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Why Do People Want to Drink the Sarcophagus Water?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Motherhood in the Age of Fear
nytimes.com

The ‘Scutoid’ Is Geometry’s Newest Shape, and It Could Be All Over Your Body
gizmodo.com

Journey Into the World’s First Underwater Farm
atlasobscura.com

Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
bbc.co.uk

NASA’s New Planet Hunter Begins Its Search for Alien Worlds
space.com

What If Only Females Could See Color?
nautil.us

Idaho prisoners hack iPads and transfer $225,000 worth of credits to themselves
theguardian.com

Whale-dolphin hybrid species discovered off coast of Hawaii
independent.co.uk

How NASA was born 60 years ago from panic over a ‘second moon’ (autoplay video)
cnet.com

How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
thedailybeast.com

How the Scent of Angry Bees Could Protect Elephants
smithsonianmag.com

This Is What It’s Like to Be Kidnapped by Pirates
gq.com

Violent crime is like infectious disease – and we know how to stop it spreading
mosaicscience.com

Video: NASA’s Cold Atom Lab: The Coolest Experiment in the Universe
youtube.com

On this day in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building
damninteresting.com

Swarming Bacteria Create an ‘Impossible’ Superfluid
quantamagazine.org

Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet
theguardian.com

Dead man found at Adelaide house with a fruit cake on his head, court hears
mobile.abc.net.au

When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life
gizmodo.com

Roundworms Just Came Back to Life After 40,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost
sciencealert.com

Mushrooms, Magma and Love in a Time of Science
nytimes.com

The secret in my blood
bbc.co.uk

With 1,000,000% inflation, Venezuela is slashing five zeroes from its currency
qz.com

Almost all world’s oceans damaged by human impact, study finds
theguardian.com

Dads Pass On More Than Genetics in Their Sperm
smithsonianmag.com

Japanese Spacecraft Hayabusa2 Snaps Incredible Close-Up Image of Asteroid Ryugu
gizmodo.com

Greek fires: Blaze that killed 83 ’caused by arson’
bbc.com

[US] Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it.
usatoday.com

The ocean has a wilderness, and it’s disappearing
theoutline.com

Colombian sniffer dog moved after threats by drug gang
bbc.co.uk

Yes, You Can Catch Insanity
nautil.us

Closed Loophole Confirms the Unreality of the Quantum World
quantamagazine.org

There Is No Such Thing as Unconscious Thought
nautil.us

Unhappy marriage not grounds for divorce, [UK] supreme court rules
theguardian.com

Welcome to the New Space Age
bloomberg.com

British man unwittingly gave Russian nerve agent to his girlfriend as a gift
arstechnica.com

The destructive power of wildfires, seen from space
qz.com

Sean Connery co-wrote a Bond film that was never made
bbc.com

Star spotted speeding near black hole at centre of Milky Way
theguardian.com

The precious metal sparking a new gold rush
bbc.com

Exploring The Lost Moons Of Our Solar System
astronomy.com

On this day in 1959 Lt. Col. William Rankin rode the thunder
damninteresting.com

The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan
bloomberg.com

Next-Gen Nuclear Is Coming—If Society Wants It
wired.com

Scientists uncover formula for box office movie success
theguardian.com

To Remember, the Brain Must Actively Forget
quantamagazine.org

How prisons are poisoning their inmates
theoutline.com

The DolphinView headset lets you ‘see’ like your favorite sea creature
theverge.com

The complicated truth about a cat’s purr
bbc.com

Is This Fungus Using a Virus To Control An Animal’s Mind?
theatlantic.com

Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planet
theguardian.com

Liquid water ‘lake’ revealed on Mars
bbc.com

The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery
nytimes.com

Go Inside the Magical Life of Europe’s Family Circuses
nationalgeographic.com

A Breakthrough Way to See Distant Planets
theatlantic.com

In pictures: Wildfires devastate Greek region
bbc.com

The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature
quantamagazine.org

Assignment Baghdad: Did a Group of Grad Students Really Help Plan the Gulf War?
thedailybeast.com

The Fish That Gave Too Much
hakaimagazine.com