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Scientists Observe the Explosion of a Monster Star Requiring New Supernova Mechanism
cfa.harvard.edu • (see also)

These 54-Million-Year-Old Fly Eyes Are Preserved in Astounding Detail
vice.com

Could Restoring Soil Help Halt Climate Change?
thedailybeast.com

When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery
newyorker.com

How the Invention of Spreadsheet Software Unleashed Wall Street on the World
gizmodo.com

Where would you eat if you didn’t have long to live?
theguardian.com

Secrets and Lies in the School Cafeteria
theatlantic.com

CRISPR enters its first human clinical trials
sciencenews.org

Where America Flirted With Its Own Chernobyl
bloomberg.com

Will we ever control the world with our minds?
bbc.com

35 years ago today 37 people died when a lake exploded
damninteresting.com

Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo—here’s what went wrong
nationalgeographic.com

Photos of Woodstock 1969, on Its 50th Anniversary
theatlantic.com

Dosing time matters
science.sciencemag.org

‘I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have.’
nytimes.com

Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English language
theguardian.com

Sperm separation method may allow gender selection in IVF
theguardian.com

Scientists Discover a Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis
nytimes.com

Astronomers just quintupled the number of known repeating fast radio bursts
sciencenews.org

Does Birth Order Affect Personality?
scientificamerican.com

Study: Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet
phys.org

NASA Robots Compete Underground in DARPA Challenge
jpl.nasa.gov

The cartoonist behind the strip XKCD explains how the skies blush and why sailors care
nytimes.com

Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New Zealand
theguardian.com

Neuroscientists make major breakthrough in 200-year-old puzzle
magazine.ar.fchampalimaud.org

Long-missing, potentially dangerous asteroid finally rediscovered – and it won’t hit Earth
newatlas.com

For the Love of Orange
theparisreview.org

The French Village That Saved Hundreds Fleeing Nazi Persecution
lithub.com

America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
nytimes.com

How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars?
phys.org • (see also)

Pompeii’s Latest Find? Tiny Penises and Seduction Charms
thedailybeast.com

The Theranos Effect: When Cutting-Edge Scientists Are Frauds
lithub.com

When the Lights Went Out: On Blackouts and Terrorism
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

1961: What Germany was like when the Berlin Wall was built
dw.com • (see also)

Our Cells Are Filled With ‘Junk DNA’ — Here’s Why We Need It
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Botticelli’s Venus Was Real, and the Original Blonde Bombshell
messynessychic.com

How a ‘NULL’ License Plate Landed One Hacker in Ticket Hell
wired.com

The San Quentin prison doctor who performed over 10,000 human experiments
sfgate.com

‘Like something out of a horror movie’: Camper saves family of four from savage wolf attack
washingtonpost.com

A brief astronomical history of Saturn’s amazing rings
theconversation.com

Don’t lick sexy pavement lichen – here’s why
newsroom.co.nz • (see also)

The fashion line designed to trick surveillance cameras
theguardian.com

Used for millennia as a perfume and panacea, frankincense was once prized more than gold
bbc.com

Groundbreaking earthquake catalog may have just solved a seismic mystery
nationalgeographic.com

An Italian Volcano Turned Out to Be a Fraud
theatlantic.com

How personal letters built the possibility of a modern public
aeon.co

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.
hakaimagazine.com

Hacker site’s incriminating database published online by rival group
arstechnica.com

Meteorite strikes made life on Earth possible
phys.org

Despite Controversy, Human Studies of CRISPR Move Forward in the U.S.
scientificamerican.com

This Carnivorous Plant Invaded New York. That May Be Its Only Hope.
nytimes.com

Counterintuitive physics property found to be widespread in living organisms
phys.org

Astronomers just found a black hole so huge it makes our galaxy’s black hole look like a baby
bgr.com

Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet
theatlantic.com

The right kind of post-stroke experience can rewire the brain for long-term recovery
massivesci.com

Land of the Free: A brief history of early American nudists.
laphamsquarterly.org

Why Do People Get Goosebumps?
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Why Lightning Strikes in an Arctic Gone Bizarro
wired.com

J.D. Salinger, E-Book Holdout, Joins the Digital Revolution
nytimes.com

Franklin, the American State that Wasn’t
daily.jstor.org