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Swarm of bees follow grandmother’s car for over 24 hours attempting to rescue their queen
telegraph.co.uk

Paint-On GMOs Could Create Cattle, Dogs with Custom Fur
technologyreview.com

Super solar flares may have kicked off life on Earth (warning: autoplay video)
theweathernetwork.com

The Bank Robber: The computer technician who exposed a Swiss bank’s darkest secrets.
newyorker.com

Vital Signs: She lost a piece of her brain and will never get it back.
guernicamag.com

Experiment shows that the air chemistry in movie theaters changes during certain scenes.
theatlantic.com

Study: Antibiotics that wipe out gut microbes may play havoc with memory
cosmosmagazine.com

Report: Software used across the USA to predict future criminals is biased against blacks.
propublica.org

Everybody Is Constipated, Nobody Is Constipated
fivethirtyeight.com

For World’s Newest Scrabble Stars, SHORT Tops SHORTER
wsj.com

Tyrannosaurus rex would have had lips, Toronto paleontologist says
cbc.ca

Trees seen resting branches while ‘asleep’ for the first time
newscientist.com

The Man Who Blamed Aging on His Intestines
nautil.us

How cameras in the wild have transformed what we know about animals
washingtonpost.com

Feel Me: What the new science of touch says about ourselves.
newyorker.com

A Secret Tunnel Found in Mexico May Finally Solve the Mysteries of Teotihuacán
smithsonianmag.com

Magic-mushroom drug lifts depression in first human trial
nature.com

Video: Mechanically Stabilized Earth
youtube.com

I went to the hospital to give birth…and tested positive for meth
narrative.ly

The False Promise of DNA Testing
theatlantic.com

The Secret Bones In Benjamin Franklin’s Basement
londonist.com

Video: New short documentary from Errol Morris: Demon in the Freezer
nytimes.com

Astronomers crack the secret of this gorgeous poem by Sappho
clivethompson.net

World-first scanning helium microscope looks at spider fangs and butterfly wings
abc.net.au

Study: Only two kinds of sexual arrangements are possible among social animals
arstechnica.co.uk

Mysterious Mounds in South America Are Likely Worm Poop
news.nationalgeographic.com

Sharks’ electricity-sensing organs are even more powerful than we realized
washingtonpost.com

How Chris McCandless Died An update to ‘Into the Wild’
medium.com

Video: How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity.
youtube.com

Unearthing the Secrets of New York’s Mass Graves
nytimes.com

Recent research reveals false rumours really do travel faster and further than the truth
firstdraftnews.com

Florida find suggests Americas were peopled far earlier than thought
thestar.com

A Huge Unnamed Dwarf Planet, Almost the Size of Pluto, Has Been Hiding in Our Solar System
gizmodo.com

First eukaryote found without mitochondria redefines our limb on tree of life
cbc.ca

Study: Men who can tell a good story are seen as more attractive and higher status
digest.bps.org.uk

Snake strikes move so fast one could hit you four times within the space of one eyeblink.
bbc.com

A fight to protect ‘the most valuable real estate in space’
washingtonpost.com

World’s oldest known ground-edge stone axe fragments found in Western Australia
abc.net.au

How Typography Can Save Your Life
propublica.org

Swarm A.I. correctly predicts the four winning horses at the Kentucky Derby (540 to 1 odds)
finance.yahoo.com

Nine years of science censorship finally comes to an end in Canada.
nature.com

This Philosopher Helped Ensure There Was No Nobel for Relativity
nautil.us

Video: Indoor security camera captures Fort McMurray home burning to the ground
youtube.com

The Spitfires that nearly broke the sound barrier
bbc.com

How Do You Put Out A Subterranean Fire Beneath A Mountain Of Trash?
fivethirtyeight.com

The Locksmith Who Picked Two “Unbeatable” Locks and Ended the Era of “Perfect Security”
slate.com

NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets–the largest finding of planets to date.
nasa.gov

A crack in the mystery of non-Newtonian ‘Oobleck’ substances
nist.gov

Josiah Zayner’s gut was making his life hell, so he embarked on a DIY fecal transplant
theverge.com

Searching for Signs of Hannibal’s Route in DNA from Horse Manure
newyorker.com

Sparkly polar bear poo shines a light on research at Winnipeg zoo
cbc.ca

Stretchable, contractable, self-healing polymer could lead to artificial muscle
ucrtoday.ucr.edu

World’s longest insect discovered in China
news.xinhuanet.com

Scientists Discover The First Ever Safe Way To Send Medication Into the Placenta
sciencenewsjournal.com

Woman falls over at home and regains sight after 20 years of blindness (has autoplay video)
independent.co.uk

Geologists Find Clues In Crater Left By Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
npr.org

The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies
theguardian.com

The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community
nytimes.com

Study: 99.999% of Earth’s Species Are Still Undiscovered
mic.com

The Subtle Design Features That Make Cities Feel More Hostile
atlasobscura.com