytimes.com

Australia’s Mouse Plagues
amusingplanet.com

Discovery of 3 Exoplanets in a System Just 73 Light-Years Away Has Scientists Excited
sciencealert.com

Why Do People Faint?
daily.jstor.org

The Bizarre, Peaty Science of Arctic Wildfires
wired.com

These gut bacteria prevent mice from becoming obese—what could that mean for us?
medicalxpress.com

The Elite Club That Rules the Diamond World Is Starting to Crack
bloomberg.com

Today Is Not 24 Hours Long
forbes.com

A Recession Is Coming (Eventually). Here’s Where You’ll See It First.
nytimes.com

Stanford physicists count sound particles with quantum microphone
news.stanford.edu

‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier
theguardian.com

Video: Tiny Bombs in your Blood – The Complement System
youtube.com

It’s time to highlight our fungus friends in our microbiomes
massivesci.com

The ‘Red Spy Queen’ Who Shocked America—and the Soviets
thedailybeast.com

Ffordd Pen Llech: The World’s New Steepest Street
amusingplanet.com

Quantum Darwinism Could Explain What Makes Reality Real
wired.com

‘Who do you think they’re going to believe?’: Violinist Lara St. John says she was abused, silenced at elite Curtis Institute
inquirer.com

On this day in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building
damninteresting.com

Canada’s forgotten rainforest
thenarwhal.ca

Researchers Reveal That Anonymized Data Is Easy To Reverse Engineer
gizmodo.com

Knowing more about how sneeze droplets spray can help prevent disease
massivesci.com

“World’s smartest dog”, a Border collie trained to recognize over 1,000 nouns, has died at age 15
nytimes.com

John DeLorean Reinvented The Dream Car. Then He Totaled It.
forbes.com

Mapping the Effects of the Great 1960s ‘Freeway Revolts’
citylab.com

Video: Giant swarm of grasshoppers takes over Las Vegas
nytimes.com

How to map the brain
nature.com

Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards
theatlantic.com

Greed, betrayal and medical misconduct at North York General
torontolife.com

The forgotten part of memory
nature.com

‘Roman Biro’ – complete with joke – found at London building site
theguardian.com