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A Molecular Universe
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded
phys.org

Erik Satie’s famous minimalist piano composition ‘Gnossiennes No. 1’ extended infinitely by markov chains
gnossiennes.mousereeve.com • (see also)

Verbal autopsies used in push to better track global deaths
apnews.com

Mixopedia: The Origin of the Bar Foot Rail
imbibemagazine.com

The most unusual ways many African countries got their names
qz.com

‘I’m still figuring out what’s going on with the comma ellipsis’
theguardian.com

‘Why I Coined the Term “Quantum Supremacy”‘
wired.com

Wild Rice’s Refusal to Be Domesticated
daily.jstor.org

On the depredations of infinity
newcriterion.com

This Bizarre, Eel-Like Shark Prowled the Oceans 350 Million Years Ago
livescience.com

‘Once they’re gone, they’re gone’: the fight to save the giant sequoia
theguardian.com

Why There’s Still No Lyme Vaccine for Humans
theatlantic.com

All About SpaceX’s Ambitious New Starship
jalopnik.com

Spanish police plucked from ocean by drugs smugglers they were chasing
theguardian.com

24% of Your Cable TV Bill Is Just Bogus Fees, Study Says
vice.com

Shadwell Forgeries: How Two Illiterates Fooled Victorian Archeologists
amusingplanet.com

Hurricanes May Be Reshaping Big Parts of the Ocean
wired.com

Baby Alaskan Fur Seals Are Thriving Atop a Bubbling Undersea Volcano
atlasobscura.com

The few ways to get rid of a gun
story.californiasunday.com

The high-stress, low-reward world of the page turner
van-us.atavist.com

Pigs recorded using tools for the first time
nationalgeographic.com

Pagers, faxes and cheques: Things that might seem obsolete, but aren’t
bbc.com

Ancient Greek Scroll’s Hidden Contents Revealed Through Infrared Imaging
npr.org

Lab-made primordial soup yields RNA bases
nature.com

Implanted memories teach birds a song
phys.org

It’s time to ban cars from Manhattan
ny.curbed.com

Twin Baby Stars Caught Feeding from Their Mother, a Twisted ‘Pretzel’ of Interstellar Dust
livescience.com

When a secret president ran the country [USA]
pbs.org

This quantum physics breakthrough could be the origin story for time travel
thenextweb.com

Into the great unknown: The Soviet Union’s secretive Venera 7 probe
newatlas.com

National Lottery conman jailed for £2.5m fake ticket fraud
bbc.com

‘Manhattan of the desert’: civil war puts Yemen’s ancient skyscrapers at risk
theguardian.com

Algae, a low-impact, delicious and sustainable food
massivesci.com

Why Migration Is Bigger and More Contentious Than Ever
bloomberg.com

The Andromeda Galaxy Has Swallowed Up Multiple Dwarf Galaxies, Study Finds
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Catherine the Great: the first woman to rule Russia
historyextra.com

Face masks to decoy t-shirts: The rise of anti-surveillance fashion
thisisplace.org

False witness: why is the US still using hypnosis to convict criminals?
theguardian.com

Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton
bbc.com

Scientists start mapping the hidden web that scaffolds the universe
theconversation.com

On this day in 1951 Henrietta Lacks’ body died, though a multitude of her cells are alive today
damninteresting.com

Interstellar comet starts coming into focus
nationalgeographic.com

Intriguing Discovery Grants New Insights Into Photoelectric Effect
scitechdaily.com

The story of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and how the world looked the other way
insider.com

The Messy Consequences of the Golden State Killer Case
theatlantic.com

The long, loving search for Betsy, bovine escape artist
story.californiasunday.com

Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds
phys.org

Juno is Afraid to Death of Jupiter’s Shadow. So it Fired its Thruster for Over 10 Hours to Avoid It.
universetoday.com

Mathematical “Golden Ratio” Observed in Human Skulls
scitechdaily.com

Key to learning and forgetting identified in sleeping brain
medicalxpress.com

First video of viruses assembling released
phys.org

The object 2I/Borisov seems to come from a solar system similar to ours
scientificamerican.com

In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer
nytimes.com

So You Crashed a $3 Million Bugatti. Now What?
bloomberg.com

FBI Issues ‘High-Impact’ Cyber Attack Warning
forbes.com

In the twisted story of eugenics, the bad guy is all of us
theguardian.com • (see also)

Silk Gets Even Stronger in Freezing Outer Space Temperatures, Scientists Discover
vice.com

Japan spacecraft releases rover to asteroid in last mission
phys.org

Falling Fireballs Crashed in Chile Last Week. They Weren’t Meteorites, Experts Say.
livescience.com • Coincidentally...