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The Radical Dissent of Helen Keller
yesmagazine.org

NASA is working on a camera that could save humanity from extinction
qz.com

Mercenaries, Spies, and Double Agents Gather En Masse in Bogotá
bloomberg.com

This scientist thinks she has the key to curb climate change: super plants
theguardian.com

Should prostitution be a normal profession?
bbc.com

Inside The Shadow War Fought By Russian Mercenaries
buzzfeednews.com

Japan’s ‘vanishing’ Ainu will finally be recognized as indigenous people
cnn.com

Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
nytimes.com

General anesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out
medicalxpress.com

The profoundly deaf girl who found her voice after brain surgery
bbc.com

Watch a Flower That Seems to Remember When Pollinators Will Come Calling
nytimes.com

The world’s second-biggest Ebola outbreak is still raging. Here’s why.
nationalgeographic.com

Luna 15: The Soviet Probe That Tried to Gatecrash America’s First Moon Landing
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

26 Real Animals That Shouldn’t Exist, But Do Anyway
atlasobscura.com

Twenty Years After Columbine
newyorker.com

Experiment discovered a man who can’t cooperate due to brain damage
qz.com

Expeditions to the North Pole Are on Ice
slate.com

When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again
wired.com

Linguists found the world’s “weirdest” languages—and English is one of them
qz.com

Looking for Shakespeare’s Library
laphamsquarterly.org

How Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for the Ultrarich in N.Y.
nytimes.com

Jerrie Cobb dies at 88; denied a trip to space, she was first female astronaut candidate
latimes.com

California couple sentenced to life in prison for torturing 12 children
theguardian.com

A Soda Company’s Long Obsession With Outer Space
theatlantic.com • (see also)

The Data All Guilt-Ridden Parents Need
nytimes.com

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