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After You Die, These Genes Come to Life
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Remembering NASA’s Plan to Build a Jetport on Lake Erie
popularmechanics.com

This math equation is dividing the internet, and no one can agree on an answer
mashable.com

The $20 Million Nazi Porsche That May Not Be a Porsche at All
bloomberg.com

Scammers don’t cheat because they need the money — they cheat because they’re cheaters
theconversation.com

80 years ago today Einstein and Szilárd sent a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to build the bomb
damninteresting.com • (see also)

Cell injections could train the body to accept a transplanted organ
newscientist.com

How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World
wired.com

Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US
theguardian.com

The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings
nytimes.com

How underwater archaeology reveals hidden wonders
nationalgeographic.com

The Human Cost of Amber
theatlantic.com

Woman tells of six days trapped in crashed car
bbc.com

Most detailed ever 3D map of Milky Way shows ‘warped’ shape
theguardian.com

‘Talking Lasers’ That Beam Messages into Your Head Could Be Here in 5 Years, Pentagon Says
livescience.com

And Now, a Bicycle Built for None
nytimes.com

‘It’s time to get rid of the lottery’
theoutline.com • (see also)

RNA recovered and sequenced from 14,000-year-old mummified wolf
newatlas.com

Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash ‘could pay for green transition’
theguardian.com

The ‘Toxic Fallout’ From the Notre-Dame Disaster: Lead Contamination
citylab.com

Boy Had More Than 500 Teeth in a ‘Bag-Like Mass’ in His Mouth
vice.com

Did Novelist John Steinbeck Spy for the CIA in Paris?
thedailybeast.com

The Egg War of Farallon Islands
amusingplanet.com

This Iron Age Celtic Woman Was Buried in a Hollowed-Out Tree Trunk
smithsonianmag.com

Distant “Heavy Metal” Gas Planet is Shaped Like a Football
cmns.umd.edu

Icy Waterfalls Are Roaring as a Heat Wave Sizzles Greenland
wired.com

How the Smithsonian Prevents Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit From Slowly Destroying Itself With Harmful Gases
gizmodo.com

This Is Why Black Holes Must Spin At Almost The Speed Of Light
forbes.com

Left to rot: the new global effort to preserve lost monuments
theguardian.com

Why the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba found in freshwater lakes – while rare – is so deadly
theconversation.com

Study: Conspiracy theory believers tend to endorse other unsubstantiated beliefs as well
psypost.org • (see also)

Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable world just 31 light-years away, thanks to NASA’s planet-hunting telescope
businessinsider.com

Microscopic images reveal how herbs get their flavor
nationalgeographic.com

The Pregnant Scientist Who Raced Against Death to Transform Physics
narratively.com

The Flawed Reasoning Behind the Replication Crisis
nautil.us

Are we eating ourselves and our planet to extinction?
aeon.co

Bubble Experiment Finds Universal Laws
quantamagazine.org

LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light
planetary.org

A Single Male Cat’s Reign of Terror
theatlantic.com

Mekong River at its lowest in 100 years, threatening food supply
nationalgeographic.com

‘We Have Fire Everywhere’: Escaping California’s Deadliest Blaze
nytimes.com

What Happens When the World’s Population Stops Growing?
theatlantic.com

Why Does Mint Make Your Mouth Feel Cool?
livescience.com

Meet the US’s spy system of the future — it’s Sentient
theverge.com

The Man Who Tried to Claim the Grand Canyon
daily.jstor.org

Stare Into the Belly of the Earth With 17th-Century Polymath Athanasius Kircher
atlasobscura.com

The Decline of Yelling
newyorker.com

The History Channel is Digging Up John Dillinger’s Body But Nobody Really Knows Why
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

How Does a Male Black Widow Find a Mate? Follow the Other Guys
nytimes.com

‘Mystery’ over orthopaedic plate found inside huge crocodile
news.sky.com

‘It won’t be long’: why a Honduran community will soon be under water
theguardian.com

How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not
nytimes.com

The Lost Art of Warez
vice.com

Political polarization is about feelings, not facts
theconversation.com

Victims, Families and America’s Thirst for True-Crime Stories
washingtonpost.com

Physicists Peer Inside a Fireball of Quantum Matter
quantamagazine.org

All of Those Products Are Making Your Skin Worse
nytimes.com

The village that lost its country
bbc.com

There Are Places You Cannot Go
magazine.atavist.com

How to keep valuables safe: use cereal and toy boxes, say ex-burglars
theguardian.com