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Video: The World’s Tallest Water Slide Was a Terrible, Tragic Idea
youtube.com

‘Evil-Genius’ Neutrino Gun Could Finally Unmask the Tiniest Particles in the Universe
livescience.com

Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
washingtonpost.com

Wildfires in Canada are burning down forests of mushrooms
massivesci.com

What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease?
technologyreview.com

The Chrysler Air Raid Siren Was So Powerful it Could Induce Rain
amusingplanet.com

Alt-Meat Trounces Animal Meat’s Massive Inefficiencies
wired.com

He went to jail as a fake doctor. Now he’s a real one
latimes.com

The Nazi book of anatomy still used by surgeons
bbc.com

The Uncounted Dead of Duterte’s Drug War
theatlantic.com

Left-Handed People Are Being Unnecessarily Excluded From Neuroimaging Research, Study Finds
digest.bps.org.uk

The Uneasy Alliance Between Aluminum and Warfare
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Cold War sailor’s 50-year-old message in a bottle found in Alaska
theguardian.com • More info

Photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was regulated
insider.com

The Manson Family’s Youngest Member Tells All: ‘If He Could Kill Strangers, He Could Kill Me’
thedailybeast.com

Aeroplankton: The Life in the Air We Breathe
daily.jstor.org

Is crying truly cathartic?
bbc.com

Looks Like We Have a New State of Matter
popularmechanics.com

Trauma Counselors Were Pressured to Divulge Confidential Information About Facebook Moderators, Internal Letter Claims
theintercept.com

The Barbaric History of Sugar in America
nytimes.com

How a new alphabet is helping the Fulani people write its own future
news.microsoft.com

A Woman Lived with a ‘Twin’ Inside Her for 17 Years Without Knowing
gizmodo.com

The Completely Reasonable Reason People Are Flying With Mini Horses
nytimes.com • (see also)

Take an epic road trip to Tennessee’s coolest caverns
nationalgeographic.com

Video: A smart phone from 1984 – The STC Executel
youtube.com

How Mediaeval Husbands Chastised Wives Who Talked Too Much
amusingplanet.com

On the Hunt for National Treasures With America’s Archive Detective
atlasobscura.com

Lincoln’s spies: Elizabeth Van Lew, southern sexism and the winning of a secret war
theguardian.com

The Young Man and the Sea Sponge
longreads.com

Actually, Gender-Neutral Pronouns Can Change a Culture
wired.com

‘Plastic recycling is a myth’: what really happens to your rubbish?
theguardian.com

In the Santa Barbara Channel, an underwater sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart
latimes.com

Humans Migrated to Mongolia Much Earlier Than Previously Believed
ucdavis.edu

Astronomers probably just saw a black hole swallow a dead star
nationalgeographic.com

What Fossils Alone Can’t Explain About Dinosaurs
theatlantic.com

Astronomy photo taken in 1901: The Orion Nebula
apod.nasa.gov

Sega Genesis at 30: the console that made the modern games industry
theguardian.com

A Tissue Sample From 1966 Held Traces of Early HIV
theatlantic.com

Why are people still dying from Legionnaires’ disease?
theconversation.com

This mighty river courses through a troubled history
nationalgeographic.com

Rolled over: why did married couples stop sleeping in twin beds?
theguardian.com

Math Is As Beautiful As Art (And there’s math to prove it)
popularmechanics.com

A Weather Station Above the Arctic Circle Hit 94.6 Degrees Fahrenheit (34.8º C)
earther.gizmodo.com

The Lost City of Heracleion
daily.jstor.org

The Bonkers Tech That Detects Lightning 6,000 Miles Away
wired.com

New Leech Found in D.C.-Area Swamps
insidescience.org

Interactive: Sites grounded in science to visit across the U.S.
washingtonpost.com

In the news: The United States also expressed interest in buying Greenland in 1946
damninteresting.com

NASA Made a Rare Flight Right Through a Thundercloud Formed by a Wildfire
vice.com

A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon
theconversation.com

The world before vaccines is a world we can’t afford to forget
nationalgeographic.com

Origins Of Aztec And Inca Obsidian Mirrors Revealed Through Scientific Analyses
forbes.com

How will we travel the world in 2050?
theconversation.com

If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978: Typical worker compensation has risen only 12% during that time
epi.org

How an Online Mob Created a Playbook for a Culture War
nytimes.com

Newly discovered organ may be lurking under your skin
nationalgeographic.com

The Aging Spacecraft of Deep Space
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The Whistle-blower Who Got It Wrong
thewalrus.ca

On this day in 1977 astronomers detected the still-unsolved “Wow!” signal
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