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People have abandoned hundreds of cats on a deserted Brazilian island. Officials aren’t sure how to save them.
washingtonpost.com

Photographer captures ‘odd but exciting’ crow behaviour known as anting
cbc.ca

David Dushman, last surviving Auschwitz liberator, dies aged 98
rte.ie

A day in the life of a flavour inventor
bbc.com

How a ghostly outline revealed the secret of Modigliani’s lost lover
theguardian.com

Will a Volcanic Eruption Be a Burp or a Blast?
wired.com

Why Cuba couldn’t control the internet
restofworld.org

Video: No one can figure out how eels have sex [6:01]
youtube.com

How ‘One Hundred and One Dalmatians’ Saved Disney
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

Video: ‘We found a fortune in the belly of a whale’ [03:09]
bbc.com

Declassified Cold War code-breaking manual has lessons for solving ‘impossible’ puzzles
phys.org • (see also)

The Psychology of Panic
the-scientist.com

Caffeine fail: New study shows it can keep you awake, but can’t keep you functional
cbc.ca

At Pizza Pacaya, the Oven Is an Active Volcano
atlasobscura.com

FDA Approves ‘Game Changer’ Weight Loss Drug, Likely First in a New Era of Obesity Treatment
gizmodo.com

Could the alleged black hole in the center of our galaxy be a ginormous glob of dark matter?
syfy.com

Where Gender-Neutral Pronouns Come From
theatlantic.com • (see also)

NASA’s Juno to get a close look at Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
phys.org

Somersham headless bodies were victims of Roman executions
bbc.com

Second world war through the lenses of German soldiers – in pictures
theguardian.com

How a scientist in a potato field founded the field of radio astronomy
massivesci.com

Bing Censors Image Search for ‘Tank Man’ Even in US
vice.com

Jeanne Baret: Following The First Known Woman To Circumnavigate The Globe
historyextra.com

Archaeologists Open Frozen Wooden Box Found on Viking Mountain Pass
gizmodo.com

This week: Watermelon ancestors, monkey dialects, edible buildings, and more
damninteresting.com

EVA robot identifies and copies people’s facial expressions
newatlas.com • (see also)

A herd of 15 elephants bangs on doors and hoovers up food as experts ponder its destination
bbc.com

Government Report Finds No Evidence U.F.O.s Were Alien Spacecraft
nytimes.com

Collapsing star produces one of the most fantastic explosions ever seen
cnet.com

On this day in 2004 the Killdozer emerged
damninteresting.com

Electronic nose sniffs out cancer in blood samples with over 90% accuracy
newatlas.com

How to Make Sense of Contradictory Science Papers
nautil.us

Photographing the Tulsa Massacre of 1921
publicdomainreview.org

Something Wiped Out Nearly All Sharks 19 Million Years Ago, New Research Suggests
gizmodo.com

Ancient tsunami could have wiped out Scottish cities today, study finds
theguardian.com

Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence
scientificamerican.com

Engineers Have Created a Simple Slide Coating That Can Impressively Boost the Resolution of a Microscope
gizmodo.com

The Fiddly Business of Tracking Australia’s Most Venomous Spider
atlasobscura.com

Right whales born in 1981 grew a metre longer than they do today
newscientist.com

‘Mind-blowing’: tenth of world’s giant sequoias may have been destroyed by a single fire
theguardian.com

When Men Get Pregnancy Symptoms
theatlantic.com

Our Universe’s Earliest State of Matter Was Like an Ocean of Perfect Liquid
sciencealert.com

Mysterious protein makes human DNA morph into different shapes
livescience.com

Why NASA Is Blasting Water Bears And Bobtail Squid Into Space
npr.org

Venus: Nasa announces two new missions
bbc.com

First Car on the Moon
airspacemag.com

Samantha Azzopardi: Australia’s notorious con artist sentenced for child theft
bbc.com

Experimental vaccine forces bacteria down an evolutionary dead end
newatlas.com

What do you want to dream about? Soon, you may be able to choose.
expmag.com • (see also)

Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit
flashbak.com

Fifteen Years of Radar Reveal Venus’s Most Basic Facts
eos.org

If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist
nautil.us

The Disease Detective
nytimes.com

The empty office: what we lose when we work from home
theguardian.com

New article/episode by Alan Bellows: The Traveler and His Baggage
dam.mn

Sick of dangerous city traffic? Remove left turns
theconversation.com

Scientists recreate Jupiter’s possible helium rain in the lab
newatlas.com

The hugest dinosaurs may have been clumsy on land, because they probably evolved in water
syfy.com

South Africa’s language spoken in 45 ‘clicks’
bbc.com

Video: Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton [18:12]
youtube.com