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Would the Government Deliberately Poison 10,000 Prohibition Violators?
saturdayeveningpost.com

Who Owns South Africa?
newyorker.com

Universal Pattern Explains Why Materials Conduct
quantamagazine.org

The biggest danger about an asteroid strike? Lawyers
cosmosmagazine.com

Seafood Without The Sea: Will Lab-Grown Fish Hook Consumers?
npr.org

Antimatter keeps with quantum theory. It’s both particle and wave
sciencenews.org

Photos: A replica of Al Capone’s famous “luxurious” prison cell at Eastern State Penitentiary
apnews.com

Ancient Chinese Buildings Are Held Together With Rice, Sugar, and Blood
atlasobscura.com

Forget the Anthropocene: we’ve entered the synthetic age
aeon.co

Denver voters consider the next frontier in decriminalizing drugs: magic mushrooms
latimes.com

On this day in 1937 the Hindenburg went down in flames
damninteresting.com

The Mysterious True Story of the ‘Extremely Wicked’ Ted Bundy Movie
esquire.com

‘Almost every household has someone that has died from cancer’
theguardian.com

Gravitational Waves Keep Rolling Past Earth
theatlantic.com

A tectonic plate may have peeled apart—and that could shrink the Atlantic Ocean
nationalgeographic.com

The Hand of Glory
amusingplanet.com

Elephant Man’s ‘forgotten grave found’
bbc.com

CBD: a marijuana miracle or just another health fad?
theguardian.com

The Codpiece and the Pox
daily.jstor.org

Fishermen fight to survive on the world’s second largest lake
nationalgeographic.com

The Fight for the Right to Drive
newyorker.com

More than a century ago, feminist hero Nellie Bly discovered the key to happiness
qz.com

Beijing’s one-child policy is gone. But many Chinese are still reluctant to have more.
washingtonpost.com

Video/gallery: Rendering of an approach to a black hole
behance.net

Dr. Ruth’s Good-Sex Revolution
theatlantic.com

What is 768K Day, and Will It Cause Internet Outages?
blog.thousandeyes.com

Triple-decker: how the Mary Rose had room for 500 men
theguardian.com

A Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and Now Residents Know Why
nytimes.com

Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified
med.stanford.edu

Happy Birthday to Dorothy Garrod, One of the First Women Archaeologists
gizmodo.com

‘This job isn’t for everybody’: The life of a B.C. lightkeeper
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

The Existential Crisis Plaguing Online Extremism Researchers
wired.com

Berezniki: The Russian City Swallowed By Sinkholes
amusingplanet.com

This injectable gel could one day rebuild muscle, skin, and fat
sciencemag.org

Here Are InSight’s First Shots Of The Eerie Martian Sunrise And Sunset
forbes.com

The Kentucky Derby’s first female jockey ignored insults and boycott threats. She just wanted to ride.
washingtonpost.com

‘Either They Kill Us or We Kill Them’
nytimes.com

Leonardo’s ‘claw hand’ stopped him painting
bbc.com

She was the “queen of the mommy bloggers.” Then her life fell apart.
vox.com

The real story behind Harper Lee’s lost true crime book
theguardian.com

Hubble Spots Stunning Spiral Galaxy
nasa.gov

The Comedian Is in the Machine. AI Is Now Learning Puns
wired.com

Rare Recording Captures Einstein Talking About Music and the Atomic Bomb
livescience.com

What killed Napoleon Bonaparte?
historyextra.com

The Rockets of Mysore
amusingplanet.com

A Mysterious Hacker Group Is On a Supply Chain Hijacking Spree
wired.com

The Disquieting Power of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hitler’s Court Conductor
newyorker.com • (see also)

Military whales and dolphins: What do they do and who uses them?
news.nationalgeographic.com

How to land on the Moon
newatlas.com

The smart diaper is coming. Who actually wants it? (aptly, by correspondent Michael Waters)
vox.com

NASA video demonstrates the tiny scale of the section of sky where the famous “Hubble Legacy Field” image was captured
youtube.com • More info

Space Rock Hits the Moon at 61,000 Kilometers an Hour
scitechdaily.com

Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden
harpersbazaar.com

Army Soldier Falls Into Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano After Straining For Better View
npr.org

‘The haunted houses’: Legacy of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion lingers, but reminders are disappearing
washingtonpost.com

Flushed with success: solid-gold toilet to be installed at Blenheim (aptly, by correspondent Mark Brown)
theguardian.com

Gallery: 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest
theatlantic.com

Why the ‘post-natural’ age could be strange and beautiful
bbc.com

Boys with a rare muscle disease are breathing on their own, thanks to gene therapy
sciencemag.org

End to Aids in sight as huge study finds drugs stop HIV transmission
theguardian.com