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Can ice structures solve a Himalayan water crisis?
bbc.com

Read TIME’s Original Report on the Sputnik 1 Launch
time.com

Image: Ice Ring around Nearby Star Fomalhaut
apod.nasa.gov

Mysterious Neptune and why we need to put an orbiter around it
medium.com

The World’s 1st Molecular Robot Has Just Been Created by UK Scientists
bigthink.com

The Curious Life of an Extra
theatlantic.com

Hemingway’s First Short Story Found in Key West
nytimes.com

I wanted to understand why racists hated me. So I befriended Klansmen.
washingtonpost.com

How Science Saved Me from Pretending to Love Wine
newyorker.com

How a 3-Ton Mess of Dead Pigs Transformed This Landscape
news.nationalgeographic.com

Thunderstorm Turns Into a Nuclear Reactor and Blasts Radiation Everywhere
gizmodo.com

The curious case of the alien in the photo – and a mystery that took years to solve
theguardian.com

Photos, Video: 3D crosswalk in Ísafjörður helps slow down speeding motorists
icelandmag.visir.is

The Inside Story of Equifax’s Massive Data Breach
bloomberg.com

How Fast Is Hypersonic Speed, Really?
popularmechanics.com

Video: TRANS-SIBERIAN · TRANS-MONGOLIAN (via The Browser)
vimeo.com

I Can’t Believe There Was Almost A Mail Truck-Based Sports Car
jalopnik.com

Some Mother’s Boy
magazine.atavist.com

60 years ago today there was an explosion in a cooling tank at Chelyabinsk-40
damninteresting.com

Education Isn’t the Key to a Good Income
theatlantic.com

NASA Delays Launch of $8.8 Billion James Webb Space Telescope to 2019
space.com

The father who went undercover to find his son’s killers
theguardian.com

The effects of a single terrorist nuclear bomb
thebulletin.org

Hooked: how pokies are designed to be addictive [embedded audio]
theguardian.com

Scientists Unexpectedly Find Rosetta’s Final Image of Comet 67P/CG
gizmodo.com

David Grann on the strange death of a Sherlock Holmes fanatic (oldie but goodie)
newyorker.com

DNA surgery on embryos removes disease
bbc.com

Good news: Scientists have discovered a new species of giant rat
washingtonpost.com

Languages don’t all have the same number of terms for colors – scientists have a new theory why
theconversation.com

Science confirms rich people don’t really notice you—or your problems
bloomsmag.com

Scientists Tell Us What Would Happen If North Korea Detonated a Hydrogen Bomb Underwater
motherboard.vice.com

Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed by LIGO and Virgo
ligo.caltech.edu

How a distressing movie or play can trigger a body to pass out
theatlantic.com

How banana skins turned on the lights in Lagos … and then turned them off again
theguardian.com

Gravity may be created by strange flashes in the quantum realm
newscientist.com

Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire
digitalstories.famsf.org

Zealandia drilling reveals secrets of sunken lost continent
theguardian.com

Scientists scout sub-surface settlement sites on the Moon and Mars
newatlas.com

Stabbed or shot? Skipping the ambulance may be better for survival
arstechnica.com

The Coming Software Apocalypse
theatlantic.com

The Inside Story of the Great Silicon Heist
wired.com

Without the Ozone Treaty You’d Get Sunburned in 5 Minutes
news.nationalgeographic.com

Exceptionally Preserved Ancient Ships Discovered in the Black Sea
smithsonianmag.com

Giant iceberg’s split exposes hidden ecosystem
nature.com

The Anzac skull that tells a shocking and tragic story of battlefield violence
theguardian.com

Video: Strange Continuity: Why Our Brains Don’t Explode at Film Cuts
youtube.com

Birds Beware: The Praying Mantis Wants Your Brain
nytimes.com

What it’s like to spend 8 months on a fake Mars mission
theverge.com

Lakes of mercury and human sacrifices – after 1,800 years, Teotihuacan reveals its treasures
theguardian.com

The story of Hurricane Harvey, as told by 28 Texans who helped their state through its darkest hour.
features.texasmonthly.com

The Untold Story of Kim Jong-nam’s Assassination
gq.com

Leather, Grown in a Lab Without Cows
theatlantic.com

Scientists discover genes are controlled by ‘nano footballs’
phys.org

Scientists spent a month terrifying guppies to prove that fish have personalities
washingtonpost.com

Little Rock Nine: the day young students shattered racial segregation
theguardian.com

Why the Last Snow on Earth May Be Red
newyorker.com

Dogs Recognize Themselves in Test Based on Smell, Not Sight [autoplay video]
nytimes.com

Netflix, Microsoft, and Google just quietly changed how the web works
theoutline.com

Brothers in Arms: The Tragedy in Small-Town America
wsj.com

Nasa facility honors African American woman who plotted key space missions
theguardian.com