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How a Quarter of Cow DNA Came From Reptiles
theatlantic.com

Scientists detect gravitational waves from a new kind of nova, sparking a new era in astronomy
washingtonpost.com

Arthur Schopenhauer on the Dangers of Clickbait
farnamstreetblog.com

Analysis of 141 hours of cable news reveals how mass killers are really portrayed
qz.com

Great Storm 1987: The day 18 people were killed
bbc.com

A single photon reveals quantum entanglement of 16 million atoms
phys.org

Intense storms batter Saturn’s largest moon, scientists report
astronomynow.com

Death of the Nile
bbc.co.uk

What NASA’s Simulated Missions Tell Us about the Need for Martian Law
scientificamerican.com

Asteroid that barely missed Earth this week could wreak havoc in the not-so-distant future
bgr.com

How a Gilded Age Heiress Became the ‘Mother of Forensic Science’
theatlantic.com

The Secret Liquor History of Nursery Rhymes
thedailybeast.com

Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies – But Knows Love Before The End
npr.org

The thoughts of Chairman Xi
bbc.co.uk

Living in a greener neighbourhood could lower risk of early death: study
cbc.ca

They survived six hours in a pool as a wildfire burned their neighborhood to the ground
latimes.com

Interesting reddit AMA with SpaceX founder Elon Musk
reddit.com

Magic mushrooms may ‘reset’ the brains of depressed patients
www3.imperial.ac.uk

Planet Nine Does Exist, NASA Evidence Suggests
livescience.com

One Australian island has a bold plan to annihilate all its rats
popsci.com

There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
smithsonianmag.com

Where ‘Hitler’ doesn’t mean anything
theoutline.com

The Rock Solid History of Concrete
popularmechanics.com

Interactive: ‘The angry sea will kill us all’
interactives.stuff.co.nz

The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets
theguardian.com

Chinese space station set to crash-land on Earth’s surface within months
cnbc.com

How Ether Transformed Surgery from a Race against the Clock
scientificamerican.com

This Is How Online Dating Has Changed The Very Fabric of Society
sciencealert.com

The sound in Havana: What Americans heard in Cuba attacks
apnews.com

World’s first “negative emissions” plant turns carbon dioxide into stone
qz.com

How the Benzene Tree Polluted the World
theatlantic.com

Video: To save her own life, she left her father to die
nytimes.com

Reconstructing Cassini’s plunge into Saturn
phys.org

The Creator of Bitcoin Comes Clean, Only to Disappear Again
longreads.com

Our Language, Their Babble: Interpreting in Nazi Concentration Camps
drb.ie

Mass Killings: An Evolutionary Perspective
psychologytoday.com

The Complicated Quest To Redesign Braille
fastcodesign.com

Russia’s House of Shadows
newyorker.com

We have a pretty good idea of when humans will go extinct
washingtonpost.com

The sadness of Saturn
theoutline.com

A Surprise From the Supervolcano Under Yellowstone
nytimes.com

Satellites spy Antarctic ‘upside-down ice canyon’
bbc.com

How the CIA Staged Sham Academic Conferences to Thwart Iran’s Nuclear Program
propublica.org

My sudden synaesthesia: how I went blind and started hearing colours
mosaicscience.com

Genetic Struggles Within Cells May Create New Species
quantamagazine.org

The Man Who Forgot He Was a Rap Legend
gq.com

Kids Who Don’t Laugh Might Grow up to Be Psychopaths, Researchers Find
bigthink.com

A Life on the Line: Cecilia Lam
projects.sfchronicle.com

Doomsday Pattern – Life in the pre-apocalypse
reallifemag.com

Tokyo Is Preparing for Floods ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
nytimes.com

Offshore wind farms have powerful advantage over land-based turbines, study finds
sciencemag.org

Gallery: Winners of Nikon’s 2017 Microphotography Competition
nikonsmallworld.com

New Clues Emerge for the Existence of Planet 9
universetoday.com

Elusive stick insect thought extinct for 80 years is still alive and kicking
zmescience.com

Who you marry might be the most important decision of your life, but it can also be the least rational
latimes.com

Six Nobel prizes – what’s the fascination with the fruit fly?
theguardian.com

On this day in 1871 the deadliest fire in US history burned a small Wisconsin logging town
damninteresting.com

Protein injection could prevent hair loss during chemotherapy
newscientist.com

You ain’t heard nothin’™ yet: the moment Al Jolson sounded the birth of the talkies
theguardian.com

Dentists Find Tooth Root Pulp Can Become an Alternative Source of Stem Cells
futurism.com