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A mysterious object has been spotted that’s 10 million times as bright as the sun. Scientists can’t work out why it hasn’t exploded.
businessinsider.com

How finding a home in America became so absurdly expensive
theguardian.com

Hurricanes of Data: The Tiny Craft Mapping Superstorms at Sea
nytimes.com

This Mauritius Palm Is the Last of Its Kind in the Wild
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Video: Nuclear energy – The fears and the facts around the world’s most contentious energy source [32:54]
youtube.com

Wendy’s to begin replacing drive-thru staff with AI chatbots
newatlas.com • (see also)

Remembering When Horse Diving Was an Actual Thing
atlasobscura.com

What if we tolerated diseases?
knowablemagazine.org

NASA’s Interplanetary Plans May Be Lurching toward Disaster
scientificamerican.com

Researchers craft a fully edible battery
arstechnica.com

A Radical Plan to Make AI Good, Not Evil
wired.com

Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome
nytimes.com

How the Voyager probes keep going and going decades after launch
cnn.com • (see also)

‘Struck by lightning, my face burned and my memory disappeared. Here is how I made it back’
theguardian.com • (see also)

Detailed image of the human retina
ethz.ch

Loving father exposed as a convicted killer who lived life on the run
cnn.com

There’s a New Plan to Relocate Hubble Space Telescope and Extend Its Lifespan
gizmodo.com

Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds
theguardian.com

Earth Could Soon Be More Detectable by Aliens, Study Says
vice.com • (see also)

Memories may be stored in the membranes of your neurons
theconversation.com

Physicists Create Elusive Particles That Remember Their Pasts
quantamagazine.org

Remembering the Golden Age of Airline Food
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Apparent meteorite strikes house in New Jersey (photos)
space.com

Edward Burtynsky’s photos show the scars of human-altered landscapes
bbc.com

The Team of Sleuths Quietly Hunting Cyberattack-for-Hire Services
wired.com

The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe
chicagomag.com

Video: Testing Out JPL’s New Snake Robot [2:05]
youtube.com

60 years ago today scientists gave Earth a temporary ring using 480 million tiny copper needles
damninteresting.com

In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived
nytimes.com

Supercomputers have revealed the giant ‘pillars of heat’ funnelling diamonds upwards from deep within Earth
theconversation.com

A Mutation Turned Ants Into Parasites in One Generation
quantamagazine.org

The Enduring Panic About Cow Mutilations
newyorker.com

On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world
theguardian.com

Quarantine Hospital and Cemetery Found Underwater Off the Coast of Florida
smithsonianmag.com

How We’ll Die on Mars
popularmechanics.com

The Lion Sleeps Tonight: one song’s journey from 1930s South Africa to Disney money-spinner
theguardian.com

‘Statistically Impossible’ Heat Extremes Are Here
realclearscience.com

Reality Check: There’s Almost Certainly No Serial Killer in Austin
texasmonthly.com

Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect
theconversation.com • (see also)

James Webb Space Telescope snaps photo of alien asteroid belt
space.com

We might think the sky is blue and trees are green, but the truth is rather stranger
theguardian.com • (see also)

Researchers reactivate dormant cells in the retina of mice, offering new hope for patients suffering from degenerative retinal disease
nouvelles.umontreal.ca • (see also)

Her illness fooled celebs. The truth may be even darker
bbc.com

Before Dylan, There Was Connie Converse. Then She Vanished.
nytimes.com

Video: The world’s cleanest railway [6:05]
youtube.com

Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis—Until Now
wired.com

Galaxy’s Hottest Exoplanet: Alien Atmosphere Holds Rare Terbium Surprise
scitechdaily.com

The Space “Pothole” That’s Causing Quite A Bit of Concern Among Scientists
twistedsifter.com

Video: The Insane Engineering of MRI Machines [17:52]
youtube.com • (see also)

The crazy plan to explode a nuclear bomb on the Moon
bbc.com • (see also)

Elizabeth Holmes Opens Up About Her Theranos Trial and What Comes Next
nytimes.com

Video: Mutated neuroreceptor lets octopuses taste with their arms [8:16]
youtube.com

Revealed: modern humans needed three tries – and 12,000 years – to colonise Europe
theguardian.com

Why teaching robots to blink is hard but important
bbc.com • (see also)

Yes, loneliness really is as deadly as smoking — here’s why
salon.com

Link Between Long Telomeres and Long Life Is a Tall Tale, Study Finds
nytimes.com

There’s a mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge
sfgate.com

On this day in 1931 young Colonel Sanders was involved in a shootout in the “asshole of creation”
damninteresting.com

Their plane went down – how this WW2 Canada crew survived
bbc.com

The Trees That Survived Hiroshima
nytimes.com • (see also)