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She Received 65 Proposals, but Never Married
nytimes.com

This robot flies by mimicking the flight of bats
popularmechanics.com

Misophonia: Scientists crack why eating sounds can make people angry
bbc.com

Heisenberg’s Astrophysics Prediction Finally Confirmed After 80 Years
forbes.com

The Brain’s Connections Shrink During Sleep
theatlantic.com

The surgeon giving his patients VR instead of sedatives
bbc.com

On the “self-enhancement” effect, and how it can have negative consequences for all of us
scientificamerican.com

Indirectly detecting black holes via “tails” of gas
nro.nao.ac.jp

Monitoring Post-Mortem Gene Transcription in Mice and Zebrafish
the-scientist.com

Is Willpower a Finite Resource, or a Myth?
nautil.us

The unimaginable, infamous case of Pam Hupp
stlmag.com

How Psychologists Determine Whether Someone Is Faking Insanity
nymag.com

Documentary: The story of Kevin Mitnick, infamous 80s-era computer hacker
youtube.com

“Science curious” more likely to explore data contradicting their world view
arstechnica.com

How to Fund an Expedition
hakaimagazine.com

Did a violin teacher from Plano, Texas solve the world’s greatest classical music mystery?
newrepublic.com

The hi-tech war on science fraud
theguardian.com

The story of the strange apparent reappearance of an American commando, MIA in Vietnam since 1968
magazine.atavist.com

‘Startling’ dinosaur protein discovery
bbc.com

Matter-antimatter asymmetry confirmed in baryons
arstechnica.com

LSD unlocks how our brains impart meaningfulness
researchgate.net

The man who sold his back to an art dealer
bbc.com

38,000-year-old carving includes enigmatic “punctuation” pattern
arstechnica.com

Embarrassing bodies: what did the Victorians have to hide?
theguardian.com

Computer Lets Fully Paralyzed Patients Speak for First Time
thedailybeast.com

What happened to black Germans under the Nazis
independent.co.uk

Our 9,000-Year Love Affair With Booze
nationalgeographic.com

A peek into what the NASA twins study will reveal about a manned mission to Mars
nasa.gov

Scientists find a new process to make valuable graphene using soybean oil
abc.net.au

Milky Way being pushed through space by cosmic dead zone, say scientists
theguardian.com

A huge mouth and no anus – this could be our earliest known ancestor
theguardian.com

Saturn’s B Ring, Finer Than Ever
jpl.nasa.gov

Study finds first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast, complex hologram
sciencebulletin.org

From Hospital Gowns to Paper Couture: The Unlikely Origins of ’60s Disposable Dresses
collectorsweekly.com

The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst of Humanity
newyorker.com

Video: MasterChef winner Christine Ha shows how the Blind cook
youtube.com

After a century of failing to crack an ancient script, linguists turn to machines
theverge.com

America’s Long-Overdue Opioid Revolution Is Finally Here
smithsonianmag.com

Study based on identical twins: Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system
hsnewsbeat.uw.edu

First-ever discovered trilobite eggs paired with fossil of the segmented creature
sciencedaily.com

Study: Five-month-old babies know what’s funny
aeon.co

Amsterdam to host Europe’s first ‘forensic cemetery’
sciencemag.org

100-million-year-old insect found in amber has features so unusual that it belongs to a new scientific order
oregonstate.edu

Video: The US president’s speech following the Challenger disaster, 31 years ago today
youtube.com

A Four Planet System in Orbit, Directly Imaged and Remarkable
astrobiology.nasa.gov

Photo: Note handed to President Johnson about fatal Apollo 1 fire, 50 years ago today (via /r/space on reddit)
damninteresting.com

Libor scandal: the bankers who fixed the world’s most important number
theguardian.com

The Secret History of the First Cat in Space
gizmodo.com

How A Deadly Heat Wave Led To Disastrous Floods 2,000 Miles Away
fivethirtyeight.com

A new brain mapping technique reveals circuitry of Parkinson’s disease tremors
sciencebulletin.org

China’s $168 million plan to bring rain to its usually arid northwestern region
fortune.com

How Life (and Death) Spring From Disorder – thermodynamics in biology
quantamagazine.org

For this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat
sciencebulletin.org

How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case
vanityfair.com

We now have the genetic recipe for making tomatoes taste like tomatoes again
theverge.com

Juno’s Close Look at a Little Red Spot (for certain definitions of “little”)
nasa.gov

The story of the Apollo 1 fire, which occurred 50 years ago today (by Ars Technica)
arstechnica.com

Bibliomania: the strange history of compulsive book buying
theguardian.com

Dead Air: The Talk Show Guest Who Died on Dick Cavett’s Stage
mentalfloss.com

Video: First look at Boeing’s new spacesuit that will take astronauts to ISS
wired.com