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The magical realism of Santa Cruz del Islote – photo essay
theguardian.com

Social Inequality Left Its Mark on 5,000-Year-Old Alpine Village
livescience.com

Sooty Feathers Tell the History of Pollution in American Cities
audubon.org

Murder on the Prairies: Fire, lies and a missing deer head
theglobeandmail.com

Daylight saving ends in Europe, in what could be the last time the continent turns back the clocks
abc.net.au

Focus on western women ‘skewed our ideas of what birth should look like’
theguardian.com

Forgotten Voyage: The Sinking of the SS Princess Sophia
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Why Is an Icicle Like an Icicle?
thewalrus.ca

12 Mind-Bending Perceptual Illusions
nautil.us

Eye Candy: Fossil Flowers Bloomed When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Scientists call for ‘mega-mission’ to find ancient life on Mars
theguardian.com

The Higgs boson may have stopped the early universe from collapsing
newscientist.com

The ingenious story behind Michelin stars
bbc.com

In Antarctica, climate change is having surprising impacts
nationalgeographic.com

The Psychology of Faking Your Own Death
gizmodo.com

Earth’s dust cloud satellites confirmed
phys.org

This Los Alamos nuclear worker died of a rare cancer linked to radiation. The government denied him benefits.
features.propublica.org

There’s a Strange Cloud on Mars Right Now, and It’s Just Hanging Around
space.com

Scientists Back Efforts to Pull CO2 from the Atmosphere
scientificamerican.com

The (Imaginary) Numbers at the Edge of Reality
quantamagazine.org

Russian Researcher Charged With Attempted Murder In Antarctica
smithsonianmag.com

Why Don’t We Put A Space Telescope On The Moon?
forbes.com

The murder that changed America
bbc.com

“Stress Hormone” Cortisol Linked to Early Toll on Thinking Ability
scientificamerican.com

‘It’s Going to Be Historic’: New Horizons Team Prepares for Epic Flyby of Ultima Thule
space.com

Cosmonaut brains show space travel causes lasting changes
nationalgeographic.com

Video: Nitinol: The Shape Memory Effect and Superelasticity
youtube.com

How to build a Moon base
nature.com

Scenes from the new Cold War unfolding at the top of the world
nationalgeographic.com

Recording of mother’s voice more effective than smoke alarm, study finds
theguardian.com

The Recurring Puzzle of an Illness That Paralyzes Children
theatlantic.com

‘The food supplement that ruined my liver’
bbc.com

The Underestimated Cerebellum Gains New Respect From Brain Scientists
npr.org

How an Astonishing Holocaust Diary Resurfaced in America
smithsonianmag.com

The Unsolved Murder of an Unusual Billionaire
bloomberg.com

The Parasite That Forces Bees to Dig Their Own Graves
atlasobscura.com

What It Was Like in the CNN Newsroom When News Broke of a Bomb in the Building
newyorker.com • (see also)

Juno sees mega-waves on Jupiter
cosmosmagazine.com

Team finds oldest weapons ever discovered in North America
phys.org

You can win a billion and still go bankrupt
bbc.com

In Turkey, a power play will leave ancient towns underwater
nationalgeographic.com

Overhype and ‘research laundering’ are a self-inflicted wound for social science
theconversation.com

Portrait ‘Painted’ by AI Up for Auction at Christie’s in NYC
livescience.com

Do Nootropics Actually Work? I Took a Bunch of Magic Brain Pills to Find Out
gq.com

In Japan, the Kit Kat Isn’t Just a Chocolate. It’s an Obsession.
nytimes.com

The identical twins whose lives were split apart by a terrible accident.
bbc.com

It Started as an Online Gaming Prank. Then It Turned Deadly
wired.com

A first ‘snapshot’ of the complete spectrum of neutrinos emitted by the sun
phys.org

Atoms may come apart as the Universe’s biggest stars explode
arstechnica.com

The Wildebeest Is One Highly Toned Machine
nytimes.com

How Thomas Edison Used a Fake Electric Chair Execution Film to Fight the Electricity War
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

The Haunting Mystery of ‘Edwin Drood’ That Charles Dickens Left Behind
thedailybeast.com

Micro-drones with winches can open doors and lift 40 times their own weight
theverge.com

Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers
ras.ac.uk

‘Spectacular’ diabetes treatment could end daily insulin injections
theguardian.com

Video: People, like Marilu Henner, who remember nearly every moment of their life
boingboing.net

How the Chile Pepper Took Over the World
medium.com

Little Rock’s dangerous and illegal drug war
washingtonpost.com

The places that escaped the Spanish flu
bbc.com

Elephant trunks derive power and finesse by simulating bone joints
cosmosmagazine.com