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Cassini Snaps Saturn’s Strange Polar Vortex During Daring Dive
space.com

How Concrete Cemented Its Place in History
citylab.com

A Game You Can Control With Your Mind
nytimes.com

How cheese changed the shape of the human skull
newatlas.com

The Air Force Uses Ex-Nuclear Missiles to Loft Satellites Into Space
popularmechanics.com

Video: Aluminum and Mercury
youtube.com

Why have Americans stopped eating turtle?
food.avclub.com

A Nobel Doesn’t Make You an Expert: Lessons in Science and Spin
undark.org

The ocean is a strange place after dark
bbc.com

Minerals found on Mars suggest crater once contained right elements for habitability
cbc.ca

Hurricane Harvey in Photographs
nytimes.com

Cassini’s ‘Inside-Out’ Rings Movie
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov

Why Voyager probes are the most important spacecraft ever launched
businessinsider.com

High Achievers in Competitive Courses More Likely to Cheat on College Exams
the-aps.org

Collection of letters by codebreaker Alan Turing found in filing cabinet
theguardian.com

What’s Making These Dogs In Mumbai Turn Blue?
npr.org

Wine War in Southern France Has Streets Running Red
nytimes.com

The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami
theguardian.com

For the First Time Tiny Robots Treat Infection in a Living Organism
bigthink.com

How Police Cracked Canada’s Largest Child Pornography Ring
thewalrus.ca

On this day in 1980 a mysterious device and a threatening letter appeared in Harvey’s casino in Lake Tahoe
damninteresting.com

New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains
news.nationalgeographic.com

Ancient Parasite Found in Mummy Autopsy Tells a Timeless Horror Story
gizmodo.com

Is Texas Ready for Hurricane Harvey?
theatlantic.com

Yearning for the end of the world
theguardian.com

A Federal Judge Put Hundreds of Immigrants Behind Bars While Her Husband Invested in Private Prisons
motherjones.com

Cassini’s Finale: The Last 5 Orbits And How It Will End [Infographic] (warning: autoplay video)
forbes.com

How Mushrooms Became Magic
theatlantic.com

Life cycle of the mysterious and long-dead dodo revealed by bone study
theguardian.com

Without Chick Parsons, General MacArthur May Never Have Made His Famed Return to the Philippines
smithsonianmag.com

This ancient Babylonian tablet may contain the first evidence of trigonometry
sciencemag.org

On this day in 1786, Antoine Parmentier changed Europe by giving flowers to the king and queen of France
damninteresting.com

Confederate sub’s weapon killed its own crew, researchers

Shock Tactics: Inside the Taser, the weapon that transformed policing
reuters.com

Mind-Bogglingly Detailed Image of a Nearby Star Introduces an Unexpected Mystery
gizmodo.com

We may have detected a new kind of gravitational wave
newscientist.com

The Cop Who Became a Robber
lamag.com

The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery
gq.com

Alaska€’s Permafrost Is Thawing
nytimes.com

Dinosaur-killing Asteroid Could Have Caused 2 Years of Darkness
astrobiology.com

Are These Dutch Floating Homes a Solution for Rising Seas?
citylab.com

Grenfell Was No Ordinary Accident
citylab.com

People Who Hear Voices Can Detect Hidden Speech in Unusual Sounds
neurosciencenews.com

Meet Florence, the Giant Asteroid That Will Buzz by Earth This September
smithsonianmag.com

Mars has snowstorms at night
researchgate.net

Cyborg bacteria outperform plants when turning sunlight into useful compounds
phys.org

On this day in 1934, one Gerald MacGuire approached General Smedley Butler to lead an American coup
damninteresting.com

Scientists Say It’s Raining Diamonds on Neptune and Uranus
gizmodo.com

The Secrets of the Wood Wide Web
newyorker.com

A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof
gq.com

That time a city scared itself silly over a total solar eclipse
washingtonpost.com

Massacre: An afternoon that changed a town forever
bbc.co.uk

How to Get Away With Murder in Small-Town India
nytimes.com

Danish Submarine Inventor Says He Buried Swedish Journalist at Sea
nytimes.com

Lost WW2 warship USS Indianapolis found after 72 years
bbc.com

JPL’s Design for a Clockwork Rover to Explore Venus
spectrum.ieee.org

Memories of fear could be permanently erased, study shows
theguardian.com

Oldest Surviving Photograph of a U.S. President Has Surfaced
smithsonianmag.com

At 15, Isaiah Battle was the county’s No. 1 car thief. He had every reason to stop.
tampabay.com

How Exercise Could Help You Learn a New Language
nytimes.com