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The Medical Mystery Behind America’s Best-Selling Hair-loss Drug
tonic.vice.com

How (Almost) Everyone Failed to Prepare for Pearl Harbor
smithsonianmag.com

This ancient Chinese bird kept its feathers, and colors, for 130 million years
washingtonpost.com

Ground-penetrating radar has found ‘as much water as the volume of Lake Superior’ frozen under Mars plains
jpl.nasa.gov

Strange Numbers Found in Particle Collisions
quantamagazine.org

“It smelled like death”: An oral history of the Double Dare obstacle course
avclub.com

Study: Birth Year Predicts Bird Flu Risk
directorsblog.nih.gov

A new procedure freezes trauma patients who are bleeding out in order to buy time to operate
newyorker.com

Inside a Moneymaking Machine Like No Other (contains autoplay video)
bloomberg.com

Should humans drink cow’s milk?
theguardian.com

The story of the only person the FBI ever listed as missing even though they knew where he was
newrepublic.com

The Seven-Decade Transnational Hunt for the Origins of a Strange Indian Disease
thewire.in

We really need to figure out how to stop a killer asteroid, scientists say
washingtonpost.com

Researchers have developed an anti-stink perfume that’s like noise-canceling headphones for your nose
qz.com

Drilling Into the Chicxulub Crater, Ground Zero of the Dinosaur Extinction
nytimes.com

Murder in Burundi: the man who knew too much
theguardian.com

Ancient water from Northern Ontario mine may harbour ‘alien’ life
theglobeandmail.com

Astronomers have traced the source of the most powerful radio signal ever received from space
sciencealert.com

Giant Roaches Can Grow Big Testicles When They Need Them
news.nationalgeographic.com

How a Serial Con Man Fooled Silicon Valley and Took an NFL Star’s Millions
inc.com

Uncombable hair traced to genetic roots
news.sky.com

How Casinos Enable Gambling Addicts
theatlantic.com

‘Roundest known space object’ identified
bbc.com

We have now CRISPR’d a human
fusion.net

SAND’S END: Miami Beach has run out of sand. Now what?
theverge.com

A Hidden Ocean Beneath Pluto’s Icy Heart
theatlantic.com

SpaceX seeking permission to launch 4,425 satellites to provide 1Gbps data worldwide
businessinsider.com

Unfathomable: A true tale of sunken treasure, underwater adventure, and sibling rivalry
unfathomable.epicmagazine.com

Mexican pyramid has two more inside, scientists discover
theguardian.com

Was an Owl the Real Culprit in the Peterson Murder Mystery?
audubon.org

We Finally Know How London’s Famous Killer Fog [probably] Formed
gizmodo.com.au

A town plagued by mysterious fires turns to science, the church, and the law in a search for answers
magazine.atavist.com

Van Gogh Museum disputes newly discovered sketchbook
cbc.ca

Like Beef, Insects Are A Good Source Of Iron
acsh.org

Hunting submarines with magnets
economist.com

This fall, the “Radioactive Boy Scout” died at age 39
arstechnica.com

A Visual Tour Through Colombia’s Ancient Lost City
atlasobscura.com

How Two Trailblazing Psychologists Turned the World of Decision Science Upside Down
vanityfair.com

Why car designers stick with clay
bbc.com

The man who created a tiny country he can no longer enter
bbc.com

Grapefruit And Salt: The Science Behind This Unlikely Power Couple
npr.org

Physicists just discovered a second state of liquid water
sciencealert.com

Ancient Scratched Stones: World’s Earliest Maps or Magic Artifacts?
livescience.com

Mystery of the Pulsating Spider
sgmacro.blogspot.in

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman play games
newscientist.com

‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found
nytimes.com

Princeton Team Directly Observes Planets Around Nearby Stars
universetoday.com

Physicists say they’ve produced the first ‘supersolid’, and it’s even stranger than predicted
sciencealert.com

Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk
nature.com

Documentary: Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes, narrated by Jon Ronson
vimeo.com

How Your Brain Decides Without You
nautil.us

Image: On this day in 1918, WW1 officially ended with an abrupt silence, as illustrated by this sound ranging tape.
damninteresting.com

The truth about a strange blood-sucking monster
bbc.com

DeafBlind Americans developed a language that doesn’t involve sight or sound
qz.com

New, 66 million year old species of feathered dinosaur found by construction workers in China
news.nationalgeographic.com

Archaeologists find a 1,000 year old Viking toolbox and tools at a ring fortress site in Denmark
sciencenordic.com

The Mirror Effect: How the rise of mirrors in the fifteenth century shaped our idea of the individual
laphamsquarterly.org

Video series: Imaginary numbers are real
youtube.com

Australians researchers have built a better qubit
engadget.com

The History of Butter
luckypeach.com