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On this day in 1957, workers at Windscale accidentally set their nuclear reactor on fire
damninteresting.com

Fitbit data used to charge 90-year-old man in gruesome hacking murder case
arstechnica.com

The woman who fought for the right to be a prostitute
bbc.com

300-year-old bridge in northwestern Turkey stolen, locals suspect
dailysabah.com

Chernobyl begins new life as solar power park
phys.org

Caledonia’s lost forest to be restored to glory in £23m rewilding
theguardian.com

Mushrooms could help save the world’s bees
tuscaloosanews.com

On this day in 1959, a secret Canadian flying saucer was sent to NASA for testing
damninteresting.com

There’s a Sociological Explanation for Why People Rush in to Help Communities Struck By Disaster
psmag.com

In the dilapidated cemeteries of Paris, a grave is only for the rich
theguardian.com

‘The worst kind of pain you can imagine’ – what it’s like to be stung by a stinging tree
theconversation.com

An Ancient Ant-Bacteria Partnership to Protect Fungus
nytimes.com

The Great French Mustache Strike of 1907
atlasobscura.com

A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal
propublica.org

Will Pluto Be the Last Habitable World?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Amputations and Lacerations: Your Front Lawn Is a Jungle
nytimes.com

Time-lapse shows how 337 dead whales can reshape a landscape
nationalgeographic.com

Want to live forever? Flush out your zombie cells
theguardian.com

The Nazi Downstairs: A Jewish Woman’s Tale of Hiding in Her Home
nytimes.com

Cameroon on Brink of Civil War as English Speakers Recount ‘Unbearable’ Horrors
nytimes.com

NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space
jpl.nasa.gov

Banksy artwork shreds itself after £1m sale at Sotheby’s
bbc.com

Secret identity of 150-year-old body found in NYC revealed
nypost.com

Where in the World Is Denmark’s $2 Billion?
nytimes.com

Medieval Germans Riddled with Tapeworms
livescience.com

Geyser Eruption at Yellowstone Unleashes ‘Clearly Historic’ Collection of Human Garbage
earther.gizmodo.com

A Recent Startup Breach Exposed Billions of Data Points
wired.com

“He Actually Believes He Is Khalid”: The Amazing 30-Year Odyssey of a Counterfeit Saudi Prince
vanityfair.com

Desire paths: the illicit trails that defy the urban planners
theguardian.com

The future of food is farming cells, not cattle
qz.com

Battling the Scourge of ‘Embalmed Milk’
undark.org

500-Year-Old Scroll Reveals King Henry VII’s Extraordinary Support of Travelers to New World
livescience.com

Scientists want to use a plasma beam to push space junk out of orbit
futurism.com

‘Human impulses run riot’: China’s shocking pace of change
theguardian.com

Bacteria Floating 30,000 Feet Overhead Could Be Influencing the Weather
earther.gizmodo.com

Rock Used as Doorstop for 30 Years Discovered to Be $100K Meteorite
newsweek.com

The Ghosts of the Glacier
gq.com

How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole? With a Telescope as Big as the Earth
nytimes.com

Planets Found to Be Larger Than the Disks They Come From
quantamagazine.org

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Raise Risk of Satellite Collisions
scientificamerican.com

Build ‘Noah’s ark’ for beneficial gut microbes, scientists say
theguardian.com

Apple and Amazon explicitly deny claims that servers were compromised by Chinese chips
theverge.com

The Devilish (and Dare We Say Brilliant) Way Australia’s Feral Cats Use Fire to Hunt Down Prey
gizmodo.com

Rain falls from Saturn’s rings—and a dying spacecraft tasted it
nationalgeographic.com

Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from lake
thelocal.se

Viruses Spread by Insects to Crops Sound Scary. The Military Calls It Food Security.
nytimes.com

North America’s nearly forgotten language
bbc.com

Leaving your brain to science: don’t let myths dissuade you
nationalgeographic.com

Drunk birds are causing havoc in a Minnesota town. Police say they’ll sober up soon.
washingtonpost.com

2017 earthquake off Mexico broke through an entire tectonic plate
arstechnica.com

While Nestlé extracts millions of litres from their land, residents have no drinking water
theguardian.com

Why Elephants Don’t Shed Their Skin
nytimes.com

The Viruses That Neanderthals Spread to Humans
theatlantic.com

Curiosity Rover to Temporarily Switch ‘Brains’
jpl.nasa.gov

More than 250 people worldwide have died taking selfies, study finds
washingtonpost.com

After more speculation about cause of ISS leak, NASA issues another statement
arstechnica.com

Osaka drops San Francisco as sister city over ‘comfort women’ statue
theguardian.com

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
bloomberg.com

Researchers develop typeface they say can boost memory
theguardian.com

More Images From Indonesia’s Devastating Earthquake and Tsunami
theatlantic.com