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Stunning 10-Foot Statue of Roman Emperor Found Under Ancient Fountain in Turkey
gizmodo.com

Is consciousness a battle between your beliefs and perceptions?
aeon.co

Bacteria can be coaxed into making the toughest kind of spider silk
sciencenews.org

Astronomers Observe Doughnut-Shaped Torus Surrounding Black Hole
scitechdaily.com

Scientists discover first organism with chlorophyll genes that doesn’t photosynthesize
phys.org

“Toffee Planets” Hint at Earth’s Cosmic Rarity
scientificamerican.com

Scientists Thought They Had Measles Cornered. They Were Wrong.
nytimes.com

Voder: The World’s First Talking Machine
amusingplanet.com

The Body Pullers of Syria
wired.com

Last time CO2 levels were this high, there were trees at the South Pole
theguardian.com

Giant water bugs eat turtles, ducklings, and even snakes
nationalgeographic.com

‘Molecular surgery’ reshapes living tissue with electricity but no incisions
phys.org

“People outside this community know about us because of one moment in time.”
columbine.5280.com

Bald Eagles, Symbol of America, Are Dumping Trash on the Seattle Suburbs
nytimes.com

For months, she fell ill at work. Then, police say, she watched video of a co-worker spiking her drink.
washingtonpost.com

Dammed to Fail
texasobserver.org

Study: People With Greater Intellectual Humility Have Superior General Knowledge
digest.bps.org.uk • (see also)

A judge in Brazil has ordered identical twin brothers to both pay child support after paternity could not be established
bbc.com • More info

Cryptography That Can’t Be Hacked
quantamagazine.org

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