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A Grand New Theory of Life’s Evolution on Earth
theatlantic.com

How army rations helped change food
bbc.com

Humans have accidentally created a protective bubble around Earth
mashable.com

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, say goodbye to the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’.
bbc.co.uk

Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts
theguardian.com

Mapping super massive black holes in the distant Universe
uopnews.port.ac.uk

How the Beatles Wrote ‘A Day in the Life’
theatlantic.com

Swallowable gastric balloon could help the obese lose weight without surgery
theguardian.com

A ‘Hacker’ Exposed a Mexican Drug Lord, Now He’s Trying to Save His Own Life
motherboard.vice.com

The Secret Life of Urban Crows
seattlemet.com

Tabby’s star is dimming again, and astronomers are excited
arstechnica.com

Rivers on three worlds tell different tales
news.mit.edu

33 years ago today a very special episode of Press Your Luck was taped
damninteresting.com

New Zealand quake scientists make surprising find underground
cbsnews.com

Antarctica: “mosses that once grew less than a millimeter per year now growing over 3mm per year on average”
washingtonpost.com

Origins of ‘eh’: How 2 little letters came to define Canadians
cbc.ca

NASA Notices Unexpected Flashes of Light Reflecting Off Earth
inverse.com

American Trees Are Moving West, and No One Knows Why
theatlantic.com

Scientists have found a mysterious ‘puffy’ planet with the density of styrofoam
businessinsider.com

90 years ago today Grace Fryer filed a lawsuit against the employer who was killing her with radioactive paint
damninteresting.com

‘Molecular Condoms’ Could Be the Best Form of Birth Control Yet
gizmodo.com

Video: LUNAR – A gorgeous short film about Apollo 11
vimeo.com

How hard did it rain on Mars?
elsevier.com

The Mystery of the 2,000-Year-Old Iron Beads
atlasobscura.com

When Your Child Is a Psychopath
theatlantic.com

The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI’€™s Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family
theintercept.com

Three murders in Philadelphia in the early 1990s, and three men who didn’t commit them
slate.com

An Air Force Academy cadet created a bullet-stopping goo to use for body armor
businessinsider.com

Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from Sun (one fully lit rotation)
jpl.nasa.gov

Cosmic rays suggest dark matter is a self-annihilating WIMP
arstechnica.com

20 years ago today President Clinton apologized on behalf of the nation for a true evil government conspiracy
damninteresting.com

What causes that feeling of being watched
bbc.com

Closest alien world to our solar system could be ripe for life, models suggest
sciencemag.org

A Story of Slavery in Modern America
theatlantic.com

Measles Outbreak Caused by Anti-Vax Campaign, Officials Say
livescience.com

400 year-old mystery of Prince Rupert’s drops finally cracked
newatlas.com

Atomic clocks and solid walls: New tools in the search for dark matter
arstechnica.com

Resurrecting a Dragon: A 3D visualization of the incredibly well preserved nodosaur fossil
nationalgeographic.com

Dinosaur asteroid hit ‘worst possible place’
bbc.com

40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found
digitaljournal.com

I acted as a man to get work – until I was accused of rape
bbc.com

“Artificial blowhole” generates electricity from ocean waves
newatlas.com

New York’s City only exclusively exotic animal hospital (autoplay video)
nytimes.com

Video: The first-ever footage of Narwhals using their tusks for feeding
youtube.com

Finding Lisa: A story of murders, mysteries, loss, and, incredibly, new life
bostonglobe.com

Ancient whale tells tale of when baleen whales had teeth
sciencenews.org

Elizabeth Taylor, Christie’s, and the Case of the Cursed Necklace
vanityfair.com

Not a lizard nor a dinosaur, tuatara is the sole survivor of a once-widespread reptile group
theconversation.com

Blowing in the wind: why do so many cities have poor east ends?
theguardian.com

Clinical review: Psilocybin therapy could be significantly better than current psychiatric treatments
psypost.org

On this day in 1939, a five-year-old child gave birth :(
damninteresting.com

Radar survey in Egypt leads to discovery of 2,300-year-old necropolis containing 17 mummies
english.ahram.org.eg

The Painful Truth About Teeth [in America]
washingtonpost.com

Isdal Woman: The mystery death haunting Norway for 46 years
bbc.com

Metal detectorist rewarded with nearly £2m after unearthing Britain’s biggest Viking treasure
independent.co.uk

Why do mountaineers choose the hardest routes to the top
aeon.co

Let’s obliterate the myth that humans have a bad sense of smell
vox.com

110-million-year-old dinosaur with skin and soft tissue discovered in Canada
nationalgeographic.com

Culprit behind 2014 CIA hack turned out to be … the CIA
muckrock.com

Stalin’s Soviet Union comes to life in full color with the discovery of a long-hidden collection of images.
rferl.org