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The man who turned his home into a homeless shelter
theguardian.com

Video: These Are The Avalanches To Worry About [25:03]
youtube.com

Leprosy passed between medieval squirrels and humans, study suggests
theguardian.com

Child Playing in a Sandbox Discovers Ancient Roman Coin Buried Within
mymodernmet.com

Inside the CIA’s Quest to Steal a Soviet Sub Filled With Cold War Secrets
popularmechanics.com

The Mystery of the Missing Multicellular Prokaryotes
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
theconversation.com

When Your Job Is 80 Miles Out at Sea, Getting There Is Half the Battle
nytimes.com

‘Nothing Could Prepare Me for the Bizarre ‘Live Birth’ Experience at Babyland Hospital’
thrillist.com

How the German State Haphazardly Prosecuted Nazi War Criminals
lithub.com • (see also)

Some NASA Satellites Will Soon Stop Sending Data Back to Earth
nytimes.com

China Launches Spacecraft to the Far Side of the Moon
nytimes.com

Sourdough under the microscope reveals microbes cultivated over generations
theconversation.com

Intricate Glass Cups Featuring Gladiators Were Souvenirs in Ancient Rome
mymodernmet.com

The Battle for Attention
newyorker.com

Bacteria on the ISS has mutated into something never seen on Earth
bgr.com

Astronomers Think They’ve Found Examples of the First Stars in the Universe
universetoday.com

Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals
theguardian.com

100,000 N thrust-powered nuclear rocket could offer fastest Mars trips
interestingengineering.com

Collapsing Sheets of Spacetime Could Explain Dark Matter and Why the Universe ‘Hums’
scientificamerican.com

Optical illusion reveals key brain rule that governs consciousness
livescience.com

How Knot Theory Can Help Spacecraft Can Change Orbits Without Using Fuel
universetoday.com

Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025
theconversation.com

This is an Actual Picture of Space Debris
universetoday.com

Belugas may communicate by warping a blob of forehead fat
sciencenews.org

‘On every roof something is possible’: how sponge cities could change the way we handle rain
theguardian.com

Neanderthal woman’s face revealed 75,000 years later
cosmosmagazine.com

Rabbits Are Creatures of the Underworld According to Ancient Fears
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Emotional support alligator taken and released in swamp
bbc.com

Lawyer Suing Boeing Surprised to Find Large Piece That Fell Off Boeing Plane Outside His House
futurism.com

Archaeologists Discovered a Haunting Grave That Was Built to Contain Zombies
popularmechanics.com

Inside Ukraine’s Killer-Drone Startup Industry
wired.com

Here’s what to expect during Boeing Starliner’s 1st astronaut test flight on May 6
space.com

Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop
theconversation.com • (see also)

Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks [NSFW text]
flashbak.com • (see also)

Inside the quest to map the universe with mysterious bursts of radio energy
technologyreview.com

Chicago Removes the World-Famous “Rat Hole” From Its Sidewalk
mymodernmet.com

The New Zealand city with a labyrinth of underground caves
bbc.com

How Silk Helped the Armies of Genghis Khan Conquer Asia
lithub.com • (see also)

Man Finds John Lennon’s Forgotten Guitar in His Father’s Attic
smithsonianmag.com

The Revenge of the Home Page
newyorker.com • (see also)

A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium
spectrum.ieee.org

Aging Hubble Space Telescope Roars Back To Life After Glitch
forbes.com

Lab mice might be doing their own experiments
popsci.com

Tokyo takes top spot: Highest telescope observatory opens in Chile
interestingengineering.com

The Animals That Turn Bodily Fluids into Weapons
nautil.us

The Last Shall Be First
magazine.atavist.com

Video: An amazing thing about 276 [15:38]
youtube.com

Swimming Beneath Sand, It’s ‘the Hardest of All Animals to Find’
nytimes.com • (see also)

Astronauts could run round ‘Wall of Death’ to keep fit on moon, say scientists
theguardian.com

Video: To be able to not feel pain has become a tacit agreement between doctor and patient — but at what price? [54:47]
youtube.com

Internet Horrified at AI App for Cloning Dead Family Members
futurism.com

The Soviet Rebel of Music
nautil.us • (see also)

Scientists show that there is indeed an ‘entropy’ of quantum entanglement
phys.org

Image: An eclipse of the Sun taken from the Apollo 12 spacecraft, November 1969.
science.nasa.gov

Missing Satellite Found After 25 Years of Being Lost in Space
gizmodo.com

How UFOs almost killed the search for life in the Universe
aeon.co

Scientists Find a Fast Way to Describe Quantum Systems
quantamagazine.org

China set to blast off to the far side of the Moon – here’s what it could discover
theconversation.com • (see also)

Akiya houses: why Japan has nine million empty homes
theguardian.com