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Starshot: Inside the Ludicrous Plan to Send a Spacecraft to Our Neighbor Star
popularmechanics.com

What tally sticks tell us about how money works
bbc.com

Japanese Blogger Points Out Timeline Flaw In Supposed Earhart Photo
npr.org

What happened when Walmart left: devastating loss of jobs, community and access to fresh food
theguardian.com

Hubble Pushed Beyond Limits to Spot Clumps of New Stars in Distant Galaxy
nasa.gov

Researchers in China have teleported a photon from the ground to a satellite orbiting more than 500 kilometers above
technologyreview.com

What happens when galaxies get too close?
mnn.com

Unlocking the Secrets Behind the Hummingbird’s Frenzy
nationalgeographic.com

Cache of Roman letters discovered at Hadrian’s Wall
theguardian.com

Plants Turn Caterpillars Into Cannibals to Save Themselves
gizmodo.com

120 years ago today several adventurers set off for the north pole in a balloon
damninteresting.com

Lucky Break Leads to Controversial Supernova Discovery
quantamagazine.org

Why Do We See More Species in Tropical Forests? The Mystery May Finally Be Solved
smithsonianmag.com

Image: Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: The Nuclear Ring
apod.nasa.gov

Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests reveal
theguardian.com

On this day in 1908, scientists liquefied helium for the first time
damninteresting.com

The giant undersea rivers we know very little about
bbc.com

A Kingdom for a Horse
vqronline.org

Seventeenth-Century Shopping List Discovered Under Floorboards of Historic English Home
smithsonianmag.com

The strange and righteous history of the equals sign
arstechnica.com

Study: Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share
newscientist.com

On this day in 1958 sailors experienced a rare and terrifying event in Lituya Bay, Alaska
damninteresting.com

New Observations Suggest Our Galaxy Contains 100 Billion Failed Stars
gizmodo.com

Praying Mantises Are Devouring Bird Brains All Over the World
motherboard.vice.com

“My grandfather was a death row doctor. He tested psychedelic drugs on Texas inmates.”
texastribune.org

The pitch drop experiment, running since 1927, is about to drip its ninth drop
thetenthwatch.com

In a Lost Baby Tooth, Scientists Find Ancient Denisovan DNA
nytimes.com

This Quantum Theory Predicts That The Future Might Be Influencing The Past
sciencealert.com

Hubble’s hidden galaxy
cevolt.com

Enceladus’ sea floor has hydrothermal vents like ours
astronomy.com

What the brain’s wiring looks like
bbc.com

Solar Minimum is Coming
science.nasa.gov

This Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Domino’s And Papa John’s
forbes.com

How a Napping Subway Commuter’s Brain Knows When It’s Their Stop
nymag.com

Physicists find new particle with a double dose of charm
apnews.com

New York City has made a habit, and a business, of massacring geese. One Brooklyn man is trying to save them.
theoutline.com

NIST to redefine the kilogram based on a fundamental universal constant
washingtonpost.com

It was the biggest eruption for 700 years but scientists still can’t find the volcano responsible
bbc.com

Brutal! Vulgar! Dirty! Mae West and the gay comedy that shocked 1920s America
theguardian.com

Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar
theguardian.com

Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Discovered Photo Suggests
nbcnews.com

How to Beat Asthma
theatlantic.com

NASA Revives Plan to Put Nuclear Reactors on Mars
nbcnews.com

What Were the First Records of Solar Eclipses?
livescience.com

This giant crocodile was an apex predator 166 million years ago
arstechnica.com

Fastest stars in the Milky Way are ‘runaways’ from another galaxy
phys.org

NASA’s 1st Mars Rover Landed 20 Years Ago Today
space.com

A year at Jupiter: Juno has revealed the giant of the Solar System
arstechnica.com

Secret of how Roman concrete survived tidal battering for 2,000 years revealed
telegraph.co.uk

Declare war on misleading metaphors
economist.com

Video: The Future of Wind Power? – Kite Powered Systems
youtube.com

How the Democratic Republic of the Congo Beat Ebola in 42 Days
theatlantic.com

Video: The origin of the ’80s aesthetic
youtube.com

BIC: The Company Behind the Pen
youtube.com

Multi-million dollar Ferraris, Jaguars, Astons, and a fine cup of tea
theverge.com

Racing the Storm: The Story of the Mobile Bay Sailing Disaster
smithsonianmag.com

Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs
reuters.com

Bone-Sniffing Dogs to Hunt for Amelia Earhart’s Remains
news.nationalgeographic.com

NASA unveils plan to test asteroid defense technique
cnn.com

On this day in 1881, an assassin shot US president James Garfield
damninteresting.com