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The Shipping and Handling of a Gigantic Space Telescope
theatlantic.com

Where oil rigs go to die
theguardian.com

Why You’re Biased About Being Biased
nautil.us

Scientists Just Found a Completely New Kind of Symbiotic Relationship
gizmodo.com

Two Fungal Species Cooperate To Synthesize An Antibiotic
acsh.org

CERN points giant magnet at the Sun to look for dark matter particles
arstechnica.com

SOFIA Confirms Nearby Planetary System is Similar to Our Own
nasa.gov

CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals
sciencedirect.com

Cassini Finds ‘The Big Empty’ Close to Saturn
jpl.nasa.gov

Astronomers discover a rare star full of calcium, but no clear origin
sciencealert.com

Dwarf planetary systems will transform the hunt for alien life
aeon.co

How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
theatlantic.com

Self-proclaimed (but never confirmed) ‘oldest human’ dies in Indonesia, claimed age 146
theguardian.com

Clues as to why cockroaches are so prolific
sciencedaily.com

Incorrigible Sin: The story of a seventeenth-century fornication trial in Massachusetts Bay
theawl.com

The Accidental Get Away Driver: How one man drove right into the center of a daring and dangerous crime
gq.com

Why the Rich Don’t Give to Charity
theatlantic.com

Antarctic’s never-frozen Blood Falls has new explanation
theweathernetwork.com

Video: Beautiful close-up footage of today’s SpaceX first stage rocket landing
instagram.com

Video: A 750-Year-Old Secret: See How Soy Sauce Is Still Made Today
youtube.com

The strange death, and even stranger life of “Cocaine Cowboy” Andrew Carter Thornton II
muckrock.com

NASA’s meteorite-resistant space fabric is like futuristic chainmail
yahoo.com

Conspiracy Theorists May Really Just Be Lonely
scientificamerican.com

The Living Disappeared: Searching for the children kidnapped during Argentina’s military dictatorship
story.californiasunday.com

‘Anumeric’ People: What Happens When a Language Has No Words for Numbers?
sciencealert.com

Why Wisdom Teeth Are So Much Trouble
theatlantic.com

Is Dark Matter “Fuzzy”?
chandra.harvard.edu

How a Daughter’€™s Search for Her Biological Father Led Her to an Execution in Arkansas
theintercept.com

Is The Tasmanian Tiger Really Extinct?
daily.jstor.org

Long after their bones were gone, Neanderthals’ DNA survived in cave
cbsnews.com

Female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid male advances
newscientist.com

The Nazi Who Infiltrated National Geographic
news.nationalgeographic.com

NASA is running out of spacesuits and it could jeopardize future missions
businessinsider.com

Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets
smithsonianmag.com

Study: Girls whose maternal grandmothers smoked during pregnancy 67% more likely to display autistic traits
neurosciencenews.com

Elite social media: where the internet’s 1 percent hangs out
theverge.com

Hippos Can’t Swim—So How Do They Move Through Water?
theatlantic.com

Scientists found a no-frills way to build on Mars (autoplay video)
usatoday.com

3 New Bridges Rise in New York, With Looks That Could Stop Traffic
nytimes.com

Study: Early organic carbon got deep burial in mantle
news.rice.edu

The island with £100 million hidden
bbc.com

‘Giant Hurricane’ on Saturn: 1st Images Back from Cassini’s Epic Ring Dive (autoplay video)
space.com

When the Hell Will We Find Planet Nine?
gizmodo.com

A Pickpocket’s Tale: The spectacular thefts of Apollo Robbins (2013)
newyorker.com • Related video

Forced Confessions: A Victoria homicide case puts the spotlight on police interrogations
thewalrus.ca

130,000-year-old mastodon skeleton in America appears to have been butchered by protohumans
nbcnews.com

31 Years Later, the Lights Come Back on in Chernobyl [actually Pripyat]
globalvoices.org

Chinese and European space agencies discuss collaborating on a moonbase
independent.co.uk

Fitbit fitness tracker cracks Connecticut murder case
nydailynews.com

Cassini Spacecraft Starts Weaving Between Saturn And Its Rings
npr.org

How the Discovery of Two Lost Ships Solved an Arctic Mystery
news.nationalgeographic.com

Norwegian scientists speculate regarding the inspiration behind ‘The Scream’
bbc.com

‘World’s oldest fungus’ raises evolution questions
bbc.com

Astrophysicists study ‘rejuvenating’ pulsar in a neighboring galaxy
techiwire.com

Why do your musical tastes get frozen over in your twenties?
aeon.co

Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?
priceonomics.com

The Giant Sea Mammal That Went Extinct in Less Than Three Decades
theatlantic.com

Exercise ‘keeps the mind sharp’ in over-50s, study finds
bbc.com

I Got Hacked So You Don’t Have To
gq.com

A lab has successfully gestated premature lambs in artificial wombs. Are humans next?
theatlantic.com