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Oxford spinoff demonstrates world-first hypersonic “projectile fusion”
newatlas.com

Video: This is not an animation: the spectacular sight of magnets meeting a metallic liquid [04:56]
aeon.co

Before Amelia Earhart, there was the Forgotten First Lady of Flight
messynessychic.com

Scientists detect record-breaking ‘megamaser’ 5 billion light-years away
space.com

Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution
theconversation.com

They met in a Nazi labour camp. They were reunited 79 years later at a memorial gala
cbc.ca

How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?
lithub.com

That time when Soviet rocket scientists nearly nuked New York City
arstechnica.com

Psychotherapy May Be The Key to Managing Chronic Back Pain, Study Reveals
sciencealert.com • (see also)

‘Extraordinary’ W boson particle finding contradicts understanding of how universe works
theguardian.com

Documenting Drugs: The Artful Intoxications of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
publicdomainreview.org

We’ve been watching a failed star turn into a giant planet
arstechnica.com

Inside the Takedown that Shredded the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity
wired.com

Scientists have spotted the farthest galaxy ever
phys.org

The Genius of Fishing with Tidal Weirs
nautil.us

The Man Who Walked Around the World, Collecting the Autographs of the Rich and Famous
smithsonianmag.com

Your Digital Footprint: It’s Bigger Than You Realize
cnet.com

‘Where I Go: My Life as a Mentalist’
zocalopublicsquare.org

The guitarist who saved hundreds of people on a sinking cruise liner
bbc.com

On this day in 1994 a “deadhead” attempted to hijack a FedEx flight
damninteresting.com

Tanis: ‘First dinosaur fossil linked to asteroid strike’
bbc.com

Ultrastrong magnetic fields could prevent neutron stars from forming black holes
physicsworld.com

Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims
theguardian.com

These Souped-Up X-rays Are Nearly Ready to Zap Stuff
gizmodo.com

Why you really wouldn’t want to have blue blood
theconversation.com

The Incredible True Story of Jody Harris, Con Artist Extraordinaire
trulyadventure.us

In 1980, an Earthquake Destroyed an Italian Town—and Revealed Another
atlasobscura.com

Scientists Found a Way to Make Shock-Absorbing, Reusable Body Armor
popularmechanics.com

Squid recorded color-matching a substrate for the first time
phys.org

Video: How an electric car dream was crushed [04:31]
bbc.com • (see also)

Wunderwaffe – The Nazi Superweapons of WW2
heritagedaily.com

Lab turns hard-to-process plastic waste into carbon-capture master
phys.org

Cops Unmask Two-Time Jailbreaker as Serial Killer Who Terrorized Highway Motels
thedailybeast.com

On the road to cultured meat for astronauts (and Earthlings)
esa.int

Stanford engineers invent a solar panel that generates electricity at night
interestingengineering.com

‘It’s a dream’: exoskeleton allows boy with cerebral palsy to walk and play
theguardian.com

Naked Mole Rats Have a Very Strange Status Symbol
theatlantic.com • (see also)

New part of the body found hiding in the lungs
livescience.com

How America Watches for a Nuclear Strike
nytimes.com • (see also)

The puzzling link between city living and schizophrenia
sciencefocus.com

Video: What Do You Learn When You Touch the Sun? [4:46]
youtube.com

And Now, a Brief History of Poisoning
messynessychic.com

Video: How Kyiv lives under the Russian siege. [22:53]
youtube.com

The Fugitive Who Conned His Way Into the Footsteps of Alexander the Great—and the Quest for His Lost Cities
lithub.com

Photos: Extremely high resolution images of the moon’s Aristarchus crater from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
lroc.sese.asu.edu

Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye
quantamagazine.org

Could Science Read Someone’s Imagination?
thedebrief.org

‘Freeze-thaw battery’ stores electricity long-term for seasonal release
eandt.theiet.org

When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream
spectrum.ieee.org

The Burning New Feud to Settle One of Physics’ Biggest Questions
thedailybeast.com

The city designed by playing games
bbc.com

The Unravelling of an Expert on Serial Killers
newyorker.com

Video: We WILL Fix Climate Change! [16:10]
youtube.com

African Flamingo Spotted in Texas 17 Years After Escaping Kansas Zoo
mymodernmet.com

‘Impossible’ chemistry may reveal origins of life on Earth
nationalgeographic.com

Meet JUICE, The First Spacecraft To Orbit A Planet-Sized Icy Moon On A Hunt For Alien Oceans
forbes.com

Rare glimpse of giant planet still ‘in the womb’ yet nine times the mass of Jupiter
theguardian.com

Missing Darwin notebooks returned to Cambridge University Library
cam.ac.uk

Some of the stranger features on Pluto remain tough to explain
arstechnica.com

These Are the Winners of Smithsonian Magazine’s 19th Annual Photo Contest
smithsonianmag.com