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Mark Twain’s Get-Rich-Quick Schemes
theparisreview.org

How to Read the JFK Assassination Files
politico.com

How the Soviet Union Snooped Waters for Enemy Subs – Without Sonar
popularmechanics.com

Heart surgery survival chances ‘better in the afternoon’
bbc.com

The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics
quantamagazine.org

A Turkey-Sized Dinosaur With a Raccoon-Like Bandit Mask
nytimes.com

Barry Jones Was Sent to Death Row for the Murder of a 4-Year-Old Girl. Did Arizona Get It Wrong?
theintercept.com

Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude
cosmosmagazine.com

Resignation syndrome: Sweden’s mystery illness
bbc.com

15 years ago today the Glacier Girl flew again
damninteresting.com

Medieval love of squirrel fur may have helped spread leprosy, study reveals
theguardian.com

In this bizarre religion, the aliens who will save our planet can’t decide whether they’re feminist
timeline.com

Why scientists are redefining the kilogram
engadget.com

We May Have Just Been Visited By An Interstellar Comet
lightsinthedark.com

The Gruesome, Bloody World of Victorian Surgery
theatlantic.com

Chinatown’s Ghost Scam
newyorker.com

Conjoined Twins Have Survived One of The World’s Rarest Surgeries
sciencealert.com

Astrolabe: Shipwreck find ‘earliest navigation tool’
bbc.com

Early results from NASA’s Twins Study: Space encourages gene expression
upi.com

America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge
thenation.com

In the U.S. market for human bodies, anyone can sell the donated dead
reuters.com

A tale of ‘trons’: the suffix that tells the story of modern science
aeon.co

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass
thenation.com

Driverless Cars Made Me Nervous. Then I Tried One.
nytimes.com

‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy
theguardian.com

Why we still don’t understand sleep, and why it matters
mosaicscience.com

Small-minded? Shrews shrink their skulls to survive winter, study shows
theguardian.com

Mars Rover Curiosity Tests Rock Drill After 10-Month Wait
space.com

Spider genes put a new spin on arachnids’ potent venoms, stunning silks, and surprising history
sciencemag.org

The Battle That Created Germany
global.handelsblatt.com

Experience: I set myself on fire
theguardian.com

What Mongolian Nomads Teach Us About the Digital Future
wired.com

Photons pair up like superconducting electrons
nature.com

Missouri v. Celia, a Slave: She killed the white master raping her, then claimed self-defense
washingtonpost.com

Step inside the mind of the young Stephen Hawking as his PhD thesis goes online for first time
cam.ac.uk

Fossil discovered after 70 million years shows Jurassic group sleeping peacefully together
theguardian.com

Getting on cancer’s nerves: A surprising way to thwart tumours
newscientist.com

A spacecraft graveyard exists in the middle of the ocean — here’s what’s down there
businessinsider.com

Fear of spiders and snakes is deeply embedded in us
cbs.mpg.de

A mission to touch the Sun, with the fastest spacecraft in history
medium.com

The Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist
politico.com

The Secret Betting Strategy That Beats Online Bookmakers
technologyreview.com

When you get a stitch in your side, what’s really going on?
popsci.com

Volcanoes Helped Violent Revolts Erupt in Ancient Egypt
nytimes.com

Sugar is a toxic agent that creates conditions for disease
aeon.co

‘Norman said the president wants a pyramid’: how starchitects built Astana
theguardian.com

Vikings Razed the Forests. Can Iceland Regrow Them?
nytimes.com

On this day in 1998 the Zhiqiang Shoe Factory halted production of “lotus shoes”
damninteresting.com

Of Mantras, Mysteries and Messy Manuscripts
artscieffect.utoronto.ca

The Hunt for the Brain-Eating Amoebas of Yellowstone
wired.com

Wine Country fires: A deadly inferno’s first hours
sfchronicle.com

A Catfishing With a Happy Ending
theatlantic.com

Researchers Can Spot Earthquakes Using Fiber Optic Cables
popularmechanics.com

Should humans colonize Mars or the moon? A scientific investigation
qz.com

World’s First Aerial 360 Video Over North Korea 2017
youtube.com

One drug dealer, two corrupt cops and a risky FBI sting
theguardian.com

The True Crime Story Behind a 1970 Cult Feminist Film Classic
topic.com

Why Are Prosecutors Putting Innocent Witnesses in Jail?
newyorker.com

When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy
nytimes.com

Discovery of 50km cave raises hopes for human colonisation of moon
theguardian.com