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The Never-Ending Drought Story
outsideonline.com

Why is it fun to be frightened?
theconversation.com

Surgery in Space: Medicine’s Final Frontier
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Rocket launches to be grounded while mid-air failure is investigated
theguardian.com

The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail
nytimes.com

Robotic bees could pollinate plants in case of insect apocalypse
theguardian.com

The last lighthouse keeper of Capri
bbc.com

Ancient rock carvings in India hint at a 12,000-year-old lost civilisation
qz.com

Opportunity Rover Still Silent on Mars, 4 Months After Epic Dust Storm Began
space.com

Hidden Secrets of Pulsars Revealed by Trippy Computer Simulations
gizmodo.com

Africa’s ‘youngest’ billionaire kidnapped in Tanzania
dw.com

See ancient Egypt’s stunning, lifelike mummy portraits
nationalgeographic.com

How five anomalous events at two neutrino experiments provide evidence for supersymmetry
nautil.us

Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber
nationalgeographic.com

New Mars rover gets high-tech paint job for harsh conditions on Mars
arstechnica.com

Psychologists’ face off reveals humans can recognise 5,000 people
theguardian.com

Same-Sex Mice Parents Give Birth to Healthy Brood
scientificamerican.com

Stephen Hawking’s final scientific paper released
theguardian.com

The Great Rikers Island Art Heist
esquire.com

Photos From the Aftermath of Hurricane Michael
theatlantic.com

The Maya Kept Jaguar Zoos For Centuries
theatlantic.com

Serial killers of Ecatepec confess to eating the remains of their victims
mexiconewsdaily.com

Cryptocurrencies Just Plummeted $13 Billion in Value Over the Course of a Few Hours
gizmodo.com

The Fight to Save the Last Swimming Camels on Earth
earther.gizmodo.com

Child marriage in the U.S. is surprisingly prevalent. Now states are passing laws to make it harder
washingtonpost.com

Mysterious Deep-Space Flashes: 19 More ‘Fast Radio Bursts’ Found
space.com

The Raid on Bermuda That Saved the American Revolution
smithsonianmag.com

Famous Experiment Dooms Alternative to Quantum Weirdness
quantamagazine.org

So Can We Terraform Mars or Not?
nautil.us

Ballistic Reentry: How Astronauts Survive a Failed Launch
popularmechanics.com

The Love Story that Upended the Texas Prison System
texasmonthly.com

Video: Sunshine and stadium effect inside the eye of Michael
katc.com

How will 9 billion or 10 billion people eat without destroying the environment?
washingtonpost.com

Soyuz Rocket Launch Failure Forces Emergency Landing for US-Russian Space Station Crew
space.com

Interstellar Visitor Found to Be Unlike a Comet or an Asteroid
quantamagazine.org

Bad News for People Who Can’t Remember Names
theatlantic.com

Small-Town Injustice: The Aftermath of a Police Officer’s Murder Conviction in Rocky Ford
5280.com

How Hurricane Michael Became a ‘Worst-Case Scenario’
theatlantic.com

The All-Women Team of Scientists That Trekked to the Heart of Kilauea Volcano’s Eruption
earther.gizmodo.com

Astronomers Wonder: Can Moons Have Moons?
gizmodo.com

How a fraudster got $12 million out of a Canadian university: They just asked for it
thestar.com

Newly declassified documents show why the Americans and the Soviets came so close to war in 1973
nytimes.com

“My-side bias” makes it difficult for us to see the logic in arguments we disagree with
digest.bps.org.uk

Something Eerie Happens to The Bees During a Total Solar Eclipse
sciencealert.com

US scientists have laid out a plan to search for life in the universe
qz.com

Why We’re Stuck With An Inadequate Hurricane Rating System
fivethirtyeight.com

Russian Whistleblower Assassinated After Uncovering $200 Billion Dirty-Money Scandal
thedailybeast.com

Proof of life: how would we recognise an alien if we saw one?
aeon.co

1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion
smithsonianmag.com

Plants Can’t Talk. But Some Fruits Say ‘Eat Me’ to Animals.
nytimes.com

How to Understand the UN’s Dire New Climate Report
theatlantic.com

Dutch museums discover 170 artworks stolen by Nazis
theguardian.com

This new food museum expects to upset your stomach — and then make you think about why
washingtonpost.com

To Heil, or Not To Heil, When Traveling in the Third Reich
longreads.com

Lost Chain of Underwater Volcanoes Is a Massive Whale Superhighway
livescience.com

Calvin Klein fragrance could be used to lure killer tiger
theguardian.com

Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome
theconversation.com

Extreme heat of Vesuvius eruption vaporized body fluids, exploded skulls
arstechnica.com

How Americans Described Evil Before Hitler
theatlantic.com

Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces to Fight Killer Lice
bloomberg.com