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We’ve been warned about AI and music for over 50 years, but no one’s prepared
theverge.com

The Cataclysmic Break That (Maybe) Occurred in 1950
theatlantic.com

Mind control, levitation and no pain: the race to find a superman in sport
theguardian.com

How to Count a Billion Birds
hakaimagazine.com

A scientist used chalk in a box to show that bats use sunsets to migrate
sciencenews.org

Discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men
medicalxpress.com

How superstitions spread
phys.org

This Quantum Computer Can See the Future — All 16 of Them
livescience.com

Why Did the Victorians Harbor Warm Feelings for Leeches?
daily.jstor.org

Tiny Mercury May Have a Solid Metallic Core That Rivals Earth’s
space.com

Two new studies confirm that weight control is often the result of genetics, not willpower
nytimes.com

Charlotte Brontë’s hair found in ring on Antiques Roadshow, say experts
theguardian.com

How Japan carpet bombed India with posters against Britain during World War II
qz.com

Every three minutes, an earthquake strikes in California
nationalgeographic.com

‘Concreteberg’ The Weight Of A Blue Whale Plagues London’s Sewers
npr.org

A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary
techxplore.com

How One of America’s Biggest Pastors Became a Drug Runner for a Mexican Cartel
vanityfair.com

How Old Are Saturn’s Rings? The Debate Rages On
scientificamerican.com

A Brief History of Cooties
smithsonianmag.com

Bronze Age Shipwreck Discovered Off The Coast Of Turkey
forbes.com

Under the Depression Helmet
theatlantic.com

Sore knee? Maybe you have a fabella
bbc.com

Designing the First Full-Time Human Habitat on the Moon
citylab.com

Searching for the world’s last remaining sawfish
nationalgeographic.com

The Jews who fought back: the story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
historyextra.com

TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be
propublica.org

Artificial intelligence is helping old video games look like new
theverge.com

What It’s Like to Be Targeted by an (Alleged) Private Spy
thedailybeast.com

The Grifters: 10 Stories of Scams and Scammers
topic.com

Why Europa Is the Place to Go for Alien Life
nautil.us

There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go?
theconversation.com

Lasers make magnets behave like fluids
phys.org

Why oysters close on the full moon—and more odd lunar effects on animals
nationalgeographic.com

Female puberty is starting earlier and earlier, with worrying consequences for women’s health
scientificamerican.com

A Living ‘Balloon on a String’ Discovered in the Deepest Part of the Indian Ocean
livescience.com

Move Over, San Andreas: There’s an Ominous New Fault in Town
wired.com

The world’s largest, deepest freshwater lake is home to hundreds of species that don’t live anywhere else on Earth
daily.jstor.org

Prinkipo Orphanage: Europe’s Oldest Wooden Building
amusingplanet.com

Global Warming Is Already Costing the Insurance Industry Historic Amounts
popularmechanics.com

This new species of ancient carnivore was bigger than a polar bear
nationalgeographic.com

Two new studies investigate the habitability of TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets, three of which are in the ‘goldilocks’ zone
uanews.arizona.edu

Scientists invent way to trap mysterious ‘dark world’ particle at Large Hadron Collider
phys.org

How Columbine became a blueprint for school shooters
theconversation.com

Oliver Sacks: The Healing Power of Gardens
nytimes.com

Two murders stumped police for 40 years. The key was sitting in a bathroom cabinet.
washingtonpost.com

The ancient memories trapped in the world’s glaciers
bbc.com

Hubble Celebrates its 29th Birthday with Unrivaled View of the Southern Crab Nebula
spacetelescope.org

A Harvard Medical School scientist has developed AI to predict the 3D structure of proteins a million times faster than conventional methods
eurekalert.org

Fragile historic buildings open doors to virtual visitors
theguardian.com

Why Archaeologists Are Studying 10,000-Year-Old Urine
theatlantic.com

Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment
bbc.com

Look What the Cat Dragged In: Parasites
nytimes.com

How to identify a body: the Marchioness disaster and my life in forensic pathology
theguardian.com

How Did This Tiny Little Star Make Such a Big Sparkle?
gizmodo.com

Would life be happier without Google? I spent a week finding out
theguardian.com

Gene therapy cures infants with ‘bubble boy’ immune disease
washingtonpost.com

How a Chicago Woman Fell Victim to Candida Auris, a Drug-Resistant Fungus
nytimes.com

NASA plans to send humans to an icy part of the moon for the first time
cnet.com

‘Partly Alive’: Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs
nytimes.com

Most ancient type of molecule in universe detected in space
theguardian.com