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If renewable energy can power entire countries, why isn’t everyone doing it?
cnet.com

NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction and into science
syfy.com

The trouble with charitable billionaires
theguardian.com

Superslow Brain Waves May Play a Critical Role in Consciousness
scientificamerican.com

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Able to Drill Holes Into Rocks Again
gizmodo.com

Now Kilauea’s Eruption Is Producing Wild Blue Flames
earther.com

Visiting the Mysterious Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert
theatlantic.com

The story of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
bbc.com

‘Impossible’ EmDrive Space Thruster May Really Be Impossible
space.com

Unprecedented detail in pulsar 6,500 light-years from Earth
sciencedaily.com

US gov’t employee in China left with brain injury after strange sounds, pressure
arstechnica.com

How gut microbes are joining the fight against cancer
nature.com

People who sleep in on weekends avoid dying young, study suggests
washingtonpost.com

A New York couple have won their legal battle to evict their 30-year-old son from home after he refused to leave
bbc.com

Scientists plan DNA hunt for Loch Ness monster next month
reuters.com

“Their lives were ruined”: Families of MK Ultra survivors planning class-action suit
montreal.ctvnews.ca

Deadly Chinese Fentanyl Is Creating a New Era of Drug Kingpins
bloomberg.com

Breakthrough drug could prevent brain damage caused by cosmic radiation
newatlas.com

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