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To Board a Cruise Ship — and Never Get Off
howwegettonext.com

New species of gigantic, toothy worm identified in Canadian fossil collection
cbc.ca

Explained at length: Why are so few foods blue?
biology.stackexchange.com

Linguist’s ‘big data’ research supports waves of migration into the Americas
phys.org

In tests, bees learned to use tools they would never find in nature
arstechnica.com

Light travels at ~300,000 km per second. Why not faster or slower? A new theory inches us closer to an answer
aeon.co

Gone but not forgotten: how ancient Neanderthal genes still affect modern people
theverge.com

Video: Houshi, the Japanese inn that remains in operation after 1,300 years
vimeo.com

Harvey Friedman is about to bring incompleteness and infinity out of quarantine
nautil.us

How Rorschach’s inkblots turned personality testing into an art
newrepublic.com

The pancreas can be triggered to regenerate itself through a type of fasting diet, say US researchers
bbc.com

Scientist David Nutt believes a chemical called “alcosynth” is the secret to drinking without regret
melmagazine.com

When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes: an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments
theatlantic.com

Who Was Detective X? The story of the inventive but unknown-until-recently pioneer of forensic science
nist.gov

New hair-sized fibers allow genetic, chemical, optical, and electrical inputs and outputs to the brain
news.mit.edu

NASA’s audacious Europa missions are getting closer to reality
planetary.org

Most scientists ‘can’t replicate studies by their peers’
bbc.com

One in four females of this tree-dwelling lemur has a superpower: seeing in full color
nautil.us

NASA’s official TRAPPIST-1 site, with artwork, renderings, and information about the system
trappist.one

One of the world’s rarest films just showed up on YouTube
avclub.com

More info on the exoplanets announced by NASA today
blastr.com

Study: Feeling left out makes you more likely to believe conspiracy theories
theoutline.com

NASA Announces a Single Star Is Home to At Least 7 Earthlike Planets [3 in the habitable zone]
time.com

Video: Data visualization of the deaths of World War 2
youtube.com

Thylacines: Getting Inside the Head of an Extinct Predator
blogs.discovermagazine.com

There is more lithium on Earth than cosmological models predict, and scientists may now know why
bbc.com

Blame: Was the death of Jill Wells an accident or murder?
9news.com

New Horizons, and the five failed Pluto proposals that preceded it
arstechnica.com

The longest personality study ever shows negligible correlation between one’s own teenage and elderly personalities
qz.com

How a failed Japanese space mission lucked into catching a comet
qz.com

A Million People Live in These Underground Nuclear Bunkers
nationalgeographic.com

After losing its glaciers, La Paz, Bolivia adapts to a world without water
popsci.com

James Bailey Admits He’s a Liar. But He Swears He’s Not a Murderer.
slate.com

Effects of Deepwater Horizon disaster on fish shed new light on how air pollution affects human hearts
news-medical.net

Has There Been A “Nuclear Incident” In The Arctic?
thedrive.com

New theory explains why the Earth’s core doesn’t melt
newatlas.com

Rare color photographs of Japanese internment in WW2 USA
newyorker.com

During a 1994 blackout, L.A. residents called 911 when they saw the Milky Way for the first time
timeline.com

The tragic story of the accidental sinking of the SS Mendi 100 years ago
historicengland.org.uk

Study: Left versus right handedness may be determined by the spinal cord
sciencealert.com

Camera made from 32,000 drinking straws takes pointillistic photographs
designboom.com

Video: Observing humans as they contemplate diving from a tower the height of a three story building
nytimes.com

In a Mexican cave system, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old
abcnews.go.com

Collapse of Aztec society linked to catastrophic salmonella outbreak
nature.com

Plano surgeon Christopher Duntsch left a trail of bodies. The shocking story of a madman with a scalpel.
dmagazine.com

What Happens When the Computer That Keeps You Alive Can Also Put You In Jail?
gizmodo.com

NASA’s ‘space poop challenge’ is over, and it went boldly beyond the diaper
washingtonpost.com

Woolly mammoth on verge of resurrection, scientists reveal
theguardian.com

Geologists claim to have discovered a previously unrecognized continent off the coast of Australia
telegraph.co.uk

Why can 12-year-olds still get married in the United States?
washingtonpost.com

A Striking New View of the Pacific “Blob”
news.nationalgeographic.com

A moderately harrowing first-hand account of near-drowning
smh.com.au

Researchers succeed in producing triangulene, a magnetic, highly reactive cousin of graphene
arstechnica.com

Join the effort to detect the elusive “Planet 9” in this new citizen science project
zooniverse.org

Rich People Literally See the World Differently
nymag.com

Fossil gives first evidence of live birth in ancient reptile thought to only lay eggs
cbc.ca

NASA considering putting astronauts on the very first launch of its new SLS rocket
popsci.com

Winston Churchill’s views on aliens revealed in lost essay
bbc.com

The ‘almost human’ gorilla who drank tea and went to school
theguardian.com

Indian Space Research Organisation deploys 104 satellites from a single rocket
economictimes.indiatimes.com