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Blindsided: A Dream Engagement Turned Nightmare
indianapolismonthly.com

Private lunar mission ‘seeks US approval’
phys.org

Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs
bbc.com

Tiny Bird Breaks Migration Record With 60,000-Mile Flight
time.com

Video: New Discovery: Blood-Red Worms That Thrive in a Toxic Cave
youtube.com • More info

Body on the Moor – Why did this man travel 200 miles to die here?
bbc.co.uk

Mysterious Markings May Hold Clues to Origin of Writing
news.nationalgeographic.com

X-rays reveal 1,300-year-old writings inside later bookbindings
theguardian.com

Recent studies support hypothesis that exposures in youth help shape human immune systems.
nytimes.com

First commercial carbon-capture plant set to open in Switzerland
newscientist.com

Taken from life: The unsettling art of death photography
bbc.com

Jupiter’s Mysterious Interior Is Coming Into Focus
gizmodo.com

Egyptian mummy adorned with tattoos
thestar.com

The Crisis in Flint Isn’t Over. It’s Everywhere.
wired.com

Stanford researchers ‘stunned’ by stem cell experiment that helped stroke patient walk
washingtonpost.com

Universe is expanding up to 9% faster than we thought, say scientists
theguardian.com

A Short-Order Murder
sfweekly.com

4 devastating tornadoes hit Moore, Oklahoma, in 16 years. Was it geography or just bad luck?
fivethirtyeight.com

Can primordial black holes fill in the dark matter blank?
gizmag.com

Outwitting ‘Typhoid Mary’
hektoeninternational.org

Video: “Rolling” – Three cameras mounted to wheelchairs show everyday struggles and stigmas.
thirteen.org

Uncovering Big Bias with Big Data
lawyerist.com

Video: Bright “red sprite” lightning caught on video near Amarillo, TX (best at 0:27)
youtube.com

The cave hospitals of Syria’s front line
scidev.net

King Tut’s dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms
cbc.ca

Video: Extracting platinum from roadside dust
youtube.com

‘Oldest hand-written document ever found in Britain’ found at Roman London dig.
bbc.com

The world’s longest (57km) and deepest rail tunnel opened in Switzerland today.
bbc.com

Video: Who profits when disaster strikes? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate.
pbs.org

Getting babies to stop crying and not die may have made humans smarter
arstechnica.co.uk

Videos: Are you your body? And which half of your brain is you?
kottke.org

How John Hinckley–the man who shot President Reagan–now spends his days
washingtonian.com

The Keyhole Seven: The worst disaster in Zion National Park’s 97-year history.
outsideonline.com

The man who seduced the 7th Fleet
washingtonpost.com

Video: New Horizons’ Best Close-Up of Pluto’s Surface
nasa.gov

Silver snake, with distinctive metallic appearance, discovered in Bahamas
theguardian.com

Film from the US War Department, 1944: “Know Your Allies: Britain”
youtube.com

Researchers show that blue-green bird eggs protect the embryo from harmful sunlight.
amnat.org

Video: Lightning strike at 7,000 frames per second.
gizmag.com

What is CRISPR and why is it so great?
genetics.thetech.org

Psychology of strategic deception revealed by online poker
medicalxpress.com

The length of a second could be about to change
independent.co.uk

Archaeologists [probably] discover Aristotle’s 2,400-year-old tomb in Macedonia
rawstory.com

Has a Hungarian physics lab found a fifth force of nature?
nature.com

A Shocking Find In a Neanderthal Cave In France
theatlantic.com

Study: Europa’s Ocean May Have An Earthlike Chemical Balance
nasa.gov

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