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These High-Flying Geese Are ‘the Astronauts of the Bird World’
nytimes.com

The American Founders made sure the president could never suspend Congress
theconversation.com

Special Skull Windows Helped Dinosaur Brains Keep Cool
smithsonianmag.com

Venus’ Ocean of Air and Clouds
planetary.org

You know the “enhance” function TV cops use on pictures? It’s real now.
vox.com

NASA Just Added a Helicopter to Its Mars 2020 Rover
blogs.discovermagazine.com

America and WW2: When, How And Why Did The US Enter And Why Not Sooner?
historyextra.com

How 9/11 made Gander into a tourist destination
washingtonpost.com

The Physics of Pancakes
popularmechanics.com

How Mesh Messaging Apps Work, and Why You Might Need One
gizmodo.com

How a High School Dropout Hacked a Million Devices
thedailybeast.com

The Strange Case of Daniel Defoe’s Civet Scheme
daily.jstor.org

A slur or point of pride? The Slants’ journey to litigate their band name
pri.org

You Can’t Keep Your Parents’ Skulls
theatlantic.com

How do people learn to cook a toxic plant safely?
bbc.com • (see also)

Why meaning is more sunken into words than we realise
aeon.co

How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It
scientificamerican.com

Ida and Louise Cook, Two Unusual Heroines of the Second World War
newyorker.com

Woman is first to receive cornea made from ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells
nature.com

Asteroid That’s Nearly the Height of the World’s Tallest Building Is Flying by Earth Soon
livescience.com

How to Get Better at Embracing Unknowns
scientificamerican.com

Woodblocks in Wonderland: The Japanese Fairy Tale Series
publicdomainreview.org • (see also)

‘In 1973, My Fiancé’s Mother Was Murdered by Her Husband’
crimereads.com

Strange Metal-like Bonds Discovered in Customized Crystals
quantamagazine.org

Could microbes be affecting Venus’ climate?
earthsky.org

Antarctic robot might lead way to life beyond Earth
pri.org • (see also)

Is Dying at Home Overrated?
nytimes.com

Ancient dog bones tell us what was on the menu for both dogs and humans
massivesci.com

Stop calling it a choice: Biological factors drive homosexuality
theconversation.com

One of the most iconic photos of American workers is not what it seems
washingtonpost.com

Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy
technologyreview.com

The Book Disease: On Bibliomania
laphamsquarterly.org

A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue
newyorker.com

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia
lithub.com

Scientists Watch Atoms Fall to See Earth’s Changing Structure
wired.com

The hellish future of Las Vegas in the climate crisis: ‘A place where we never go outside’
theguardian.com

Fossil colour studies are changing our idea of how dinosaurs looked
horizon-magazine.eu

Coming soon to the battlefield: Robots that can kill
publicintegrity.org

Social worker, diaper changer, dietitian, day planner, warden and more — all at dismal wages
nytimes.com

A charismatic con artist devastated her victims—then they fought back
abc.net.au

An extraordinary landscape at the edge of the world
bbc.com

Monadnock Building: The Last Brick Skyscraper
amusingplanet.com

The wall holding back a desert
bbc.com

Centuries of breeding have reshaped dog brains—here’s how
nationalgeographic.com

The mystery of the missing millionaire continues to enthrall
nationalpost.com

Why are fossils more often male?
cosmosmagazine.com

SpaceX Satellite in Near Collision with European Space Agency’s Aeolus
interestingengineering.com

Ability to detect directional gaze is not unique to humans
phys.org

A New Lake Grows in Kilaeua Caldera
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Teen’s Junk Food Diet Caused Him to Go Blind, Doctors Say
livescience.com

Europe and US teaming up for asteroid deflection
esa.int

The science of senolytics: how a new pill could spell the end of ageing
theguardian.com

How Two Sisters Pulled Off a Daring Escape From Saudi Arabia
vice.com

Some Vaccine Doubters Swayed by Outbreaks
uidaho.edu

Earth’s “fingerprint” could one day help us find a habitable exoplanet
technologyreview.com

The Hidden Science of Elevators
popularmechanics.com

xkcd’s Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)
wired.com • (see also)

What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers
hbr.org

160 years ago today the Earth was struck by the most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history
damninteresting.com

Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier
topgear.com