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Czechs discover hidden film record of Stalin’s antisemitic show trial
theguardian.com

Rare owl given the gift of flight after a double wing transplant
telegraph.co.uk

Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea
cbc.ca

The puzzling case of two women who lost their hair after eating bitter squash
arstechnica.com

Before cancer kills, it cheats
news.harvard.edu

The Dark Cult With Billionaires, Stars And Sex Slavery Allegations (autoplay video)
news.com.au

Menendez brothers reunite nearly 30 years after killing parents
theguardian.com

Anna Chennault: ‘Steel butterfly’ who charmed US and China
bbc.com

Glass: Humankind’s Most Important Material
theatlantic.com

The Bloody Family History of the Guillotine
theparisreview.org

RNA-based vaccines could replace traditional pesticides
newatlas.com

24 years ago today a FedEx employee boarded a plane with a case full of weapons and a diabolical plan
damninteresting.com

The Germs That Love Diet Soda
nytimes.com

What makes a tree a tree?
knowablemagazine.org

Black Ice, Near-Death, and Transcendence on I-91
newyorker.com

A Brief History of Bridges From Stone to Suspension
popularmechanics.com

My Childhood on the Run From the FBI
narrative.ly

Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins
nytimes.com

This Is (Probably) the Only Way Dark Matter Interacts with Ordinary Matter
space.com

Space scientists have big plans to avert an asteroid apocalypse
nbcnews.com

Samuel L. Jackson: How I Became an Usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral
hollywoodreporter.com

How the Fencing Reflex Connects Life and Death
nautil.us

Why Whales Got So Big
theatlantic.com

The life and death of Homaro Cantu, the genius chef who wanted to change the world
theguardian.com

The unsolved mystery of who owns Sherlock Holmes’s original £130 million home
qz.com

Study: Doing Dishes Is the Worst
theatlantic.com

Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
news.mit.edu

Scientists harvest 1st vegetables in Antarctic greenhouse
apnews.com

New Brain Maps With Unmatched Detail May Change Neuroscience
quantamagazine.org

The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete. Here’s What’s Next.
theatlantic.com

Footprints of World’s Largest Dinosaur Found in Scotland (autoplay video)
weather.com

Are Water Worlds Habitable?
scientificamerican.com

Ancient origins of viruses discovered
scimex.org

When Terrorists Run City Hall
nytimes.com

Human Planet: Tribe’s treehouses not real home, says BBC
bbc.com

Paucity of phosphorus hints at precarious path for extraterrestrial life
eurekalert.org

The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head
nytimes.com

Sea snail venom could be ‘the holy grail’ in pain therapeutics
abc.net.au

What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
sapiens.org

“The Clock Is Ticking”: Inside the Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades
vanityfair.com

Resisting Technology, Appalachian Style
scientificamerican.com

40 years ago, 14 gay men were killed in Toronto. Half those cases are unsolved.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

How English-language pronouns are taught around the world
pri.org

Brain-stimulation trials get personal to lift depression
nature.com

New study suggests tens of thousands of black holes exist in Milky Way’s center
phys.org

75 years ago today, the Lady Be Good crashed in North Africa’s harsh Libyan Desert
damninteresting.com

Viking seafarers may have navigated with legendary crystals
sciencemag.org

‘Zombie raccoons’ are freaking out residents with bizarre behavior, Ohio police say
sacbee.com

Slow, steady waves keep brain humming
medicine.wustl.edu

X-Rays could sterilise alien planets that would be otherwise habitable
zmescience.com

“Nightmare” superbugs continue to lurk in US, but control efforts working
arstechnica.com

New research sheds light on Neanderthals’ distinctive features
theguardian.com

Water may have killed Mars’ magnetic field
sciencenews.org

Madagascar’s vanilla wars: prized spice drives death and deforestation
theguardian.com

Why good people turn bad online
mosaicscience.com

A sudden loss of wealth may be hazardous to your health
latimes.com

This star is the farthest ever seen. It’s 9 billion light-years away.
washingtonpost.com

Birds get their internal compass from this newly ID’d eye protein
sciencenews.org

The increasingly realistic prospect of ‘extinct animal’ zoos
bbc.com

NASA looking into robo-bees to explore Mars from the air
newatlas.com