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Dark energy could be getting weaker, suggesting the universe will end in a ‘Big Crunch’
space.com

Scientists claim to have successfully ‘conversed’ with a whale as proxy for aliens
independent.co.uk • (see also)

Video: There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky Way [13:58]
youtube.com • (see also)

‘The money is not real – it’s a feckless level of wealth’: the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history
theguardian.com

Geometers Engineer New Tools to Wrangle Spacecraft Orbits
quantamagazine.org

The Secret to the Strongest Force in the Universe
scientificamerican.com

Rare 100-Year-Old Train Carriage Found Buried in Belgium
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

We Need To Rewild The Internet
noemamag.com

Video: What if everyone jumped at once? [3:51]
youtube.com

Orca’s Signature Black and White Patterns Help Them Hunt and Hide
discovermagazine.com

Vulture Cultures
daily.jstor.org

Sweden has long opposed nuclear weapons – but it once tried to build them
bbc.com

Video: Cleaning Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (With A Gigantic Net) [6:34]
youtube.com

Boeing Starliner spacecraft rolls out to Atlas V rocket ahead of 1st astronaut launch (photos)
space.com

Watch hundreds of teenagers grow up into adults – and see how their lives turn out
pudding.cool

Tokyo’s Public Toilets Will Leave New Yorkers Sobbing
curbed.com

How to Publish a Magazine in a Maximum-Security Prison
newyorker.com

The Life and Death of Hollywood
harpers.org

How logic alone may prove that time doesn’t exist
theconversation.com

The Winchcombe meteor was repeatedly torn apart and reformed, according to newly released analysis
skyatnightmagazine.com

Cats Are Finally Having a Big Hollywood Meow-Ment
hollywoodreporter.com

Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times size of sun
theguardian.com

Marketing myths the supplement industry wants you to swallow
theconversation.com

A brief weird history of brainwashing
technologyreview.com

They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War
wired.com

A Crew Is Extracting the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks, Loaded With Billions in Lost Treasure
popularmechanics.com

Birds sing in their sleep – and now we can decipher their dreams
newatlas.com

Are Flying Cars Finally Here?
newyorker.com

Low-frequency Noise is Pervasive. Does That Matter?
undark.org

Discovery of the first fractal molecule in nature
phys.org

Titanic survivor recalls disaster: ‘I shall probably dream about it tonight’
bbc.com

Astrophysicists solve mystery of heart-shaped feature on the surface of Pluto
phys.org

Scientists Reveal Where Most ‘Hospital’ Infections Actually Come From
sciencealert.com

Startup That Selects Embryos with Good Genes Says It’s Not Doing Eugenics
futurism.com • (see also)

San Francisco’s Train System Still Uses Floppy Disks—and Will for Years
wired.com

Video: ‘I Was the Highest-Paid Dancer at America’s No. 1 Strip Club’ [10:52]
youtube.com

Why Are Some People Left-Handed? Scientists Identify Rare Genetic Variants That May Be Linked to the Trait
smithsonianmag.com

The ski resorts saving snow over the summer
bbc.com

Video: What NASA Is Looking For In Yellowstone National Park [6:59]
youtube.com

Can You Really Run on Top of a Train, Like in the Movies?
wired.com

The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Policing
daily.jstor.org

Did Ancient South Americans Keep Foxes as Pets?
smithsonianmag.com

What If the Big Bang Never Happened? A Controversial Theory, Explained
popularmechanics.com

Video: Magic Chess Tours (with Knights and Kings) [11:57]
youtube.com

Space Junk Hunters Close in on Spent Rocket Stage From 2009 Mission
gizmodo.com

Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
theconversation.com

Was Ian Brady truly “born evil”?
medium.com

World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
theguardian.com

Studies find a link between having older brothers and being gay. Does it matter?
npr.org

This marine alga is the first known eukaryote to pull nitrogen from air
sciencenews.org

The hero tax: Why ‘selfless’ workers are professionally exploited
bbc.com

The Exceptional Golden Sahara II Concept Car Had Luminous Tires and a Cocktail Bar
mossandfog.com • (see also)

Northrop Grumman Shows Off Terrifying Military Drone Submarine
futurism.com

Paleontologists discover three new species of massive fossil kangaroos. One is double the size of today’s red kangaroo
zmescience.com

Mercury: The Solar System’s smallest planet may once have been as large as Earth
bbc.com

This Freaky Worm Has ‘Outstanding Vision’, And Scientists Don’t Know Why
sciencealert.com

World’s oldest living conjoined twins die in Pennsylvania, aged 62
theguardian.com

The Tiny Ultrabright Laser that Can Melt Steel
spectrum.ieee.org

Why do some people always get lost?
arstechnica.com

NASA’s About to Make a Big Announcement About Mars. Here’s What We Know.
sciencealert.com