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The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers
nytimes.com

Putting Ancient Recipes on the Plate
atlasobscura.com

Space mining is going to seriously disrupt Earth’s economy. And we’re nowhere near ready for the shock
wired.co.uk

What Happens to Astronauts During a Government Shutdown?
theatlantic.com

‘They ensure each twin baby dies’: the secret killings in central Nigeria
theguardian.com

U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars
reuters.com

The Man Trying to Fix Mount Everest’s Towering Poop Problem
motherboard.vice.com

Scientists Edge Closer To A Blood Test To Detect Cancers
npr.org

Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek ‘pyramid’
theguardian.com

Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive
strongtowns.org

Why Did Two-Thirds of These Weird Antelope Suddenly Drop Dead?
theatlantic.com

The Women Who Took on the Mafia
newyorker.com

CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens
theguardian.com

Gallery: The Beauty of Webb Telescope’s Mirrors
nasa.tumblr.com

Will Cape Town be the first city to run out of water?
bbc.com

The fabulous story of North Korea’s fabric made of stone
reuters.com

Can Art Help People Develop Empathy?
daily.jstor.org

Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has ‘Sea Level’ Like Earth
jpl.nasa.gov

Man convicted of theft in 1976 cleared after Googling his arresting officer
theguardian.com

World’s biggest underwater cave found in Mexico
cbc.ca

How Close Are We to Self-Destruction?
undark.org

How Dirt Could Save Humanity From an Infectious Apocalypse
wired.com

Do You Have The Right To Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawyer Disagrees?
npr.org

From Nazi Germany to Australia: The Incredible True Story of History’s Longest Kayak Journey
vanityfair.com

Kazakhstan Cheers New Alphabet, Except for All Those Apostrophes
nytimes.com

No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour
york.ac.uk

The Reality of Color Is Perception
nautil.us

50 Years Later, It Feels Familiar: How America Fractured in 1968
nytimes.com

Black Death ‘spread by humans not rats’
bbc.com

Why Do Cartoon Villains Speak in Foreign Accents?
theatlantic.com

Creative thought has a pattern of its own, brain activity scans reveal
theguardian.com

Gut bacteria linked to cataclysmic epidemic that wiped out 16th-century Mexico
arstechnica.com

The best way of looking at the brain is from within
economist.com

Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to $1,000
techcrunch.com

She ran from the cut, then helped thousands of others escape female genital mutilation
thestar.com

How many dimensions are there, and what do they do to reality?
aeon.co

Video: A 3D journey through the Orion Nebula
earthsky.org

Chinese ‘rainbow dinosaur’ had iridescent feathers like hummingbirds
reuters.com

99 years ago today a massive molasses tank exploded in Boston
damninteresting.com

Everyday Soviet Nostalgia
newrepublic.com

How an industry-breaking bug stayed secret for seven months — and then leaked out
theverge.com

Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting?
nytimes.com

What It Felt Like in Hawaii When Warning of an In-Bound Missile Arrived
newyorker.com

Tiny dinosaur that roamed ‘lost world’ between Australia and Antarctica identified
theguardian.com

Frankenstein at 200 – why hasn’t Mary Shelley been given the respect she deserves?
theguardian.com

The Swiss Consider the Lobster. It Feels Pain, They Decide.
nytimes.com

Brain Cells Share Information With Virus-Like Capsules
theatlantic.com

‘Damn … I missed’: the incredible story of the day the Queen was nearly shot
theguardian.com

Why women outlive men, even in the harshest conditions
slate.com

The Strange History of One of the Internet’s First Viral Videos
wired.com

The Ghosts of 808 East Lewis Street
elle.com

50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1968
theatlantic.com

Living with Slenderman
hazlitt.net

Alcohol may be ‘very damaging’ to people with ‘Asian glow’
cbc.ca

Why do we all have balls on our hats?
theoutline.com

Inside One of America’s Last Pencil Factories
nytimes.com

The Marriott Family’s Civil War
washingtonian.com

Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea
qz.com

Madagascar’s Ancient ‘Pelican Spiders’ Are As Striking As They Are Strange
smithsonianmag.com

‘A fantastic find’: Mars hides thick sheets of ice just below the surface
washingtonpost.com