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Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day
theguardian.com

The bad news is that fish are eating lots of plastic. Even worse, they may like it.
washingtonpost.com

The Empire Stopper
nytimes.com

The Vanishing Pugilist and the Poet
laphamsquarterly.org

World’s most powerful X-ray laser begins operation
theengineer.co.uk

Long-rumored midsized black hole may be hiding out in the Milky Way
sciencemag.org

We ignore what doesn’t fit with our biases – even if it costs us
newscientist.com

A team of women is unearthing the forgotten legacy of Harvard’s women ‘computers’
pri.org

Children’s books with humans have greater moral impact than animals, study finds
theguardian.com

Record-breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
phys.org

Celery Was the Avocado Toast of the Victorian Era
tastecooking.com

The Incarcerated Women Who Fight California’s Wildfires
nytimes.com

Major Roman ruins discovered underwater in Tunisia
aljazeera.com

Triple Threat: New Pneumonia Is Drug-Resistant, Deadly And Contagious
npr.org

Look at the mysterious ‘dragon booger’ found in Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon
popsci.com

Asteroid Florence Has Two Moons
skyandtelescope.com

158 years ago today, the largest geomagnetic storm in history wrought havoc on electrical and telegraph networks
damninteresting.com

The first social media suicide
theguardian.com

Hot Spots in a Freezing Ocean Offer Lessons in Climate Change
nytimes.com

Dr Con Man: the rise and fall of a celebrity scientist who fooled almost everyone
theguardian.com

Plumbing discovery reveals the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
arstechnica.com

How marriage changes people forever
bbc.com

Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster
www6.slac.stanford.edu

Voyager 40th anniversary posters
voyager.jpl.nasa.gov

Clues to why leaves come in many sizes
bbc.com

The last Nazi hunters
theguardian.com

How NASA kept the ISS flying while Harvey hit Mission Control
theverge.com

Patient Plays Saxophone While Surgeons Remove Brain Tumor
urmc.rochester.edu

Hubble delivers first hints of possible water content of TRAPPIST-1 planets
spacetelescope.org

The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana
theguardian.com

Pompeii Hero Pliny the Elder May Have Been Found 2,000 Years Later
haaretz.com

Scientists feed carbon nanotubes to spiders, producing webs that are strong enough to hold a human
smh.com.au

Abandoned States: Places In Idyllic 1960s Postcards Have Transformed Into Scenes Of Abandonment
dcist.com

Moon’s tidal stress likely responsible for causing deep moonquakes, new study confirms
phys.org

Explore the Early Years of Technicolor Film in 40,000 Documents
hyperallergic.com

Nanomachines drill holes into cancer cells
sciencemag.org

We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space
newscientist.com

On this day in 1939 Nazi SS agents took over a Polish radio station and broadcasted anti-German sentiments
damninteresting.com

Famous 600-Year-Old Nova Pinpointed in Modern Day
space.com

Molecules Chilled Close to Absolute Zero Just Smashed a New Physics Record
sciencealert.com

Cassini hints at young age for Saturn’s rings
bbc.com

‘The police knew another girl had died in his bed’: one family’s pursuit of their daughter’s killer
theguardian.com

Yes, That’s a Huge Floating Mass of Live Fire Ants in Texas
theatlantic.com

How Horses Got Their Hooves
nytimes.com

What We Get Wrong About Technology
timharford.com

Cassini’s Last Moments, in Gory Detail
airspacemag.com

Inside an Epic Hotel Room Hacking Spree
wired.com

As Oceans Alkalized, Life Developed Bones and Shells
astrobio.net

James Webb Space Telescope Surrounded by Rising Floodwaters
scientificamerican.com

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