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Watch Hayabusa2’s incredible touchdown on asteroid Ryugu
planetary.org

Recycling Is Broken
earther.gizmodo.com

Don’t look now: why you should be worried about machines reading your emotions
theguardian.com

X-ray reveals hidden painting under Baroque masterpiece
cbc.ca

‘Highways to Hope’: Read a Times reporter’s account of a road trip through racism in 1964
tampabay.com

Scientists are getting creative to save this muppet-faced, flightless parrot
nationalgeographic.com

Murders in Miniature: An Interview with Abigail Goldman
topic.com

Lunatic Express: The Train That Gave Birth to Kenya
amusingplanet.com

The last great tree: a majestic relic of Canada’s vanishing rainforest
theguardian.com

Scientists have welded glass and metal together using an ultrafast laser system
phys.org

What Voyager 1 Learned at Jupiter 40 Years Ago
space.com

Hidden in an old chapel in Paris, the Grand Guignol was the home to on-stage horror, with grisly, lo-fi special effects
bbc.com

How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich
npr.org

5 ways life would be better if it were always daylight saving time
theconversation.com

“Mole” on InSight Mars Lander Begins Burrowing, But the Going Is Rough
scientificamerican.com

Was this hypnotic health craze an elaborate hoax or a medical breakthrough?
nationalgeographic.com

A New Chapter in the Science of Psychedelic Microdosing
theatlantic.com

Pope Francis to open World War II-era Vatican archives to scrutiny
thestar.com

Humans Are Taking Up a Surprisingly Large Swath of Antarctica
earther.gizmodo.com

What It’s Like to Be a Male Porn Star in 2019
gq.com

After 40 years in solitary, activist Albert Woodfox tells his story of survival
theguardian.com

London HIV patient becomes world’s second AIDS cure hope
reuters.com

Supersonic: 50 years after its first flight, the Concorde story is still remarkable
newatlas.com

On this day in 1950 an extraordinary individual passed away
damninteresting.com

Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1,000 years stuns archaeologists
nationalgeographic.com

‘Elixir of Immortality’ Uncovered in 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb
gizmodo.com

Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Once and Future King
nytimes.com

The myth linking vaccines to autism gets debunked by the largest study to date on the subject
qz.com

Why Smashing Asteroids to Save Earth Likely Won’t Work
space.com

How Did We Miss This? An Upper Atmospheric Discovery Named STEVE
eos.org

Tilted Exoplanets May Explain Decade-Old Astronomical Mystery
scientificamerican.com

Underground fire at Arkansas dump raises health concerns
apnews.com • (see also)

Delete Never: The Digital Hoarders Who Collect Tumblrs, Medieval Manuscripts, and Terabytes of Text Files
gizmodo.com

Drug Companies and Doctors Battle Over the Future of Fecal Transplants
nytimes.com

‘Do you ever think about me?’: the children sex tourists leave behind
theguardian.com

There’s been a mysterious surge in $100 bills in circulation, possibly linked to global corruption
cnbc.com

Our Culture of Contempt
nytimes.com

How AI Will Rewire Us
theatlantic.com

India: Opium-addicted parrots ‘wreak havoc’ for farmers
bbc.com

‘Underwear dates well’: how fashion forensics are helping solve crimes
theguardian.com

Study Finds Artists Become Famous through Their Friends, Not the Originality of Their Work
artsy.net

In search of the Brocken spectre on Burley Moor
theguardian.com

Solar Wind Leaves ‘Sunburn’ Scars on the Moon
space.com

Giant Newfound ‘Medusa’ Virus Turns Amoebas to ‘Stone’
livescience.com

Gigantic Japanese detector prepares to catch neutrinos from supernovae
nature.com

Why Does Time Fly When You’re Having Fun?
livescience.com

Regulating Sex Work in Medieval Europe
daily.jstor.org

‘For Months, My Brother Was Being Attacked by an Undiagnosed Flesh-Eating Disease’
sciencealert.com

Science history: the misguided criminologist
cosmosmagazine.com

The Origin of Amethysts May Leave You Tingly
blogs.scientificamerican.com

The Kashmir conflict: How did it start?
nationalgeographic.com

Five advantages of being left-handed
theguardian.com

Does our immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease?
theguardian.com

Could car design disappear in the autonomous future?
topgear.com

Houston, We Have a Dragon
theatlantic.com

The Absurd Structure of High School
medium.com

When Did the Verb “To Be” Enter the English Language?
daily.jstor.org

‘We didn’t sleep for 3 days’: How a network of women watched over Rahaf Mohammed’s escape to the West
cbc.ca

Wiped out: America’s love of luxury toilet paper is destroying Canadian forests
theguardian.com

Anarchy, Bitcoin, and Murder in Acapulco
wired.com