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NASA’s Osiris-Rex set to grab a piece of asteroid Bennu: How to watch live
cnet.com

The body fires ‘blobs of fat’ packed with toxic proteins to fight bacteria
livescience.com

Do you like cheese? You can thank the Indus Valley Civilization for it
zmescience.com

Antarctic ozone hole is one of the largest and deepest in recent years
esa.int

Slow Lorises Are Adorable but They Bite With Flesh-Rotting Venom
nytimes.com

Unusual Aussie spider builds one-of-a-kind nest with super strong silk
upi.com

The protein Klotho could extend the life of the brain. Is that a good thing?
massivesci.com

How to Stop Innovation From Breaking America
theatlantic.com

The Great Space Collision That Wasn’t
vice.com

The Life of Genghis Khan, the Ruthless Warlord Who Created the World’s Largest Empire
discovermagazine.com • (see also)

This Molten Salt Reactor Is the Next Big Thing in Nuclear
popularmechanics.com

Coronavirus: The place in North America with no cases
bbc.com

‘Virtual’ studios could offer a real alternative to green screen special effects
engadget.com

Three Places That Will Actually Benefit From Climate Change
realclearscience.com

Princeton study suggests that monkeys, like humans, may have ‘self-domesticated’
princeton.edu

Self-healing weak spots could boost aluminum’s longevity by 25 times
newatlas.com

Voyager Spacecraft Detect an Increase in The Density of Space Outside The Solar System
sciencealert.com

New curio by Alan Bellows: Half a Thought
dam.mn

360º video: NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20 [3:32]
youtube.com • More info

NASA’s Next Moonsuit Is Going to Be Damned Impressive
gizmodo.com

Heat Is the Human-Rights Issue of the 21st Century
theatlantic.com

Why the world’s passports look different
bbc.com

Operation Chinchilla Is a Go
theatlantic.com

Large 2,000-year-old cat discovered in Peru’s Nazca lines
bbc.com

On this day in 1959 Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 transmitted humanity’s first grainy glimpse of the far side of the moon back to Earth
damninteresting.com

Video: Ed White’s Spacewalk on Gemini 4 Enhanced [8:55]
youtube.com

T Cells and Neurons Talk to Each Other
the-scientist.com

How to See What’s on the Other Side of a Wormhole Without Actually Traveling Through it
universetoday.com

The Town That Went Feral
newrepublic.com

How many people would a modern nuke kill?
zmescience.com

Airbus to build spacecraft that will return first Mars samples to Earth
newatlas.com

Army’s 1,000 Mile Cannon: Strategic Long Range Cannon Details
popularmechanics.com

Those funky cheese smells allow microbes to ‘talk’ to and feed each other
phys.org

On this day in 1814 a flood of beer swept through a London parish
damninteresting.com

Venus flytrap with no brain or nervous system senses prey with short-memory trick
zmescience.com

Earth and Moon Once Shared a Magnetic Shield
nasa.gov • (see also)

Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured
livescience.com

Groundbreaking discovery finally proves rain really can move mountains
phys.org

Is Technology Actually Making Things Better?
pairagraph.com

Betelgeuse is 25 percent closer than scientists thought
bgr.com

How fraudsters dupe the art world
theverge.com

Magnetic microbot somersaults through the colon to deliver drugs
newatlas.com

New episode of Damn Interesting Week: Do Not Mention Atlantis
damninteresting.com

The Scientist Who Wanted Grizzly Bears Eliminated
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

AI that scans a construction site can spot when things are falling behind
technologyreview.com • (see also)

This is what “war in space” probably would look like in the near future
arstechnica.com

Fireball-dropping drones and the new technology helping fight fires
nationalgeographic.com

How to Build a Spacecraft to Save the World
wired.com

Graveyard Shift: Years of deliberate neglect led to a mine explosion in November 1968
laphamsquarterly.org

Oxygen Supply Just Failed in Part of The ISS, But Everyone Is Safe So Far
sciencealert.com

‘He Married a Sociopath: Me’
nytimes.com

New research could help millions who suffer from ‘ringing in the ears’
twin-cities.umn.edu

Egypt’s last pharaoh was the ‘love child’ of Caesar and Cleopatra
nationalgeographic.com

A Disturbing Twinkie That Has, So Far, Defied Science
npr.org

Pieces of orbiting space junk ‘avoid collision’
bbc.com

A Profanity Filter Banned the Word ‘Bone’ at a Paleontology Conference
vice.com

The Country That Still Considers Saddam Hussein a Hero
atlasobscura.com

The unlikely birthplace of the most destructive hurricanes
bbc.com

‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI
theguardian.com

Video: The biggest radioactive spill in US history [12:32]
youtube.com • (see also)