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Sex, spies, and the national anthem: The BSO scandal you’ve never heard of
bostonglobe.com

Fantastic Beasts and How to Rank Them
newyorker.com

A Restaurant Ruined My Life
torontolife.com

The man who built a plane on his rooftop
bbc.com

Inseparable: Ten Years Joined At The Head. Conjoined twins share a brain and can see out of each other’s eyes
cbc.ca

What Archaeologists Want You To Know About The Great Pyramid Void
forbes.com

Squishy or Solid? A Neutron Star’s Insides Open to Debate
quantamagazine.org

Who stole Burma’s royal ruby?
bbc.co.uk

Most scientists now reject the idea that the first Americans came by land
arstechnica.com

Why Clocks Run Clockwise (And Some Watches And Clocks That Don’t)
hodinkee.com

Juno Phones Home: Jupiter Probe Reconnects with Earth After 8th Flyby
space.com

Like genes, language evolution involves random chance
arstechnica.com

On this day in 1970, a feral child named Genie was brought into a welfare office
damninteresting.com

Scientists find key to unwanted thoughts
bbc.com

A biologist believes that trees speak a language we can learn
qz.com

Fifty-three year old nuclear missile accident revealed
rapidcityjournal.com

Bees can be ‘right or left-handed’ just like humans
nypost.com

The Russian Spies Who Fooled Seattle
seattlemet.com

What It’s Like to Learn You’re Going to Die
theatlantic.com

The Story Behind the Chicago Newspaper That Bought a Bar
topic.com

ALMA Discovers Cold Dust Around Nearest Star
eso.org

Scientists solve mystery of dead male woolly mammoths
theguardian.com

The stray dogs that led the space race
bbc.com

The Short, Sad Story of Stanwix Melville
nybooks.com

The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer
arstechnica.com

Mail-Order CRISPR Kits Allow Absolutely Anyone to Hack DNA
scientificamerican.com

Ice Fishing for Neutrinos
nautil.us

Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming And Humans Are The Cause
npr.org

A Pill to Make Exercise Obsolete
newyorker.com

Spending time in space may cause astronauts’ brains to float upward
theverge.com

In Texas, a movement is forming to protect the night sky from light pollution
roadsandkingdoms.com

‘Big void’ identified in Khufu’s Great Pyramid at Giza
bbc.com

Physicists describe new dark matter detection strategy
news.brown.edu

A Very Old Man for a Wolf
outsideonline.com

The Atomic Theory of Origami
quantamagazine.org

Scientists Identify a Whole New Way of Catching Prey: Kleptopredation
gizmodo.com

A Pizzeria Owner’s Bizarre Plot to Capture the Zodiac Killer
mentalfloss.com

The Worst Product Launch Of All Time
fastcodesign.com

What would aliens look like? More similar to us than people realise, scientists suggest
independent.co.uk

Humans didn’t outsmart the Neanderthals. We just outlasted them.
washingtonpost.com

The reminiscence bump: why America’s greatest year was probably when you were young
theguardian.com

‘I Forgot My PIN’: An Epic Tale of Losing $30,000 in Bitcoin
wired.com

Dark secrets of Florida’s juvenile justice system: A Miami Herald investigation
miamiherald.com

Massive ‘monster planet’ found orbiting puny star leaves astronomers stunned
bgr.com

Freedom for Frestonia: the London commune that cut loose from the UK
theguardian.com

Corals eat plastic the way humans eat junk food — because it’s tasty
cbc.ca

New JFK Files Highlight Kennedy Administration’s Dark Side
nymag.com

Scientists discover India’s oldest fossil of a Jurassic sea monster
washingtonpost.com

We may have found 20 habitable worlds hiding in plain sight
newscientist.com

A child genius raised in poverty who wanted to change the world, and the violent crime that nearly destroyed her
magazine.atavist.com

Lost and Found: On the imminent retirement of some of America’s most skilled corpse hunters
5280.com

Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pharaohs
cam.ac.uk

Jupiter’s X-ray auroras pulse independently
phys.org

In desert of Oman, a gateway to life on Mars
phys.org

UCLA neuroscientists use weak electrical signal to stimulate human brain and improve memory
newsroom.ucla.edu

Then and now: An aerial view of Chicago taken in 1914 with video from today
chicagotribune.com

On this day in 1961 the Soviet Union tested the most powerful bomb ever constructed
damninteresting.com

The Woman Who Charted the Last Great American Wilderness
outsideonline.com

35 years ago today (approximately) a natural gas pipeline in Siberia exploded due to pirated software
damninteresting.com

When Kids Have to Act Like Parents, It Affects Them for Life
theatlantic.com