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• The Day Biology Changed Forever - Adam Rutherford, Guardian
• Donuts: Strange Physics, Scandalous History - Esther Inglis-Arkell, io9
• Nikola Tesla and the Myth of the Lone Inventor - Matt Novak, PS Mag
• Would John Snow Still Recognize Epidemiology? - Suzi Gage, Guardian
• The History of Pi: It Wasn't Always 3.14 - Roma Panganiban, Mental Floss
• Toilet History: All the Ways We've Wiped - Steve Mirsky, Sci American
• Bach Went Blind Because of Quack Doctor - Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard
• The Day Scientists Discovered the 'Secret of Life' - Howard Markel, PBS
• Julius von Mayer: World's Unluckiest Physicist? - Esther Inglis-Arkell, io9
• The True Story of a 1967 Alien 'Contact' Incident - MIT Technology Review
• Thomas Edison, Power-Napper - Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
• In the Beginning: A History of Physics - Johannes Koelman, Science 2.0
• The Physicist Who Sparked a Biology Revolution - Matt Cobb, Guardian
• Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla & His Tower - Gilbert King, Smithsonian
• Black Market Origins of the U.S. Condom Industry - Peter Andreas, Slate
• Predicting a Storm Is Hard. Stopping It Is Harder. - G. Beck, Morning News
• Men Were Last on Moon 40 Years Ago Today - Robert Pearlman, Space.com
• Murder Mystery Enshrined in Anatomy Textbooks - Esther Inglis, io9
• Einstein First to Dream up Dark Energy - Lisa Grossman, NewScientist
• 5 Historical Myths About Real Scientific Discoveries - Lauren Davis, io9
• Medieval Christianity: Key to Rise of Science - James Hannam, BioLogos
• The True History of Alchemy - William Brock, NewScientist
• The iPod's 4,000-Pound Grandfather - Lisa Hix, Collectors Weekly
• Indivisibility: A Timeline of the Atom - Gemma Black, Cosmos Magazine
• Sex and Space Travel: Musings from the 1950s - Matt Novak, Smithsonian
• Rise and Fall and Rise of Chemistry Sets - Sarah Zielinski, Smithsonian
• Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe - Hank Campbell, Science 2.0
• Royal Society: Defending Science Since 1660 - Michael Powell, NY Times
• 50 Years of Kuhn's 'Scientific Revolutions' - Hamish Johnston, Phys. World
• What Was the First Website Ever? - Natalie Wolchover, LL Mysteries
• The Painful History Before Toilet Paper - Mike Sacasas, Gizmodo
• Mainstream Science Today, Junk Science Tomorrow - MIT Tech. Review
• The Cranky But Remarkable Mr. Zwicky - Mark Egdall, Decoded Science
• History's Most Persecuted Scientists - Olivia Solon, Wired
• Do You Own the Space Above Your House? - Matt Soniak, Mental Floss
• Charles Darwin's Creepiest Experiment - David MacNeal, Wired
• Worst Experiments in Science History - John Horgan, Scientific American
• 10 Things You Didn't Know About DNA - Robert T. Gonzalez, io9
• Resist Authority? You Must Have a Disease - Sheldon Richman, Freeman
• That Time We Accidentally Bombed the Carolinas - Cyriaque Lamar, io9
• The First Transhumans: A Failed Project - Jess Nevins, io9
• Small Things Considered: A History of Atoms - Marcelo Gleiser, NPR
• 1712: The Year Sweden Had a February 30th - Alasdair Wilkins, io9
• Celebrating John Glenn's Orbit: 50 Years Later - John Wilford, NYT
• The Crank Who Tried to Legislate the Value Of Pi - Alasdair Wilkins, io9
• Robert Hooke: Biggest Jerk in Science History? - Alasdair Wilkins, io9
• Bizarre History of Pregnancy Tests - Esther Inglis-Arkell, io9