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Is the dark really making me sad? On the science behind seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
mosaicscience.com

Dark matter is missing from young galaxies
arstechnica.com

The Case for Going to Venus
smithsonianmag.com

Astronomers Just Found a Star Orbiting a Black Hole at 1 Percent the Speed of Light
sciencealert.com

Physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films
llnl.gov

A court’s decision in a Maine labor dispute hinged on the absence of an Oxford comma
qz.com

Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years
theguardian.com

The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth
businessinsider.com

Life, death, math, and efficiency: The quest to solve US organ transplant woes
arstechnica.com

German traffic light stays red for 28 years
thelocal.de

Enceladus’ south pole is warm under the frost
sci.esa.int

Here’s the first 3D glimpse of how DNA is packaged up in a single cell
arstechnica.com

Flecks of Extraterrestrial Dust, All Over the Roof
nytimes.com

Convergent con artists: How rove beetles keep evolving into army ant parasites
eurekalert.org

MIT researchers create new form of matter: Supersolid is crystalline and superfluid at the same time
news.mit.edu

Poor Sleep in Early Childhood Linked to Later Cognitive and Behavioral Problems
neurosciencenews.com

New Study Suggests Our Understanding of Brain Cells Is Flawed, and Here’s Why
sciencealert.com

Dishonesty gets easier on the brain the more you do it
aeon.co

How to Become an International Gold Smuggler
bloomberg.com

Anatomy of a North Korean Assassination
thedailybeast.com

The Story Of Henry “Box”€™ Brown, The Slave Who Mailed Himself To Freedom
good.is

This Psychologist Is Figuring Out How Your Brain Makes Emotions
nymag.com

Two Irish villages claim that the skeleton of Napoleon’s horse, Marengo, belongs to them. But did he ever exist?
1843magazine.com

Proof Daylight Saving Time Is Dumb, Dangerous, and Costly
bloomberg.com

An animated version of Cassini’s recent photo of the tiny moon Pan
damninteresting.com

Most Americans didn’t even want us to land on the moon
timeline.com

Found: A Colossal Statue of Ramses II Hiding Under a Cairo Street
atlasobscura.com

Ancient Roman Sarcophagus Is Rescued from Humble Duty as a Flower Pot
nytimes.com

Harvard scientists speculate that Fast Radio Bursts come from alien space travel
popularmechanics.com

NASA finds lunar spacecraft that vanished 8 years ago
cnn.com

Russian scientists are trying to resurrect an Ice Age biome in Siberia, complete with woolly mammoths
theatlantic.com

Video: The font that escaped the Nazis and landed on the moon
youtube.com

Azure Window of Malta Collapses Into the Sea After Storm
nytimes.com

Neanderthal teeth tell tales of diet and medicine
arstechnica.com

Uncommon Ancestry: The story of a fertility doctor who secretly discarded donor sperm in favor of his own
hazlitt.net

Study: Australia was colonized by a single group 50,000 years ago
arstechnica.com

Hypothesis: Vision, not limbs, led fish onto land 385 million years ago
news.northwestern.edu

Photo: A clear photo of Saturn’s tiny moon Pan, via Cassini
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov

Rabbit hole leads to 700-year-old Knights Templar cave
bbc.com

Going underground: inside the world of the mole-catchers
theguardian.com

Ninety percent of Iceland’s women walked off the job in 1975, and the country came to a halt
timeline.com

Paul Mason once weighed 980 pounds. But what did he gain when he lost most of it?
gq.com

Inside NASA’s daring $8 billion plan to finally find extraterrestrial life
arstechnica.com

Study: Consuming food in “smoothie” form delays becoming hungry again by about an hour for most people
theatlantic.com

In 1914, Feminists Fought for the Right to Forget Childbirth
atlasobscura.com

Video: Music, Magic and Mayhem with Tesla Coil
youtube.com

Two sisters, one house, and a mystery
bostonglobe.com

Photo: UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known
apod.nasa.gov

This Is Our First Footage of One of the Most Elusive Whales on Earth
gizmodo.com

The quack behind the MSG scare is still stoking fear for profit
theoutline.com

The Slave Who Outwitted George Washington
longreads.com

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
brainpickings.org

A new sponge can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil, can also be wrung out and reused
newscientist.com

The Tragedy of Newcomb Mott, Who Thought He Could Walk Into Soviet Russia
atlasobscura.com

Longform: Can the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Be Found in Cuba? [more interesting than it sounds]
audubon.org

Banksy’s boutique art hotel opens its doors in Bethlehem
cnn.com

ASU study finds that high population density correlates with a ‘slow life strategy’
asunow.asu.edu

Photo: Cassini images Saturn’s rings from closer than ever before
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov • (more info)

Ancient skulls may belong to elusive humans called Denisovans
sciencemag.org

On the eve of the Civil War, a nightmare at sea turned into one of the greatest rescues in maritime history
magazine.atavist.com