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Creature From the Green Lagoon
features.texasmonthly.com

On this day in 1973, an ambitious cybernetic experiment was prematurely terminated
damninteresting.com

Seven Days of Heroin
cincinnati.com

House flippers triggered the US housing market crash, not poor subprime borrowers
qz.com

‘Plagiarists never do it once’: meet the sleuth tracking down the poetry cheats
theguardian.com

Weathering a Hurricane in Prison
newyorker.com

On this day in 1945, a chicken survived decapitation, and soon rose to national fame
damninteresting.com

First genetic proof that women were Viking warriors
phys.org

Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roman soldiers to fight the barbarians
theguardian.com

Last Enceladus Plume Observation
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov

Prying Apart the Mighty Bite of a Malaysian Trap-Jaw Ant
smithsonianmag.com

The mysterious origins of Europe’s oldest language
bbc.com

Pictures reveal Carlos the Jackal’s clandestine life in communist Prague
theguardian.com

75 years ago today, one of the few WW2 attacks on the US mainland occurred
damninteresting.com

Flamingos In The Men’s Room: How Zoos And Aquariums Handle Hurricanes
npr.org

Check out Cassini’s jaw-dropping discoveries of Saturn’s moons
latimes.com

Randomized trial finds strong evidence that insomnia is a causal factor in the occurrence of psychotic experiences
thelancet.com

Some jobs tend towards higher divorce rates. Some towards lower. Salary also probably plays a role.
flowingdata.com

The last surviving sea silk seamstress
bbc.com

Antarctica’s Hidden Caves Could Be Home to ‘New World’ of Plants and Animals
newsweek.com

Swansea Uni study: African wild dogs ‘sneeze to vote’
bbc.com

Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run Libraries
smithsonianmag.com

It’s never too late to learn – if you go about it in the right way.
bbc.com

In 1951, Anna May Wong was TV’s first Asian-American leading actor. And then her groundbreaking show disappeared.
vulture.com

On this day in 1934, a fire appeared mysteriously aboard a passenger ship
damninteresting.com

High-Tech Science Solves the Mystery of 800-Year-Old Scroll
gizmodo.com

What’s Powering Auroras on Jupiter? NASA’s Juno Probe Finds Puzzling Clues
space.com

Cassini’s image of a wave structure in Saturn’s rings known as the Janus 2:1 spiral density wave
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov

New Horizons Files Flight Plan for 2019 Flyby
nasa.gov

This Tiny Country Feeds the World
nationalgeographic.com

Stanford study indicates that more than 99 percent of the microbes inside us are unknown to science
news.stanford.edu

The Army, The Inventor And The Surprising Uses Of A Batman Machine
npr.org

Satellites Will Soon Predict Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions From Space
futurism.com

Study of Uranus suggests some of its moons are on a collision course
phys.org

Discovery of 14,000 year old settlement affirms Heiltsuk Nation’s oral history
cbc.ca

12 years ago today, we sprang into existence. What did you get us for our birthday?
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1943 the Skyhook was first tested on a human subject
damninteresting.com

Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate
quantamagazine.org

Cassini’s Last Photos Will Be Spectacular
bloomberg.com

Efficient Air-Conditioning Beams Heat Into Space
spectrum.ieee.org

How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction
nationalgeographic.com

The inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead
torontolife.com

Snow Fall: The Plane Went Down With His Wife, His Kid… and a Secret
thedailybeast.com

Whale strandings linked to solar flares in new study
rte.ie

Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day
theguardian.com

The bad news is that fish are eating lots of plastic. Even worse, they may like it.
washingtonpost.com

The Empire Stopper
nytimes.com

The Vanishing Pugilist and the Poet
laphamsquarterly.org

World’s most powerful X-ray laser begins operation
theengineer.co.uk

Long-rumored midsized black hole may be hiding out in the Milky Way
sciencemag.org

We ignore what doesn’t fit with our biases – even if it costs us
newscientist.com

A team of women is unearthing the forgotten legacy of Harvard’s women ‘computers’
pri.org

Children’s books with humans have greater moral impact than animals, study finds
theguardian.com

Record-breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
phys.org

Celery Was the Avocado Toast of the Victorian Era
tastecooking.com

The Incarcerated Women Who Fight California’s Wildfires
nytimes.com

Major Roman ruins discovered underwater in Tunisia
aljazeera.com

Triple Threat: New Pneumonia Is Drug-Resistant, Deadly And Contagious
npr.org

Look at the mysterious ‘dragon booger’ found in Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon
popsci.com

Asteroid Florence Has Two Moons
skyandtelescope.com