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Console Repairmen Explain Why Cockroaches Love PS4s
kotaku.com

Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines
newscientist.com

Hole accidentally cut in U.K. museum floor reveals stairs to hidden tomb of five archbishops
nationalpost.com

Scientists find giant, elusive clam known as ‘the unicorn of mollusks’
washingtonpost.com

Finally, NASA has its universe of images in one happy, searchable place
arstechnica.com

Can We Bring Back the Passenger Pigeon?
nybooks.com

Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days
theguardian.com

How One Inmate Changed The Prison System From The Inside
npr.org

22,000 years of history evaporates after freezer failure melts Arctic ice cores
theguardian.com

The “True” Human Diet: From the standpoint of paleoecology, the so-called Paleo diet is a myth
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Researchers find ‘night owl’ gene variant
cbc.ca

How the BBC’s truth offensive beat Hitler’s propaganda machine
theguardian.com

Where Slang Comes From
pudding.cool

Listening to one’s favorite music causes connections in a brain circuit important for internally-focused thoughts
nature.com

World’s oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117
bbc.co.uk

On the irreplaceable medical marvel that is horseshoe crab blood
popularmechanics.com

What My Stroke Taught Me: The surprising, quiet nourishment of losing my internal monologue
nautil.us

The Crisis of Attention Theft—Ads That Steal Your Time for Nothing in Return
wired.com

NASA ‘sting’ operation against 74-year-old widow of Apollo engineer draws court rebuke
washingtonpost.com

Researchers create healing elixir from the blood of a dragon
nypost.com

Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators
newscientist.com

When the Mob Protested The Godfather
mentalfloss.com

‘I’M A GONER’: El Faro’s last hours as ship sails into storm
apnews.com

What Do Animals See in a Mirror?
nautil.us

New research says starting university classes at 11am or later would improve learning
qz.com

NASA: Nearly all the elements needed for life have been detected on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
usatoday.com

Two Years Later, We Finally Know Why People Saw “The Dress” Differently
slate.com

A visualization of what Earth’s night sky will look like in 5,000,000 years (from ESA)
sci.esa.int

10 years ago Kristina Anderson was shot while in her French class at Virginia Tech
chronicle.com

Waterloo researchers capture first “image” of a dark matter web that connects galaxies
ras.org.uk

Snowden Documents Reveal Scope of Secrets Exposed to China in 2001 Spy Plane Incident
theintercept.com

Prisoners built two PCs from parts, hid them in ceiling, connected to the state’s network and did cybershenanigans
theregister.co.uk

Mimicking an impact on Earth’s early atmosphere yields all 4 RNA bases
arstechnica.com

The life of an American country doctor was heroic, necessary, and utterly exhausting
timeline.com

Tomorrow, 2pm Eastern: NASA to Reveal New Discoveries in News Conference on Oceans Beyond Earth
nasa.gov

NASA and Amazon announce first-ever 4K Ultra HD livestream from space
dailydot.com

Scientists unravel mystery of the loose shoelace
theguardian.com

Louis de Wohl: The Astrologer Who Helped Foil Hitler
thedailybeast.com

A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel
hbr.org

On Venus, tectonics without the plates
arstechnica.com

‘Cold’ Great Spot discovered on Jupiter
news.agu.org

A ‘Hot Zone’ In The Brain May Reveal When, And Even What, We Dream
npr.org

The Hunt for the Very First Stars Is Taking Us Back to the Moon
popularmechanics.com

Mars has metal in its atmosphere, reveals NASA probe
ervse.com

New Study Fleshes Out the Nutritional Value of Human Meat
smithsonianmag.com

Eric Gill: can we separate the artist from the abuser?
theguardian.com

Image: Galaxy Cluster Gas Creates Hole in Microwave Background
apod.nasa.gov

Can you judge a book by its odour?
theguardian.com

Bats Wiggle Their Way to Better Echolocation
physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com

“Love drugs” will soon be a reality. But should we take them?
qz.com

First high-res look at microbial ballistics: Harpoons, spears, Gatling guns
arstechnica.com

Bison had survived for 2 million years until humans arrived
bbc.com

Concern growing for brain-invading worms, spread by slugs and rats
arstechnica.com

Indian police seek to identify girl found in forest with monkeys
theguardian.com

14,000-year-old village unearthed on B.C. island by UVic student
vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

Rules of memory ‘beautifully’ rewritten
bbc.com

Newly discovered giant viruses have genomes mostly made up of ‘random scraps’
arstechnica.com

The Most Expensive Record Never Sold
npr.org

An Unprecedented Heist Hijacked a Brazilian Bank’s Entire Online Operation
wired.com

Octopuses Do Something Really Strange to Their Genes
theatlantic.com