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On this day in 1927, Grace Fryer sued US Radium Corporation for poisoning her with radioactive paint
damninteresting.com

…on that exact same day in 1927, a schoolhouse full of children in Bath, Michigan exploded
damninteresting.com

The most sophisticated piece of software/code ever written
quora.com

One Test Could Exonerate Him. Why Won’t California Do It?
nytimes.com

Being Socially Isolated for Long Periods of Time Reshapes Brain Chemistry
inverse.com

All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion charges
arstechnica.com

We Depend On Plastic. Now, We’re Drowning in It.
nationalgeographic.com

‘Swimming into the unknown:’ Mexico’s unmapped underwater caves – in pictures
theguardian.com

The First Urban Case of Ebola in the Congo Is a ‘Game Changer’
theatlantic.com

The island fruit that caused a mutiny
bbc.com

The Most Important Inventor You’ve Never Heard Of
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Chinese mass-indoctrination camps evoke Cultural Revolution
apnews.com

Why maps showed California as an Island as late as 1865
publicdomainreview.org

Our relationship with teeth is uneven, messy and grim
economist.com

Hawaii’s Kilauea: Explosive eruption at volcano
bbc.com

Scientists detect oxygen legacy of first stars
bbc.com

A Japanese rail company has apologised after a train left a station 25 seconds early, the second such case in months
bbc.com

The Mystery of the ‘SpaceBees’ Just Got Even Weirder
theatlantic.com

The crime scene investigators solving dolphin deaths
bbc.com

The Many Voyages of Walter Anderson
bittersoutherner.com

What we inherited from our bug-eating ancestors
news.berkeley.edu

Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect
washingtonpost.com

New study quantifies bitcoin’s ludicrous energy consumption
arstechnica.com

Bach and Beethoven windows, missing from Toronto’s Massey Hall since 1991, found in unmarked basement box
thestar.com

The Golden Age of Child Prodigies
slate.com

On this day in 1899 Nikola Tesla arrived in Colorado Springs to conduct wireless electricity experiments
damninteresting.com

These Lizards Are Full of Green Blood That Should Kill Them
theatlantic.com

A recently discovered Arizona rock art calendar marks the passing of the seasons
bbc.com

Soon Your Phone May Be Powered by Ship Soot
hakaimagazine.com

Researchers are creating a spot colder than the vacuum of space inside the International Space Station
phys.org • Related

The last of the samurai – in pictures
theguardian.com

Back to the land: An argument for less wasteful, more beneficial approaches to dealing with death
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Shark and camel blood contains antibodies much smaller than that of humans
sitn.hms.harvard.edu

Study: Prescription drug commercials in the US are getting longer and providing less factual information
news.usf.edu

Where Both Patients and Caregivers Are Prisoners
nytimes.com

Newfound Space Object With A Peculiar Orbit Points To The Elusive Planet Nine
inquisitr.com

Is there any evidence linking creativity and mood disorders?
aeon.co

Study: The more people rely on their Facebook feed for news, the less politically knowledgeable they are
psmag.com

Scottish scientists have developed a laser thin enough to be integrated into contact lenses
evolving-science.com

Why inequality bothers people more than poverty
aeon.co

Row, Row, Row Your Coat
hakaimagazine.com

Why you eat more when you’re in company
bbc.com

Anne Frank’s ‘dirty jokes’ found in hidden diary pages
bbc.com

Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die
theatlantic.com

Three years of research into #thedress, digested – a lesson in humility for perceptual science
digest.bps.org.uk

MH370 experts think they’ve finally solved the mystery of the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight
washingtonpost.com

How Julian Assange became an unwelcome guest in Ecuador’s embassy
theguardian.com

An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire
nytimes.com

The Owl Thieves of Sweden
theatlantic.com

How 3,000-Pound Dinosaurs Sat on Eggs, But Didn’t Crush Them
livescience.com

Japan Is Running Out Of Whisky
kotaku.com

A New Theory Linking Sleep and Creativity
theatlantic.com

US cell carriers are selling access to your real-time phone location data
zdnet.com

A new lineage of microbes discovered in Yellowstone’s thermal features sheds light on the origin of life
montana.edu

Gallery: A hidden world 30m below Budapest
bbc.com

Do long prison sentences deter crime?
bbc.com

How Exercise Can Help You Recall Words
nytimes.com

Identical Twins Hint at How Environments Change Gene Expression
theatlantic.com

Two surgeons in China developing a method to transplant a human head
cnbc.com

Frank Sinatra’s Mob Ties and Other Secrets from His FBI File
history.com