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The mystery of the millions of yellow sponges colonizing France’s northern beaches
thelocal.fr

Meet the new giant sunfish that has evaded scientists for centuries
news.mongabay.com

When Stress Makes You Fall Asleep
nymag.com

Sea Spiders Pump Blood With Their Guts, Not Their Hearts
theatlantic.com

On this day in 1983, a jumbo jet ran out of fuel mid-flight
damninteresting.com

Does Saffron Fight Cancer? A Plausible Biological Mechanism
acsh.org

When you can’t remember where you are or how you got there
bbc.com

The Wildeblood scandal: the trial that rocked 1950s Britain – and changed gay rights
theguardian.com

Why Do Guys Always Have to Pat Each Other on the Back When They Hug?
gq.com

The hogs that created America’s first urban working class
qz.com

Known Alias: How Stephen King Was Outed as Richard Bachman
mentalfloss.com

It’s Okay to Be a Coward About Cancer
time.com

Not Aliens: Weird Radio Signal from Star Likely Has Duller Explanation (a geostationary satellite)
space.com

The Illuminating Geometry of Viruses
quantamagazine.org

Salvador Dalí’s moustache still intact, embalmer reveals after exhumation
theguardian.com

Scientists find key ‘friendliness’ genes that distinguish dogs from wolves
latimes.com

NASA Uploads Hundreds of Rare Aircraft Films to YouTube
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

Experiment finds evidence for the Majorana fermion, a particle that’s its own antiparticle
news.stanford.edu

Something Strange in Usain Bolt’s Stride
nytimes.com

Hippies, Guns, and LSD: The San Francisco Rock Band That Was Too Wild For the Sixties
collectorsweekly.com

Video: Big Pacific: Behind The Scenes: Filming Pufferfish Building A Nest
pbs.org

A hacker stole $31M of Ether — how it happened, and what it means for Ethereum
medium.freecodecamp.org

Hubble sees martian moon orbiting the Red Planet
phys.org

Surgery Is One Hell Of A Placebo
fivethirtyeight.com

How an ex-FBI profiler helped put an innocent man behind bars
latimes.com

Ground-breaking ground-based images of planets obtained by Pic-Net Pro-Am team
europlanet-eu.org

First ever daytime satellite visible to naked eye
khou.com

You can now explore the International Space Station via Google Street View
theverge.com

Brains With Alzheimer’s Have More Bacteria Than Healthy Ones, Says New Study
sciencealert.com

The Mad Cheese Scientists Fighting to Save the Dairy Industry
bloomberg.com

This magical drug mansion in Upstate New York is where the psychedelic ’60s took off
timeline.com

The subtle power of uncomfortable silences
bbc.com

9-year-old’s stumble leads to million-year-old fossil discovery
sfgate.com

Half of All Plastic That Has Ever Existed Was Made in the Past 13 Years
theatlantic.com

Psychopaths have feelings: can they learn how to use them?
aeon.co

The more archaeologists study Stonehenge, the more mysteries unfold. But a coherent story is beginning to emerge.
bbc.com

The data behind the search for MH370
geoscience-au.maps.arcgis.com

Image: An unusual little hill on Mars
apod.nasa.gov

Mighty T. rex ‘walked rather than sprinted’
bbc.com

The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates
propublica.org

Study: Humans hardwired to lean to the right while kissing the world over
bath.ac.uk

Cassini: A Vexing Hexagon
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov

The Rise and Fall of F. Lee Bailey, the Lawyer Who Set O.J. Simpson Free
townandcountrymag.com

Is linguistics a science?
aeon.co

Japan’s zero-gravity space drone sends first pictures from ISS
bbc.com

“The last time I ate real food, actually chewed and swallowed, was six years ago.”
harpers.org

New Mexico professor seeks to save moon-landing sites
washingtonpost.com

Bodies of Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after they went missing
brisbanetimes.com.au

100 years ago today the oppressed inhabitants of Clipperton Island took matters into their own hands
damninteresting.com

Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen
bbc.com

Mystery radio signals have been detected from a red dwarf star just 11 light-years away (autoplay video)
newsweek.com

Video: This Man Turned a Car Into a Motorbike to Escape the Desert
youtube.com

55 years ago today, the world’s smallest nuclear bomb was tested at the Nevada Proving Grounds
damninteresting.com

City birds use cigarette butts to ward off ticks
cbc.ca

The daredevil, his helicopter, the risk of flying too high, and the birth of modern news
epicmagazine.com

An investigation into the rampant drug abuse in the legal profession
nytimes.com

In St. Louis, America’s nuclear history creeps into the present, leaching into streams and bodies
guernicamag.com

75 years ago today a P-38 Lightning crash-landed on the Greenland ice, not to be seen again for 50 years
damninteresting.com

UK surgeon finds 27 missing contact lenses in woman’s eye
aop.org.uk

Researchers are wondering whether a dose of parasites could help prevent dementia
nytimes.com