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Birth of a black hole witnessed as star vanishes without a bang
newatlas.com

NASA Plans To “Listen” to the Ice of Europa to Find out What’s Beneath It
futurism.com

Get Ready for Skyscrapers Made of Wood
wired.com

Study: Mars had water for longer than previously thought
researchgate.net

The Rise and Fall of Toronto’s Classiest Con Man
thewalrus.ca

Did humans evolve from pigs? Interesting insights about hybridization and human bias
theoutline.com

Anaesthesia: what we still don’t know about the ‘gift of oblivion’
smh.com.au

Video: Images from Juno spacecraft processed into flyby animation
youtube.com • Another

‘My déjà vu is so extreme I can’t tell what’s real any more’
mosaicscience.com

Fast radio bursts: stirrings from a galaxy far, far away
theguardian.com

Designer Viruses Stimulate the Immune System to Fight Cancer
unige.ch

Cosmic Muons Reveal the Land Hidden Under Ice
eos.org

So much water pulsed through a melting glacier that it warped the Earth’s crust
washingtonpost.com

Australian convict pirates in Japan: evidence of 1830 voyage unearthed
theguardian.com

Study: A 1-Hour Walk, 3 Times a Week, Has Benefits for Dementia
nytimes.com

The World Is Wasting Our Irreplaceable Helium, And Nobody Cares
forbes.com

The Smithsonian is supposed to be the people’s museum, but it tells corporate America’s version of history
currentaffairs.org

Kafka in Vegas: A Murdered Circus Star, a Dubious Confession, and America’s Prosecutorial Misconduct Epidemic
vanityfair.com

Western Australia police puzzled by SOS mystery in remote area
abc.net.au

55 years ago today, workers accidentally lit an underground fire–it still burns
damninteresting.com

Astronauts may wear eight-legged ‘spider’ spacesuits to crawl across the moons of Mars
businessinsider.com

Eddie Maher: How I took my family on the run for 19 years
bbc.com

The Tragic Story of a Texas Teen and the Marines Who Killed Him for No Reason
fusion.kinja.com

2 Missing WWII B-25 Bombers Found in the Pacific Ocean
livescience.com

Bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia is “exceptionally well-preserved and highly unusual”
phys.org

The World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Is Now Up and Running
space.com

Juno mission first results: Jupiter isn’t like what researchers expected
cnn.com

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