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The Influencer Scientists Debunking Online Misinformation
wired.com

The X-ray Craze of 1896
daily.jstor.org

The Playboy and the Publisher: A Murder Story
crimereads.com

Apollo 12: The electrifying return to the Moon
newatlas.com

Handel and the Bank of England
bankunderground.co.uk

Bert Is Evil: The True Story Behind the Web’s First Viral Hit
billmeeks.com

Watch real-life Iron Man smash his jet-powered suit record by flying at 85 mph along Brighton Pier
guinnessworldrecords.com

Puolanka: Finland’s ‘best worst’ dying town
bbc.com

The smell of old books could help preserve them
phys.org

This Is How Your Old Television Set Can Prove The Big Bang
forbes.com

The great American tax haven: why the super-rich love South Dakota
theguardian.com

She went under for routine surgery, woke up as a different person, and became a great songwriter
indiewire.com • (see also)

How Did Plants Conquer Land? These Humble Algae Hold Clues
nytimes.com

Earth’s odd rotation may solve an ancient climate mystery
nationalgeographic.com

Proposed Interstellar Mission Reaches for the Stars, One Generation at a Time
scientificamerican.com

Could a Boeing 737 Land on an Aircraft Carrier?
realclearscience.com

Semiconductors: The humble mineral that transformed the world
bbc.com

These snakes can jump—and scientists want to know why.
nationalgeographic.com

A gifted physicist reduced to living in his car: what killed Hamid Alamdari?
theguardian.com

So the Internet Didn’t Turn Out the Way We Hoped. Now What?
nytimes.com

Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math
quantamagazine.org

Feral Hogs Find and Destroy Cocaine Worth $22,000 Hidden in Woods
newsweek.com

How Ellis Island shepherded millions of immigrants into America
nationalgeographic.com

The next graphene? Shiny and magnetic, a new form of pure carbon dazzles with potential
sciencemag.org

Experts crack mystery of ancient Egypt’s sacred bird mummies
theguardian.com

Unknown virus discovered in humans
phys.org

Scientists Find a Spot Where No Life Can Survive. That’s Bad News for Alien Hunters.
livescience.com

How to Peer Through a Wormhole
nytimes.com

This Spacecraft Will Detect if Exoplanet Skies are Cloudy, Hazy or Clear
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Salk scientists show that when you eat may be as important as what you eat
massivesci.com

Open Source Code Will Survive the Apocalypse in an Arctic Cave
bloomberg.com • (see also)

Japan’s Asteroid Probe Is Finally Returning to Earth With Its Precious Cargo
gizmodo.com

Behind Los Angeles’ Bitter War to Abolish the Olympics for Good
thedailybeast.com

Intel is still struggling with the truth about its processor security flaws
theverge.com

How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh
wired.com

American Gothic: On America’s unease with the darkness in its past
laphamsquarterly.org

Fastest star ever found is being flicked out of the Milky Way
newatlas.com

Ultima Thule renamed to avoid Nazi link (the name is now ‘Arrokoth’)
earthsky.org

Is There Life on Super-Earths? The Answer Could Depend on Their Cores
realclearscience.com

The Middle Ages’ Ultimate Sign of Loyalty
theatlantic.com

Ghosts of War in a Wisconsin Forest
newrepublic.com

Two reported dead as Venice flooded by highest tide in 50 years
theguardian.com

With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen
eurekalert.org

If I Touched the Moon, What Would It Feel Like?
nytimes.com

NASA’s Mars 2020 Will Hunt for Microscopic Fossils
jpl.nasa.gov

Plane stowaway: Who was Kenyan man who fell into London garden?
news.sky.com

Sea silk: the world’s most exclusive textile is being auctioned this week
theguardian.com

The Accidental Invention of Play-Doh
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising
thecorrespondent.com

How the Nile River Has Stayed In One Place for 30 Million Years
blogs.discovermagazine.com

The Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s
spiegel.de

Fifty years ago, a passionate scientist’s keen eye led to the first pinpoint landing on the Moon
theconversation.com

Into the abyss: The story of the MV Lyubov Orlova
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

Eventually, Everyone Needs to Urinate
laphamsquarterly.org • (see also)

The Last Victim of Smallpox
amusingplanet.com

Spanking, Signing, Reading: On the Medieval Use of Hands
lithub.com

Google reportedly collects health data on millions of Americans without informing patients
cnet.com

Video: This 1967 educational film predicts the technology we’d be using in the future [1:09]
youtube.com • (see also)

DNA Just One of More Than 1 Million Possible ‘Genetic Molecules,’ Scientists Find
livescience.com

History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future
theguardian.com