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New evidence that all stars are born in pairs
phys.org

75 years ago today a Nazi submarine dropped off a team of spies in New York under cover of dark
damninteresting.com

What is the oldest living organism on the planet?
bbc.com

Death Trips: Accessorizing the final exit lane
thebaffler.com

Rat Lungworm, the Tropical Parasite That Took Hawaii by Surprise
newyorker.com

Multi-million dollar upgrade planned to secure ‘failsafe’ Arctic seed vault
theguardian.com

Saving the ‘god of ugly things’: New Zealand battles to bring back its rodent-sized insects
sciencemag.org

Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit
newyorker.com

Pre-photographic pictures of hot air balloon accidents show the perils of late modernity
timeline.com

Spiders appear to offload cognitive tasks to their webs
quantamagazine.org

Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age: The surprising relationship between mindset and getting old.
aging.nautil.us

SOS rock mystery: Man at centre of search tells tale of survival
abc.net.au

The Hidden Stories Lingering in RadioShack’s Bankruptcy Auction
motherboard.vice.com

Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax
nytimes.com

Why Suicides Peak in Spring
nautil.us

Suppressing the reasoning part of the brain stimulates creativity, scientists find
theguardian.com

Researchers from the University of Zurich have simulated the formation of our entire Universe with a supercomputer
media.uzh.ch

It took a century to create the weekend—and only a decade to undo it
qz.com

Fungus creates zombie beetles that crave flowers before death
newscientist.com

Crumb-free bread will mean ISS astronauts can now bake in space
newscientist.com

In major breakthrough, tiny Utah firm regenerates skin, hair in pigs
reuters.com

A nuanced rebuttal to the recent claim that the Wow! signal was caused by comets
reddit.com

‘Faceless’ Fish Seen for First Time in Over a Century
news.nationalgeographic.com

Large numbers of humpback whales have returned to NYC for the first time in a century
seattlepi.com

3 Separate Experiments Report Signs of a Phenomenon Beyond The Standard Model of Physics
sciencealert.com

The Impossible Mathematics of the Real World
nautil.us

The Benefits of Talking to Yourself
nytimes.com

For the first time in ~200 years, a Japanese emperor plans to resign
japantimes.co.jp

The Addicts Next Door
newyorker.com

‘I Fooled Wall Street and the Mafia as an Undercover FBI Agent’
vice.com

Baby Bird from Time of Dinosaurs Found Fossilized in Amber
news.nationalgeographic.com

Astronomers saw one star warp another’s light in a way that Einstein thought we’d never see
theverge.com

Newly discovered fossils show Homo sapiens emerged at least 100,000 years earlier than previously thought
bbc.com

Tyrannosaurus rex had scaly skin and wasn’t covered in feathers, a new study says
washingtonpost.com

Tiny Jumping Spiders Can See the Moon
theatlantic.com

How the D-Day Invasion Was Planned
popularmechanics.com

Mysterious ‘Wow! signal’ in 1977 came from comets, not aliens, researcher reveals
dailysabah.com

Video: 4K aerial footage of SpaceX CRS-11 first stage landing
youtube.com

Photos: American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund
theatlantic.com

How to fall to your death and live to tell the tale
mosaicscience.com

Marsupial lions, giant kangaroos and huge lizards: The treasures of the Naracoorte Caves
abc.net.au

On this day in 1979, Russian scientists broke the world record for the deepest borehole
damninteresting.com

The expected and unexpected physiological effects of intermittent fasting
the-scientist.com

Giant ringed planet may have been spotted as it eclipses its host star
arstechnica.com

These nine cognitive psychology findings all passed a stringent test of their replicability
digest.bps.org.uk

First Discovery for ‘Backyard Worlds: Planet 9’ Project: Cold Brown Dwarf
sci-news.com

Scientists Discover A Scorched Planet With A Comet-Like Tail
npr.org

When these 19th century farmers wanted to talk about sex, they just invented a new language
timeline.com

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observes a curious feature: a South Polar Pit or an Impact Crater
nasa.gov

A new carbon-capture system just began pulling CO2 from the air
futurism.com

The Secret History of “Eeny Meeny Miny Mo”
theparisreview.org

China’s new submarine engine is poised to revolutionize underwater warfare
popsci.com

Researchers have deciphered the code of how faces are recognized in primate brains
nytimes.com

The strange Cook pine trees that always lean towards the equator
newscientist.com

Climber Completes the Most Dangerous Rope-Free Ascent Ever
nationalgeographic.com

Trying to Embrace a ‘Cure’
nytimes.com

On this day in 2004, the Killdozer emerged
damninteresting.com

How the World’s Most Interesting Man Befriended the World’s Most Powerful Man
politico.com

Curiosity rover finds its crater was habitable for 700 million years
arstechnica.com

Image: Jupiter in extremely high resolution from the Juno spacecraft (11,177×11,177)
i.imgur.com