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This is a heartbreaking piece on the sheer scale of pangolin trafficking, following a long undercover investigation. By John Sutter.

“Not every mystery involves a dead body, but every dead body is a mystery.” Kathryn Schulz’s piece on death certificates is suffused with beautiful poetry.

“We’re going to build a bio-dome with a future ocean inside it.” Jo Chandler on an epic experiment.

Alexis Madrigal defends Google Flu Trends, and provides a primer on how to think constructively about big data