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Gene editing technique allows silkworms to produce spider silk
phys.org

All Reproduction Is Assisted
bostonreview.net

Since the sinking of the Titanic, the patrol has been on the lookout for rogue skyscrapers of ice
topic.com

40 years ago today President Jimmy Carter called upon the FDAA for assistance at Love Canal
damninteresting.com

Plants Are the World’s Dominant Life-Form
scientificamerican.com

A French village committed to deception
bbc.com

Creating goosebumps at will may be more interesting than it sounds
arstechnica.com

New in School: AI-Driven Gun Detection Systems
undark.org

Designing the Death of a Plastic
nytimes.com

Millennium bug – was it a myth?
bbc.com

Strange metals are even weirder than scientists thought
sciencenews.org

Study: People with strong self-control experience less intense bodily states like hunger and fatigue
digest.bps.org.uk

Video: World’s Biggest Cave Discovered in Vietnam [46:08]
youtube.com

Scientists Have Uncovered a Disturbing Climate Change Precedent
theatlantic.com

Can You Remember Being a Baby?
gizmodo.com

The Utter Failure of Fictional Time Travel
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Study finds more spending on fire suppression may lead to bigger fires
news.mit.edu

Police violence, cliques, and secret tattoos: fears rise over LA sheriff ‘gangs’
theguardian.com

Interactive: See what the Earth looked like 50, 200, 500 million years ago
dinosaurpictures.org

How a taste for sweetness, developed for survival, became a stand-in for everything good — and evil — about our culture
eater.com

Brains keep temporary molecular records before making a lasting memory
theconversation.com

Angry people are more likely to overestimate their intelligence, study finds
psypost.org

On this day in 1945 the USA dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
damninteresting.com

6 arrests in failed plot to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
cbsnews.com

On this day in 1931 the antique submarine Nautilus set out for the North Pole
damninteresting.com

The art of stealing: The tragic fate of the masterpieces stolen from Rotterdam
nrc.nl

Planet-hunting Kepler Telescope Wakes up, Phones Home
scientificamerican.com

That Newfound Mineral Isn’t Harder Than Diamond — But It Is from Space
livescience.com

What ‘M*A*S*H’ Taught Us
newyorker.com

Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered lung into a pig
bbc.co.uk

The Draconian Dictionary is Back
theatlantic.com

‘You just lived for the moment’: Meet one of the last surviving female pilots who served in Second World War
cbc.ca

The reporter who has seen over 400 executions: ‘The job is to tell the story’
theguardian.com

Canadian radio telescope records mysterious low-frequency bursts from outside our galaxy
globalnews.ca

Image: Merging spiral galaxies NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 (by Juan Carlos Muñoz on VIMOS)
damninteresting.com

If other members of the animal kingdom can shut down their bodies over winter, then why can’t we?
lateralmag.com

Scientists get a rare glimpse of the brain reorganizing itself after a lobectomy
cbc.ca

Recycled Rocket Parts Are a Toxic Lifeline in Russia
nationalgeographic.com

Scientists put a nuclear waste container through a demanding trip to see if the fuel would break
theverge.com

The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain
theatlantic.com

A small-town couple left behind a stolen painting worth over $100 million — and a big mystery
washingtonpost.com

What Makes a Hit: 60 Years of #1 Songs
www8.gsb.columbia.edu

An orca has been carrying her dead calf for 10 days. What does this mean?
salon.com

Chameleons’ Craziest Color Changes Aren’t for Camouflage
nationalgeographic.com

Kolmogorov Complexity and Our Search for Meaning
nautil.us

VLA Detects Planetary Mass Object Beyond Our Solar System
scitechdaily.com

Parents who saved their only child by giving her away
bbc.co.uk

For Some Reason, These Quantum Mechanics Toys Didn’t Catch On
spectrum.ieee.org

My son, Osama: the al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time
theguardian.com

A Radar Blip, a Flash of Light: How U.F.O.s ‘Exploded’ Into Public View
nytimes.com

Air pollution linked to changes in heart structure
theguardian.com

Bodies Keep Shrinking on This Island, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
nytimes.com

A Japanese medical university lowered women’s test scores because it was a “necessary evil”
qz.com

Asgardia: The problems in building a space society
bbc.com

The Race to Launch From U.S. Soil Heats Up
theatlantic.com

Ultracold Atoms Provide Insight into Early Universe’s Dramatic Expansion
space.com

Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth
theguardian.com

Newly Discovered Cell Type May Fuel Cystic Fibrosis
scientificamerican.com

CRISPR creates new species with single giant chromosome
technologyreview.com

71 years ago today the Star Dust disappeared amid mysterious circumstances
damninteresting.com