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An Ancient Site with Human Skulls on Display
nautil.us

How Prison Officials Block Access to the Media
prospect.org

Does this river hold the key to life on Mars?
bbc.com

Beside the point? Punctuation is dead, long live punctuation
aeon.co

New article/episode by Jennifer Lee Noonan: Dupes and Duplicity
damninteresting.com

This could be the first known planet in the universe to orbit three suns at once
livescience.com

Source of International Space Station leak still not found, NASA says
businessinsider.com

How Lenin’s Red Terror set a macabre course for the Soviet Union
nationalgeographic.com

The companies that help people vanish
bbc.com

Kilwa, the abandoned East African city, once controlled the medieval gold trade
nationalgeographic.com

Amezaiku: The Nearly Lost Japanese Art of Candy Sculpture
mentalfloss.com

‘How We Saved Our Neighborhood from a Wildfire’
outsideonline.com

Only one in ten medical treatments are backed by high-quality evidence
theconversation.com

Gravity, Gizmos, and a Grand Theory of Interstellar Travel
wired.com

The Neurons That Appeared from Nowhere
nautil.us

The Little Cards That Tell Police ‘Let’s Forget This Ever Happened’
vice.com

Why people object to laws that save lives
bbc.com

The Earthquake That Brought Enlightenment
hakaimagazine.com

Operation Condor: the illegal state network that terrorised South America
theguardian.com

The Moon Is Rusting, and Researchers Want to Know Why
jpl.nasa.gov

The Paralyzed World War II Veterans Who Invented Wheelchair Basketball
smithsonianmag.com

Medieval pandemics spawned fears of the undead, burials reveal
nationalgeographic.com

Yeast could soon make psilocybin cheaper than their magic mushroom cousins can
massivesci.com

The 4 Lessons Every (Good) Scientist Must Learn
forbes.com

The Landlord’s Game: Eula Biss on the Anticapitalist Origins of Monopoly
lithub.com

How Disaster Shaped the Modern City
theatlantic.com

Astronomers spot a super-rare class of black hole for the first time
engadget.com

Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea
bbc.com

The largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history occurred on this day in 1859
damninteresting.com

How big is a neutron star?
symmetrymagazine.org

Video: Mars’s Surface Is Messed Up [5:37]
youtube.com

Heart of Belgian city mayor found entombed in fountain
bbc.com

Video: 1111111111111111111111111111111 & Unix Epoch [7:32]
youtube.com

What Do George Clooney, Nazareth, and a 16-Foot Mechanical Bear Have in Common?
theringer.com

Bronze Age musical instruments made from human bone
sciencefocus.com

When Tuberculosis Struck the World, Schools Went Outside
smithsonianmag.com

How did human butts evolve to look that way?
massivesci.com

Face Selectivity in the Blind Brain
discovermagazine.com

The butcher’s shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)
theguardian.com

Monumental DNA Study Reveals Secrets of North American Mastodons
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1944 the “Mad Gasser of Mattoon” allegedly attacked his/her first victim
damninteresting.com

Honeybee venom rapidly kills aggressive breast cancer cells, Australian research finds
abc.net.au

Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon
colorado.edu

Why the French love to complain
bbc.com

Australian man shocked after massive serpents crash through kitchen ceiling
theguardian.com

An Ancient Breed of Singing Dog Isn’t Extinct in the Wild After All
gizmodo.com

The Oysters That Knew What Time It Was
wired.com

What if We Could Live for a Million Years?
scientificamerican.com

Airline Pilots Landing At LAX Report “A Guy In Jetpack” Flying Alongside Them
thedrive.com

What is a fogbow?
earthsky.org

On this day in 1939 Nazi SS agents took over Polish radio stations and broadcast anti-German sentiments
damninteresting.com

Supernova Wreckage is Still Expanding at Extreme Speeds After 400 Years
universetoday.com

The world’s deepest freshwater cave just got a whole lot deeper
sciencemag.org

The Wildest Insurance Fraud Scheme Texas Has Ever Seen
texasmonthly.com

“Mad Mike” Hughes Rejected Science and Chased Fame. It Killed Him.
popularmechanics.com

How Ancient Sea Creatures Crossed Oceans on Rafts
realclearscience.com

Why police officers embraced a banned weapon of war
theverge.com

Sir Isaac Newton’s notes among Cambridge web gallery ‘treasures’
bbc.com • Direct link to gallery

Worth the wait: Yellowstone’s Giantess Geyser erupts for first time in six years
theguardian.com

Meet the woman who gave the world antiviral drugs
nationalgeographic.com