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The Giant, Under Attack
nytimes.com

What sugar does to your brain (and what can you do about it)
theage.com.au

When There Are No More Fish
eater.com

Meet “raw” water—ludicrously priced unfiltered water with random bacteria
arstechnica.com

Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health Care
nytimes.com

New Results Quash ‘Alien Megastructure’ Theory of Mysterious Dimming Star
gizmodo.com

Anarchy united them, but nudity tore them apart
timeline.com

If Birds Left Tracks in the Sky, They’d Look Like This
nationalgeographic.com

A fantastical ship has set out to seek Malaysian Airlines flight 370
economist.com

Video: Brainwashed : The Secret CIA Experiments in Canada
cbc.ca

On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming
theguardian.com

Historic Yukon expedition to climb remote peaks was a bold venture, now largely forgotten
cbc.ca

Documents Reveal the Complex Legacy of James Angleton, CIA Counterintelligence Chief and Godfather of Mass Surveillance
theintercept.com

Prison Food Is Making U.S. Inmates Disproportionately Sick
theatlantic.com

Meet the CIA’s Insectothopter
spectrum.ieee.org

New Year’s Eve in Times Square generates 50 tons of trash
amny.com

H.G. Wells vs. George Orwell: Their Debate Whether Science Is Humanity’s Best Hope Continues Today
scientificamerican.com

Gallery: National Geographic’s Nature Photographer of the Year contest winners, 2017
photography.nationalgeographic.com

Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases
bbc.com

China Promises the Moon
spectrum.ieee.org

Even in Poland, Workers’ Wages Flow to North Korea
nytimes.com

Who Killed Benazir Bhutto?
dawn.com

America’s Worst Graveyard Shift Is Grinding Up Workers
bloomberg.com

Nepal bans solo climbers from Mount Everest under new rules
bbc.com

Video: Concorde: A Supersonic Story
youtube.com

Combatting PTSD by letting patients hear their own brainwaves
newatlas.com

American reams: why a ‘paperless world’ still hasn’t happened
theguardian.com

The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth
nytimes.com

How Classical Cryptography Will Survive Quantum Computers
nautil.us

Physics Found Gravitational Waves. Now Come the Existential Questions
wired.com

How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America’s Metric System
npr.org

Forging Hitler’s Diaries Made Him Famous
theawl.com

Structural Challenges for Space Architecture
structuremag.org

‘What Are We Going to Do About Tyler?’
features.propublica.org

Musician Who Lost His Arm Plays Piano Again with AI Prosthesis
blogs.nvidia.com

U.S. and China Both Want to Launch a Mars Sample Return Mission Before 2030
popularmechanics.com

A Gift from Saturn: Icy Moon Enceladus Amid Glowing Rings (Photo)
space.com

Is a ‘Cure’ for Blindness Worth $1 Million?
theatlantic.com

Neutrinos Suggest Solution to Mystery of Universe’s Existence
quantamagazine.org

Marketing wizards and urine-testing millionaires: Inside the lucrative business of America’s opioid crisis
nytimes.com

Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
washingtonpost.com

NASA hopes to send a probe to Alpha Centauri in 2069
engadget.com

Video: Mechanical Marvels – Clockwork Dreams
youtube.com

Why Birds Matter, and Are Worth Protecting
nationalgeographic.com

Vietnam Deploys 10,000 Cyber Warriors to Fight ‘Wrongful Views’
bloomberg.com

New species of spider revealed, named after Bob Marley
upi.com

Physicists have demonstrated how to reverse of the arrow of time
technologyreview.com

What Is It Like to Be a Bee?
atlasobscura.com

Freedom for the World’s Most Famous Hostages Came at a Heavy Price
wsj.com

What’s a Wendy’s doing there? The story of Washington’s weirdest traffic circle
washingtonpost.com

The End of the RNA World Is Near, Biochemists Argue
quantamagazine.org

North Korea Designed A Nuke. So Did This Truck Driver
npr.org

Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body
nytimes.com

The Fish That Took a Century to Name
nautil.us

Suspected murderer who evaded capture for 12 years by pretending to be mute loses voice from underuse
telegraph.co.uk

The search for the next great chess prodigy is constantly underway, and the candidates are getting younger and younger
theringer.com

US nuclear tests killed American civilians on a scale comparable to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
qz.com

Video: Most recent Jupiter flyby from NASA’s Juno probe
vimeo.com

New archeological research has shed fresh light on China’s first emperor — creator of the world-famous terracotta army — and his quest for eternal life
france24.com

Why we fell for clean eating
theguardian.com