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This 1930s Invention Was Supposed to Make Parallel Parking Easy
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

Why the smartest people can make the dumbest mistakes
popsci.com

Letters Q, W, And X Were Once Illegal in Turkey
amusingplanet.com

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” (1843)
publicdomainreview.org • (see also)

Arctic shipwreck ‘frozen in time’ astounds archaeologists
nationalgeographic.com

Two Sisters and the Terrorist Who Came Between Them
elle.com

Climbers in Utah Scaled a 400-Foot Rock to Measure How It Moves
atlasobscura.com

Deep Space Atomic Clock Activated by NASA
scitechdaily.com

Did We Change the Definition of ‘Literally’?
merriam-webster.com

A Glowing Clue in the Search for Alien Life
theatlantic.com

Chinese pillow history
wellcomecollection.org

Beware the Hollywood Con Queen
vanityfair.com

Soil’s Microbial Market Shows the Ruthless Side of Forests
quantamagazine.org

Most of California’s Big Earthquakes Are Preceded by Ghostly ‘Foreshocks’ Weeks in Advance
livescience.com

A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been Created
scientificamerican.com

Despair as Turkey prepares to flood one of the world’s oldest cities
cbsnews.com

Meet Pandia, Eirene and More! 5 Jupiter Moons Get New Names
space.com

This Is Why Time Has To Be A Dimension
forbes.com

Surgeons save man’s hand by attaching it to his groin for two weeks
news.sky.com

Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table?
nytimes.com • (see also)

Curious Kids: What is the smallest animal ever?
theconversation.com

It’s Not Just Hurricanes: America Wanted to Nuke Mines, the Moon and the Panama Canal
vice.com

Optimistic People Live Longer, a New Study Finds
blogs.discovermagazine.com • (see also)

A bewildering upbringing: Why Margo Perin was made to have a nose job at 13
bbc.com

The U.S. Air Force’s Secretive X-37B Spaceplane Breaks Another Record
popularmechanics.com

On this day in 1896, war broke out in Zanzibar. Later that day the war ended.
damninteresting.com

Isotopes composition proves a reactor was involved in Nenoksa accident, expert says
thebarentsobserver.com • (see also)

Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea
cnn.com

The history of Hong Kong, visualized
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: The Burning Amazon Rainforest
theatlantic.com

Mysterious cloud ‘absorbers’ seen to drive Venusian albedo, climate
news.wisc.edu

The Existential Consequences of Lab Errors
slate.com

When Bomb Blasts Are a Job Hazard, This Test Could Help Measure Their Effects
nytimes.com

‘Tantalizing clue’ marks end of Amelia Earhart expedition
nationalgeographic.com

The Woman With 200 Kids
torontolife.com

Wow! What if 1 in 4 sunlike stars has an Earth?
earthsky.org

Mexico’s mysterious uncharted caves
bbc.com

Jack The Baboon Signalman
amusingplanet.com

The United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union is causing psychological distress across the country
apa.org

When Murder Comes Home
crimereads.com

The Tattooed Venus and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
flashbak.com

The Post Reports on Vaccines
saturdayeveningpost.com

Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth?
newyorker.com

A Particle Accelerator Has Just Simulated Colliding Neutron Stars
interestingengineering.com

Woman Gives Birth to Twins — 11 Weeks Apart
livescience.com

The $6 Million Drug Claim
nytimes.com

The Cherokee Nation wants a representative in Congress, taking the US government up on a promise it made nearly 200 years ago
cnn.com

NASA Administrator Says Pluto Is Still a Planet, And Things Are Getting Heated
sciencealert.com • (Previously)

Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help
nytimes.com

The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem
washingtonpost.com

On luck, love, and lust in Las Vegas
theparisreview.org

NotPetya Ushered In a New Era of Malware
vice.com

The Robot Ship Set to Cross the Atlantic and Change the World
thedailybeast.com

Locals Warned That ‘Malfunction’ During Test at SpaceX Facility Could Shatter Windows
gizmodo.com • (see also)

Why People Keep Falling for Viral Hoaxes
wired.com

Boeing’s Crashes Expose Systemic Failings
spiegel.de

The Message of Measles
newyorker.com

The Complex Economics of Medieval Convents
daily.jstor.org

A Blinding History of the Laser Pointer
melmagazine.com

Why nuking hurricanes is a bad idea
bbc.com