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NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid
jpl.nasa.gov

Fire on the Mountain: A night of terror in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
gardenandgun.com

For 4,500 years, Stone Age humans returned to this mysterious cave
arstechnica.com

The Curious Case of the Disappearing Nuts
outsideonline.com

On this day in 1940, The “Crypt of Civilization” was sealed, planned to remain unopened for another 6,177 years
damninteresting.com

Ancient Slingshot Was as Deadly as a .44 Magnum
news.nationalgeographic.com

Why Flamingos Are More Stable on One Leg Than Two
theatlantic.com

How The Biggest Animal On Earth Got So Big
npr.org

Image: Latest view of Jupiter from the Juno spacecraft (highly detailed, original is 4000 x 4000)
imgur.com

VLA Reveals New Object Near Supermassive Black Hole in Famous Galaxy
public.nrao.edu

Extra layer of tectonic plates discovered within Earth’s mantle, scientists say
theguardian.com

At The Dawn Of Recorded Sound, No One Cared
npr.org

Study: Beautiful scientists not taken as seriously as less attractive colleagues
itv.com

This is what it’s like to be struck by lightning
mosaicscience.com

Lean-burn physiology gives Sherpas peak-performance
bbc.com

Their life seemed like a fairy tale—until her body was discovered in a suitcase by the Humber River
torontolife.com

Gravitational Waves Are Permanently Warping The Fabric of Space-Time
sciencealert.com

Merging white dwarfs may create most of our galaxy’s antimatter
astronomy.com

Researchers propose new type of planetary object
news.agu.org

Freeze-Dried Space Sperm Gives Rise to Healthy Baby Mice
space.com

‘I knew they were sugar pills but I felt fantastic’ – the rise of open-label placebos
theguardian.com

New Zealand: The next major space hub?
newatlas.com

The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats
nytimes.com

NASA plans emergency spacewalk on International Space Station
reuters.com

Babies From Skin Cells? Prospect Is Unsettling to Some Experts
mobile.nytimes.com

Weird energy beam seems to travel five times the speed of light
newscientist.com

Tuscan archives yield up secrets of Leonardo’s mystery mother
theguardian.com

A Place Where Something Evil Happened
dmagazine.com

Human antibodies in Ebola survivor’s blood effective against all strains
newatlas.com

On this day in 1946 a scientist at Los Alamos was ‘bitten by the nuclear dragon’
damninteresting.com

Researchers in Taiwan detect a protostar in the ‘hamburger’ stage with a dusty accretion disk
almaobservatory.org

Scientists Sneak A Peek At How Ladybugs Fold Their Wings
npr.org

The Blackener’s Cave in Iceland may contain the oldest standing Viking structure in the world
archaeology.org

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