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Komodo island is reportedly closing until 2020 because people keep stealing the dragons
thisisinsider.com

Science history: The man who perfected the lobotomy
cosmosmagazine.com

‘Ma’amageddon’: secret plans for Queen’s nuclear address revealed
theguardian.com

Celebrating Joseph Murray, Surgeon on the First Successful Organ Transplant
saturdayeveningpost.com

Something on Mars Is Producing Gas Usually Made by Living Things on Earth
nytimes.com

The Annihilation Event That Killed The Dinosaurs Left This Diverse Graveyard Trapped in Time
popularmechanics.com

Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator
atlasobscura.com

Turning Bystanders Into First Responders
newyorker.com

Albania’s Cold War Fighter Jets Sit in an Underground Bunker
popularmechanics.com

Romans prized these jewels more than diamonds
nationalgeographic.com

‘Groundbreaking Result’ Coming from Black-Hole Hunting Event Horizon Telescope Next Week
space.com

Justice for the Lyon Sisters: How a determined squad of detectives finally solved a notorious crime after 40 years
washingtonpost.com

What does air pollution do to our bodies?
bbc.com

‘A terrible thing’: India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa
theguardian.com

The mobster in our midst
indystar.com

Why there’s so little left of the early internet
bbc.com

Commonwealth v. Mohamed
magazine.atavist.com

‘Like the Eye of Sauron’: western Europe’s tallest building planned for tiny Danish town
theguardian.com

How the South Won the Civil War
newyorker.com

One Day There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge the Brain. Who Should Get It?
nytimes.com

Naked Swedish police officer apprehends fugitive while visiting sauna
theguardian.com

New York’s Plan to Make Manhattan Drivers Pay Extra Is a Big Deal for People and the Planet
earther.gizmodo.com

Archaeologists discover ‘exceptional’ site at Lake Titicaca
theguardian.com

Killer robots already exist, and they’ve been here a very long time
theconversation.com

A Rural County Owes $28 Million for Wrongful Convictions. It Doesn’t Want to Pay.
nytimes.com

There’s a Ticking Time Bomb in the Constellation of Orion…
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Aspirin: The First Wonder Drug
saturdayeveningpost.com

Inside the Mind of a Hurricane Chaser
outsideonline.com

Depression, obesity, chronic pain could be treated by targeting the same key protein
eurekalert.org

Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa? Lander Design Team Hopes to Be the Ones to Find It
space.com

69 Million Years Ago, Crested Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Roamed the Warm, Forested Arctic
livescience.com

Europe Stores Electricity in Gas Pipes
scientificamerican.com

Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. What happens when it’s time to stop?
newyorker.com

32 Women Who’ve Changed Life As We Know It
popularmechanics.com

The surprising reason polar bears need sea ice to survive
nationalgeographic.com

A Leonardo Made a $450 Million Splash. Now There’s No Sign of It.
nytimes.com

The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes
newyorker.com

Physicists Just Detected a Very Odd Particle That Isn’t a Particle at All
livescience.com

MIT and NASA engineers demonstrate a new kind of airplane wing
phys.org

After China’s deadly chemical disaster, a shattered region weighs cost of the rush to ‘get rich’
washingtonpost.com

A world isolated from life by 1,400km
bbc.com

No word of a lie: scientists rate the world’s biggest peddlers of bull
theguardian.com

Ancient monument reveals secrets of horrific battle with Cleopatra that gave birth to the Roman Empire [autoplay video]
independent.co.uk

What an Everest Climb Looks Like in 2019
outsideonline.com

The World’s Greatest Delivery Empire
bloomberg.com

‘Ching, wap, ox’: slang interpreters decipher texts for court evidence
theguardian.com

Mount Everest: Melting glaciers expose dead bodies
bbc.com

The bizarre story of the L.A. dad who exposed the college admissions scandal
latimes.com

Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.
nytimes.com

How Vitamins Went From Medical Marvel to Marketing Scam
slate.com

The Perfect Irony That ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Film Was Also a Real-Life Scam
melmagazine.com

The keeper of the secret
washingtonpost.com

How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow
nytimes.com

England’s oldest man says the secret to a long life is ‘avoid dying’
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Cryptic pregnancies: ‘I didn’t know I was having a baby until I saw its head’
theguardian.com

The Tiger and the Tragic Trick: Siegfried & Roy’s Animal Handler Breaks Silence on Mauling, Alleges Cover-Up
hollywoodreporter.com

The Deadly Price of the Automation Paradox
thewalrus.ca

Here’s What the Speed of Light Looks Like in Slow Motion
livescience.com

How Pain Tolerance and Anxiety Seem to Be Connected
nytimes.com

Kuiper Belt Objects Are as Mysterious as They Are Distant
daily.jstor.org