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Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician
quantamagazine.org

The Mystery of the Most Famous Missing Person on YouTube
melmagazine.com

The Epidemic of Isolation Among Young Men
thewalrus.ca

NASA Doesn’t Know What Poked These Holes in the Arctic’s Sea Ice
livescience.com

How blood-red ants became slave snatchers
sciencemag.org

Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
newyorker.com

MIT Researchers Have Developed a ‘System for Dream Control’
motherboard.vice.com

The Reinvention of NASA
hbr.org

Study: Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs
space.com

Ramped up fight-or-flight response points to history of warfare for humans and chimps
eurekalert.org

Everyone Wants To Go Home During Extra Innings — Maybe Even The Umps
fivethirtyeight.com

These seeds will captivate you whether you’re a gardener or not
washingtonpost.com

No Way Out? Aliens on ‘Super-Earth’ Planets May Be Trapped by Gravity
space.com

On this day in 1985, New Coke happened
damninteresting.com

Solved: A Decades-Old Ansel Adams Mystery
atlasobscura.com

“She Paid for Everything”: How a Fake Heiress Made My $62,000 Disappear
vanityfair.com

Video: The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations
youtube.com

The monks, the Dachau survivors and the concert that heralded freedom
theguardian.com

At the Bottom of the Ocean, a Surprising, Gloomy Discovery
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Novel antioxidant makes old blood vessels seem young again
colorado.edu

The vetting files: How the BBC kept out ‘subversives’
bbc.com

Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match
nytimes.com

The Doting Father Who Robbed Armored Cars
texasmonthly.com

Bombers and Dinosaurs Were Both Before Their Time
nautil.us

Ask Ethan: Could The Universe’s Missing Antimatter Be Found Inside Black Holes?
forbes.com

This Contorted Mystery Squid May Be the ‘Most Bizarre’ Ever Seen
livescience.com

A giant indoor farm in China is breeding 6 billion cockroaches a year. Here’s why
scmp.com

Our brains rapidly and automatically process opinions we agree with as if they are facts
digest.bps.org.uk

Scientists discover mechanism behind motor neurone disease (ALS)
bbc.com

Video: Grenfell Tower: Minute By Minute Documentary
youtube.com

Missing Nazi Submarine Found Near Denmark
npr.org

Study: Scores of plant species are capable of living dormant under the soil for up to 20 years
sussex.ac.uk

Advanced microscope shows cells at work in incredible 3D detail
engadget.com

Experience: My hair nearly killed me
theguardian.com

The ‘Terms and Conditions’ Reckoning Is Coming
bloomberg.com

What a Scientist Learned From Studying the ‘Synchronized Swimming of Sea Monkeys’
nytimes.com

An international team has identified a cellular receptor that can shut off hunger
news.vanderbilt.edu

Stench Leads to Home Crawling With Stolen Tortoises—10,000 of Them
news.nationalgeographic.com

How Cycling Clothing Opened Doors for Women
theatlantic.com

Copper mines in Israel’s Timna National Park date back to 4500BC
bbc.com

Wells Fargo Hit With $1 Billion In Fines Over Home And Auto Loan Abuses
npr.org

A Stanford University geneticist explains the biological basis for sexual orientations
genetics.thetech.org

Hubble celebrates 28th anniversary with a trip through the Lagoon Nebula
spacetelescope.org

The hunt for the Sun’s ancient siblings
astronomy.com

ATF urgently searching for 700 lbs. of dynamite stolen 75 miles from New Jersey border
nj.com

China and India have 70 million more men than women. The consequences are far-reaching.
washingtonpost.com

Navigating a Digital World After 40 Years in Prison
splinternews.com

America’s nuclear headache: old plutonium with nowhere to go
reuters.com

Video: 360 degree 3D VR video of the International Space Station
youtube.com

Discover the violent end of the Oxford dodo
bbc.com

WWII bomb removal to force evacuation around Berlin’s main station
dw.com

Africa’s last absolute monarch renames Swaziland as ‘eSwatini’
reuters.com

Giant plastic ‘berg blocks Indonesian river
bbc.com

Meet the newest ‘exploding ant’ that sacrifices itself for the good of the colony
cbc.ca

Here’s How Scientists Bent Diamonds
gizmodo.com

Inside Southwest Flight 1380, 20 Minutes of Chaos and Terror (autoplay video)
nytimes.com

Improbable Cause: The Harrison Family Murders
projects.thestar.com

Earth’s mammals have shrunk dramatically, and humans are to blame
washingtonpost.com

Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea
nytimes.com

Forensic science is nowhere near as robust and reliable as many people think
theguardian.com