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Video: “Horrible Jargon We Got Used To” gives examples of the evolution of language.
youtube.com

Woodpeckers carry wood-eating fungi that may help them dig holes
newscientist.com

Two men entered the ring for their first professional fight. Then something went wrong.
nytimes.com

The Deadly Consequences of Solitary With a Cellmate
themarshallproject.org

When a fishing boat sank in the middle of the night, 47 were stranded in 32-degree swells.
gq.com

From daredevil to chicken: Scientists find off-switch for risky behavior
arstechnica.com

Moons of Saturn may be younger than the dinosaurs
astronomynow.com

Scientists say Shakespeare’s skull may be missing from grave
washingtonpost.com

Three Cool Things We’ve Learned From NASA’s Mars Gravity Map
news.nationalgeographic.com

Study: People with similar mental behaviors tend to move their bodies in similar ways.
rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org

The Enduring Mystery Of ‘Jawn’, Philadelphia’s All-Purpose Noun
atlasobscura.com

After 95 years, a Navy ship lost at sea with all hands is finally discovered
washingtonpost.com

The Story Behind GM’s Celebrated ‘Damsels of Design’
core77.com

Animation: High contrast image of the hexagonal storm on Saturn’s north pole.
i.imgur.com

Scientists have created a synthetic organism that has only the genes it needs to survive.
quantamagazine.org

Why watching comb jellies poop has stunned evolutionary biologists
sciencemag.org

Video: Will This Solve Organ Transplant Rejection Forever?
youtube.com

Why smart people are better off with fewer friends
washingtonpost.com

Study: Baby monkeys grow faster to avoid being killed by adult males
news.utoronto.ca

NASA Study Finds Climate Change Shifting Wine Grape Harvests in France and Switzerland
giss.nasa.gov

Astronomers see supernova shockwave for first time
abc.net.au

HD 20782b: Astronomers Discover Exoplanet with Highly Eccentric Orbit
sci-news.com

Astronomers just discovered a new type of galaxy called ‘super spirals’
sciencealert.com

Video: Step inside the Large Hadron Collider (360º tour, click and drag video to change view angle)
youtube.com

Food Allergy transferred to patient following Bone Marrow Transplant.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

NASA’s New Horizons scientists have released papers that shed new light on the Pluto System
clarksvilleonline.com

What Death Row Inmates Say in Their Last Words
priceonomics.com

Neanderthal Diet: 80% Meat, 20% Fruit, Veggies
news.discovery.com

Hubble telescope spies stellar ‘land of giants’
bbc.com

MIT scientists find evidence that Alzheimer’s ‘lost memories’ may one day be recoverable
washingtonpost.com

Lab-grown milk, eggs and meat could hit store shelves in 5 years
digitaljournal.com

Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace
theguardian.com

How a Ragtag Gang of Retirees Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in British History
vanityfair.com

The forgotten Australian prisoners of war experimented on by the Nazis
abc.net.au

Egypt says scan of King Tut’s burial tomb shows hidden rooms
ctvnews.ca

Did Charles Darwin use his children for science?
bbc.com

NASA to test fire in space by burning unmanned orbiting craft
phys.org

How Jan Baalsrud escaped the Nazis and became a Norwegian folk hero
nytimes.com

German ‘Witzelsucht’ is a neurological condition causing addiction to the wurst of puns.
nymag.com

The Ethics of a Pill for Down Syndrome
theatlantic.com

Modeled After Ants, Teams of Tiny Robots Can Move 2-Ton Car
nytimes.com

Hiker in Israel finds rare ancient coin, only second of its kind known to archaeology.
npr.org

Some Birds Are Just As Smart As Apes
neurosciencenews.com

Molecular experiment reverses evolution in birds obtaining a dinosaur-like lower leg
alphagalileo.org

The Sneaky Life of the World’s Most Mysterious Plant
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com

Interactive data: How people in various professions intermarry.
bloomberg.com

A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers seems to violate a longstanding assumption about how they behave.
quantamagazine.org

Using statistics and geographical profiling to identify the elusive graffiti artist Banksy.
cbc.ca

Interactive map shows every nuclear detonation since 1945
arcgis.com

Newly discovered plastic-eating bacterium can break down PET
abc.net.au

Penguin travels over 8,000 km every year to visit man who rescued him
cbc.ca

Shipwrecks, Tree Rings Reveal Caribbean Hurricanes
uanews.arizona.edu

‘Gum leaf skeletoniser’ caterpillar wears a hat made of its own discarded head casings.
bbc.com

Meet Brian: the ‘surfing’ spider that rides waves to hunt prey
telegraph.co.uk

Psychology’s popular theory of “ego depletion” may have been discredited in recent study.
slate.com

Autonomous vehicles may one day be magnetically levitated over spherical tires.
bbc.com

Vietnam twins found to have different fathers in rare case
bbc.com

First tomatoes, peas harvested from mock Martian farm.
upi.com

Japanese bird species provides the first example of non-human syntax
redorbit.com

Scientists think they now know why planet Mercury’s surface is so dark.
cbc.ca