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Compasses to point true north for first time in 360 years
theguardian.com

15,000-year-old Idaho archaeology site now among America’s oldest
nationalgeographic.com

They were CIA-backed Chinese rebels. Now you’re invited to their once-secret hideaway.
pri.org

The two illusions that tricked Arthur Conan Doyle
bbc.com

How Not to Grow Old in America
nytimes.com

The silent decline of the platypus, Australia’s beloved oddity
nationalgeographic.com

Astronomers Baffled by ‘Cosmic Mountain Ranges’ Jutting Through the Milky Way
livescience.com

Why we laugh when we know we shouldn’t
qz.com • (see also)

Gene-edited cattle have a major screwup in their DNA
technologyreview.com

Are we doing enough to prevent human extinction?
vox.com

How America’s Spooks Seek to Spy on Distant Satellites
wired.com

Organoids Are Not Brains. How Are They Making Brain Waves?
nytimes.com

The Story of Us
waitbutwhy.com

The Accidental Beekeeper
saturdayeveningpost.com

Antibiotic resistance could kill us before climate change
news.sky.com

Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure
arstechnica.com

Hurricane Dorian Could Pose a Historic Threat to Kennedy Space Center
vice.com

Medicine Swap Screwup Gave Babies ‘Werewolf Syndrome’
gizmodo.com

Luxembourg’s Bold Plan to Mine Asteroids for Rare Minerals
wired.com

Hints of a volcanically active exomoon
unibe.ch

Why do sloths move so slowly?
bbc.com

The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster
earth.nautil.us • (see also)

The Rickety Economics of Food Trucks
melmagazine.com

How not to get scammed, according to a former con artist
vox.com

The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation
lithub.com

The Potential Pros and Cons of Seabed Mining
daily.jstor.org

Skull of humankind’s oldest-known ancestor discovered
theguardian.com

The Tragic Story of the First Car-Crash Victim
theatlantic.com

The Strange Blissfulness of Storms
earth.nautil.us

The search for a cure for endometriosis
wellcomecollection.org

The Rapid Rise and Sudden Fall of a Kratom Kingpin
narratively.com

No, Bringing Back Mental Institutions Won’t Stop Mass Shootings
fivethirtyeight.com

The Tricky Problem with Other Minds
nautil.us

The air conditioning trap: how cold air is heating the world
theguardian.com

Cops Hijack Botnet, Remotely Wipe Malware From 850,000 Computers
vice.com

A String of Unusual Experiments Claim to Show Plants Can Think. Few Scientists Are Buying It
blogs.discovermagazine.com

MIT Researchers Designed this Robotic Worm to Burrow Into Human Brains
gizmodo.com

Found: 2,500 Medieval Coins, and Evidence of Tax Evasion
atlasobscura.com

Jupiter shows its true stripes
phys.org

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Is Finally 100% Assembled
space.com

Newfound Alien Planet Has a Bizarre Looping Orbit
scientificamerican.com

Gallery: Sixteen Images for Spitzer’s Sweet 16
jpl.nasa.gov

Video: Yesterday’s SpaceX Starship Hopper test in 4K
youtube.com

A Genetic Mutation Explains Why Some People Only Need 4 to 6 Hours of Sleep
inverse.com

Space medicine: The technology that will keep astronauts alive on their mission to Mars
zdnet.com

Inside the World of Investigators Who Know You’ve Faked Your Death
melmagazine.com

Before Cranes, Ancient Greeks May Have Used This Ingenious Lifting Machine to Move Heavy Stones
gizmodo.com

The Marxist ‘Wages for Housework’ Movement
thecut.com

Did sons and daughters get the same education in ancient Greece?
nationalgeographic.com

“I’m not going to kid you, we’re going to make an emergency landing in Sioux City. … It’s going to be a very hard landing, harder than anything you’ve been through.”
npr.org • (see also)

From destruction to rejuvenation: When forest fires are a good thing
dw.com

Gaia untangles the starry strings of the Milky Way
sci.esa.int

‘NO EXCESSIVE BARKING’: A Chevy Chase dog park divides the rich and powerful
washingtonpost.com

Angry rhino flips car at German safari park
dw.com • Video

For the first time, the public will soon see these stunning 1920s photos of the Bay Area
sfgate.com

Time Is Running Out for Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower
citylab.com

An Obsession With a Useless Element Helped Build the Digital World
bloomberg.com

France Is Still Cleaning Up Marie Curie’s Nuclear Waste
bloomberg.com • (see also)

The Greatest Advantage to Science: On the revolutions of the HMS Challenger
laphamsquarterly.org • (see also)

This Is the World’s Largest Computer Chip
popularmechanics.com