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Why the expert eye still rules the game of art authenticity
aeon.co

A man posed for months as an ICE agent. A traffic stop led his girlfriend to unravel the truth.
washingtonpost.com

Blood Will Tell
features.propublica.org

How to topple a dictator: the rebel plot that freed the Gambia
theguardian.com

Jeff Pike, Texas’s Own Tony Soprano
texasmonthly.com

What Happened in Vegas
story.californiasunday.com

Pain bias: The health inequality rarely discussed
bbc.com

Giant predatory worms invaded France, but scientists just noticed them
washingtonpost.com

This Boy From Mumbai Became the World’s Unlikeliest Crossword King
narrative.ly

Marawi one year after the battle: a ghost town still haunted by threat of Isis
theguardian.com

Prison without guards or weapons in Brazil
bbc.com

How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men
newyorker.com

The Search for E.T. Will Almost Certainly Start with Eyeball Planets.
nautil.us

The truth about obesogens: can dust and chemicals make you fat?
theguardian.com

Planet Nine, Show Thyself
theatlantic.com

Doctors explain Michael Jackson’s impossible dance move
bbc.com

Is Homer’s Odyssey the greatest tale ever told?
bbc.com

Here’s Why Saturn’s Inner Moons Are Shaped Like Ravioli and Potatoes
space.com

Thousands of Human Bones Reveal ‘Barbarian’ Battle Rituals
news.nationalgeographic.com

How One Woman’s Fight to Save Her Family Helped Lead to a Mass Exoneration
newyorker.com

On this day in 1946 Dr. Louis Slotin was bitten by the nuclear dragon
damninteresting.com

Sweden distributes ‘be prepared for war’ leaflet to all 4.8m homes
theguardian.com

Age of Enlightenment: The Promise of Circadian Lighting
undark.org

Leading UK scientist reveals likely cause of childhood leukaemia
icr.ac.uk

How a Pyramid Scheme Doomed the World’s Largest Amphibians
theatlantic.com

Every Cell in Your Body Has the Same DNA. Except It Doesn’t.
nytimes.com

How to Get Scotch Tape off of a Work of Art
theatlantic.com

This is what America’s new space shuttles look like
qz.com

Human race just 0.01% of all life but has destroyed over 80% of wild mammals – study
theguardian.com

Quantum Physics May Be Even Spookier Than You Think
scientificamerican.com

The Thing Inside Your Cells That Might Determine How Long You Live
nytimes.com

Handedness is an ancient trait, but researchers are rethinking its roots
discovermagazine.com

The Untold Story of Japan’s Secret Spy Agency
theintercept.com

Lanternflies Eat Everything in Sight. The U.S. Is Looking Delicious.
nytimes.com

In a galaxy awash in water, do any other worlds have just enough?
aeon.co

Can you ever change a violent psychopath’s mind?
bbc.com

This asteroid came from another solar system—and it’s here to stay
sciencemag.org

Why do people interrupt? It depends on whom you’re talking to
theguardian.com

How North Korean hackers became the world’s greatest bank robbers
gpinvestigations.pri.org

The U.S. Postal Service will mail you baby chickens. Yes, live chickens.
newfoodeconomy.org

The Refined, Scandalous Art of Japan’s Traditional Woodblock Tabloids
atlasobscura.com

Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces
theguardian.com

Image: A space ant fires its lasers
esa.int

‘My lovely dad tried to kill me’
bbc.com

From the moon’s far side, a radio receiver will listen for ancient clues to the universe’s origin
qz.com

From pointing to nodding: is gesture a universal language?
aeon.co

‘I felt exposed online’: how to disappear from the internet
theguardian.com

The Water War That Polarized 1920s California
lithub.com

Hitler definitely died in 1945, according to new study of his teeth
telegraph.co.uk

Seeing is not simple: you need to be both knowing and naive
aeon.co

On this day in 1984, CBS recorded a history-making episode of Press Your Luck
damninteresting.com

The Coming Wave of Murders Solved by Genealogy
theatlantic.com

Hubble Surveys Star-Forming Galaxies in Local Universe
sci-news.com

North Korea’s Secret Army: How Operatives Abroad Aid the Regime
wsj.com

How NASA’s Mission to Pluto Was Nearly Lost
nautil.us

The Baby’s Hand Was Mummified. Why Wasn’t the Rest of Its Body?
nytimes.com

Mount St. Helens and the Fear of Not Knowing
theatlantic.com

China to Launch Mission to Moon’s Far Side on Monday
gizmodo.com

It’s a myth that adults can’t become fluent in a new language
qz.com

Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes
quantamagazine.org