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Babbling babies may be warming up for speech, say scientists
theguardian.com • (see also)

Can Music Make Your Food Taste Better?
atlasobscura.com

Video: Taking a 100-Year-Old Model T to a Ford Dealer for Service [35:15]
youtube.com • (see also)

Video: If all humans died, when would the last light go out? [5:03]
youtube.com

Eleven rivals. Countless billions. One prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York
nymag.com

Video: Light sucking flames look like magic [18:04]
youtube.com

Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin
arstechnica.com

Billionaire Plans Dive to the Titanic in a Newly Designed Submersible
nytimes.com

A Bizarre Form of Water Could Help Explain Uranus’s Messy Magnetism
sciencealert.com

Spots, stripes and more: Working out the logic of animal patterns
knowablemagazine.org

“Absolute Miracle” – New Concrete Recycling Method Could Help Solve One of the World’s Biggest Climate Challenges
scitechdaily.com

A chicken recipe so good its origin is being fought in court
bbc.com

Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food
theconversation.com

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Last Dream Was to Turn Ellis Island Into a Self-Contained City of the Future
mymodernmet.com

Piecing Together the Secrets of the Stasi
newyorker.com

50,000 Galaxies Caught In Stunning New Deep Space Image
giantfreakinrobot.com

The satellites using radar to peer at earth in minute detail
bbc.com

A Banksy Museum opens in NYC, but without Banksy’s blessings
npr.org

How to Reverse America’s Urban Doom Loop: Use Abandoned Steam Pipes
businessinsider.com

A coin hoard of over 2,000 medieval coins has been found near Kutnohorsk in the Czech Republic
heritagedaily.com

One of world’s rarest whales sighted off California coast
seattletimes.com

Inside the Savage, Surreal, Booming World of Professional Slap Fighting
esquire.com

Cameras reveal wombat burrows can be safe havens after fire and waterholes after rain
theconversation.com

Living brain-cell biocomputers are now training on dopamine
newatlas.com

Here’s Why Jalapeño Peppers Are Less Spicy Than Ever
dmagazine.com

Researchers decode how elephants form “sentences,” lending insight to their complex communication
salon.com

You leave a ‘microbe fingerprint’ on every piece of clothing you wear—and it could help forensic scientists solve crimes
phys.org • (see also)

DARPA has committed further funding for far-field wireless power transfer
newatlas.com

‘My children hid with goats to trick kidnappers’
bbc.com

Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data
nasa.gov

Surprising Supernova Scars Cover the Earth
scientificamerican.com

How the Tree Lobster Escaped Extinction
nytimes.com

Breakthrough Swiss tech cuts 80% of radioactive waste in nuclear plants
interestingengineering.com

‘At 10, I fled the Nazis to live starving and alone in the woods. For two years, detection meant death’
theguardian.com

Tattoos increase the risk of cancer by 21%, regardless of size
newatlas.com

Rolling the Dice: What Gambling Can Teach Us About Probability
lithub.com • (see also)

World War II veterans leave their children a legacy of trauma
france24.com

Video: Traveling to Europe’s Most Isolated Village (dangerous [36:07]
youtube.com

Vintage photos found on second-hand camera sparks hunt for family
bbc.com

Crows can count out loud, startling study reveals
livescience.com

Clinical trial to assess world first methamphetamine withdrawal treatment
cosmosmagazine.com

Humans for Voyage Iron: The Remaking of West Africa
daily.jstor.org

On this day in 1962 a fire started underground in Centralia, PA. It is still burning today.
damninteresting.com

Amateur Historians Heard Tales of a Lost Tudor Palace. Then, They Dug It Up.
nytimes.com

Video: TEFI: The (predominantly) 1950s German music player system [17:43]
youtube.com

Austrian Man Discovers Hundreds of Mammoth Bones While Renovating His Wine Cellar
smithsonianmag.com

Aircraft turbulence is worsening with climate change. Studying birds could help
bbc.com

Small, cheap, and weird: A history of the microcar
arstechnica.com

The woman who sold time – and the man who tried to stop her
bbc.com

Image: Mars’ Cloudy Valles Marineris, via ESA Mars Express
flickr.com

Inside San Pedro, Bolivia’s Notorious Prison Run by Inmates
vice.com

Soldiers Put an Ancient Greek Suit of Armor to the Test, and It Passed
smithsonianmag.com

Fish are Adapting to Weightlessness on the Chinese Space Station
universetoday.com

Don’t Let a Bird’s Feathers Fool You
nytimes.com

What is dopamine? The science behind whether “increasing dopamine” works or not, explained.
vox.com

Aardwolf: The weirdo hyena cousin that eats 300,000 termites each night
livescience.com

Extinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild – in secret location
bbc.com

One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables?
theguardian.com

Video: A Rust Belt City’s Economic Struggle [53:18]
youtube.com

There Is Too Much Trash in Space
scientificamerican.com