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Viking History: Facts & Myths
livescience.com

September 1888: George Eastman Patents His Kodak Camera
spectrum.ieee.org

Tiny Tunnels Previously Unknown to Scientists Found Between the Skull and Brain
gizmodo.com

The Secret London Exhibition for Spies’ Eyes Only
atlasobscura.com

New Tarantula Species Found at Record-Breaking Heights
nationalgeographic.com

The village where men and women speak different languages
bbc.co.uk

Why Was Jupiter’s Rapid Growth Spurt Delayed for Millions of Years?
scientificamerican.com

Why Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues Goes Deep (Into Their Burrows)
nytimes.com

The Patients Who Don’t Want to Be Cured
theatlantic.com

How Isotope Hunters Are Using Isotope Fingerprints to Solve Criminal Forensic Cases
analyteguru.com

United States woefully unprepared for nuclear strike, say scientists
nature.com

The ‘Poison Squad’ That Shook America’s Faith in Preservatives
theatlantic.com

Why write original scripts, when adapted ones earn more?
economist.com

The Atlantic’s just-released list of ~100 “fantastic” nonfiction articles from 2017 that will stand the test of time (including one of ours!)
theatlantic.com

To Understand Volcanoes on Other Worlds, Stand On Our Own
quantamagazine.org

The Gulf of Mexico is Full of Unexploded Bombs and Mustard Gas
popularmechanics.com

In the Hate of Dixie
bittersoutherner.com

Longevity is now our reality. Are we ready for it?
thewalrus.ca

The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages
newyorker.com

How Google Earth led a team of scientists to discover an untouched mountaintop rainforest
theverge.com

The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

Rare Fossils-Inside-Fossils Show Prehistoric Parasites [autoplay video]
nationalgeographic.com • More

We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
buzzfeednews.com

How to be human: the man who was raised by wolves
theguardian.com

These Cultural Treasures Are Made of Plastic. Now They’re Falling Apart.
nytimes.com

Long-sought decay of Higgs boson observed
phys.org

A growing body of evidence suggests animals are aware of death and sometimes mourn for or ritualize their dead
smithsonianmag.com

85 Miles of Atlantic Coral Reef Stayed Hidden Until Now
livescience.com

Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals
theguardian.com

Naked Mole Rat Queens Control Their Subjects By Having Them Eat Poop
theatlantic.com

Scientists Find a Strange New Cell in Human Brains: The ‘Rosehip Neuron’
livescience.com

The Nuclear Power Plant of the Future May Be Floating Near Russia
nytimes.com

They Were America’s First Female Soldiers. Now They’re Getting The Recognition They Deserve
taskandpurpose.com

Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
nytimes.com

China Built the World’s Largest Telescope. Then Came the Tourists
wired.com

A New Trick to Keep Barnacles From Sticking to Ships
nytimes.com

On this day in 1896, war broke out in Zanzibar. The war did not last long.
damninteresting.com

The A to Z of paper authorship
natureindex.com

How Neutron-Star Crashes Could Help Aliens Call Us
livescience.com

Why the Mediterranean will eventually disappear
economist.com

In Psychology And Other Social Sciences, Many Studies Fail The Reproducibility Test
npr.org

The stirring story of how Alberta became the first place in the world to banish the rat
nationalpost.com

Weight-loss pill hailed as ‘holy grail’ in fight against obesity
theguardian.com

The legend of Benin’s fearless female warriors
bbc.com

A brief history of how astronauts have gone to the bathroom in space for 57 years
businessinsider.com

High Profits and Misery Meet at Door of Smugglers’ Stash Houses
nytimes.com

What happens when North Korean escapees’ hope leads to disappointment?
story.californiasunday.com

NASA uses shape memory alloy to fold F-18 wing
newatlas.com

Plennie Wingo Attempted to Walk Around the World Backward
texasmonthly.com

Roman coins found in Yorkshire revealed after years of secrecy
theguardian.com

Unpicking the cyber-crime economy
bbc.com

A Friendship That Ended the War (1996)
newyorker.com

On this day in 1980 a treacherous device mysteriously appeared in a Lake Tahoe casino
damninteresting.com

The global financial crisis of 1825 foreshadowed the problems of emerging markets today
qz.com

Why the Earth Has Fewer Species Than We Think
nautil.us

Hurricane Harvey Is Houston’s Unending Nightmare
theatlantic.com

A groundbreaking technique will allow dogs to sniff out ivory, rhino horn, and other illegal wildlife products
bbc.com

An ancient shark lurks in the deep, dark ocean, and it’s not a great white
mashable.com

How Tourists Are Destroying the Places They Love
spiegel.de

Massive Pyramid, Lost City and Ancient Human Sacrifices Unearthed in China
livescience.com