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The Thrill of Fear: Why We Love and Seek out Being Scared
mossandfog.com

New Zealand Volcano Owner Is Found Guilty of Safety Failure
nytimes.com

A Possible Crisis in the Cosmos Could Lead to a New Understanding of the Universe
scientificamerican.com

Rare Deep-Sea Anglerfish Washes Up on a California Beach
smithsonianmag.com

Why we must seize leisurely interludes from work’s confines
aeon.co

Organics Found On Jupiter’s Giant Ocean Moon Ganymede, Says NASA
forbes.com

The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy
theatlantic.com

Everything from our sleep to our hormones relies on the dark. So why are we so intent on destroying it?
theguardian.com • (see also)

JWST snaps silky new picture of the Crab Nebula
cosmosmagazine.com

What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it
theconversation.com

Why people still fear needles in Halloween candy
npr.org

Class and Superstition in Britain
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Greetings, from North America’s Uranium Ghost Towns
messynessychic.com

One million craters on the moon, and Sofia is mapping them all
cosmosmagazine.com

Impaled Horse Heads Are Appearing More and More Around Iceland
atlasobscura.com

China’s astronauts tend orbital garden to aid deep space exploration
space.com

The Future of Mining Might Be Smaller than You Think
thewalrus.ca • (see also)

From humans to amoeba, we all shimmy like these electric fish
cosmosmagazine.com

What happens after a nuclear power station is closed?
bbc.com

25-Year Lasagna, Special Ops Oatmeal, and the Survival Food Boom
wired.com

NASA is working on alternatives for the Mars Sample Return
bgr.com

A New Superconducting Camera can Resolve Single Photons
universetoday.com

Uranus Has Infrared Auroras, Too
universetoday.com

Boom, Bust, and the “World’s Littlest Skyscraper”
daily.jstor.org

On this day in 1961 the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful bomb ever constructed
damninteresting.com

What caused the volcanic tsunami that devastated a Greek island 373 years ago?
arstechnica.com • (see also)

A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD
wired.com

NASA testing two-way, high-speed laser space communication system
newatlas.com

Poison expert allegedly poisoned wife—with a shockingly toxic gout drug
arstechnica.com

World’s oldest water is 1.6 billion years old — and this scientist tasted it
zmescience.com

Why the rusting wreck of a second world war ship is so important to China
theguardian.com

Supervolcano eruption on Pluto hints at hidden ocean beneath the surface
space.com

“Mind-Blowing” Cancer Discovery – Common Chemotherapy Drugs Don’t Work Like Doctors Thought
scitechdaily.com • (see also)

Mouse embryos grown in space for first time: Japan researchers
phys.org

Bringing a shark to a knife fight: 7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives discovered in Indonesia
phys.org

Video: NASA’s Weirdest Satellite [8:58]
youtube.com • (see also)

Alien language: If we met extraterrestrials, could we talk to them?
bbc.com

Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problem
livescience.com

Where the heck did all those structures inside complex cells come from?
arstechnica.com

‘Geological wonder’ in seafloor canyon off Hawaii resembles a wall of sunken columns
miamiherald.com • (see also)

The man rescuing Britain’s ‘magical’ glow worms
bbc.com

The Milky Way’s Black Hole is Spinning as Fast as it Can
universetoday.com

Vintage Wooden Homes on Wheels: Photos of Mobile Living From the Early 20th Century
rarehistoricalphotos.com

New map of ice on Mars could help NASA decide where to send future astronauts
space.com

Deaf since birth, some children in China can hear after gene treatment
technologyreview.com

Tourist Plunges to Their Death After Glass Bridge Shatters
thedailybeast.com

The Past and Present of Writing Women Out of Scientific History
lithub.com

This week: Champion peppers, feverish definitions, fanzor vs. CRISPR, and more!
damninteresting.com

Why Is Everything an Orchid?
nautil.us

NASA’s incredible new solid-state battery pushes the boundaries of energy storage: ‘This could revolutionize air travel’
finance.yahoo.com

Cyanea Pohaku: The Plant Discovered Right Before Extinction
daily.jstor.org

The Hottest, Most Toxic Planet in Our Solar System May Still Harbor Life
popularmechanics.com

To Find a New World, Watch How a Planet Dances with Its Star
daily.jstor.org

The 1893 Lancaster Watch Camera: A Pocket-Sized Spy Tool of the Victorian Age
rarehistoricalphotos.com

The scientists looking for alien vegetation
bbc.com

Rare lake forms in Death Valley
livescience.com

Scientists Accidentally Created Material for Superfast Computer Chips
inverse.com

The Salem Witch Trials Actually Happened in Danvers, Massachusetts
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

The Physics of Faraday Cages
wired.com

A New Generation of Mathematicians Pushes Prime Number Barriers
quantamagazine.org