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A 3-Mile-Wide ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Will Fly by Earth on Saturday. Here’s How to Watch
time.com

The science that’s never been cited
nature.com

Overcoming Us vs. Them
nautil.us

The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots
atlasobscura.com

The Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out of its Casino
wired.com

‘High-status’ portrait of bearded woman bought by Wellcome Collection
theguardian.com

The Lucrative Art of Chicken Sexing
psmag.com

No Signals Detected From Interstellar Visitor
newser.com

Star system has record eight exoplanets
bbc.com

New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman engineering
theguardian.com

‘€˜A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off
theguardian.com

How forced marriage saved a US defector in North Korea
bbc.com

AVATAR Therapy for Auditory Hallucinations: If You Can’t Beat the Voices, Join Them
mdmag.com

Newly Declassified Documents: Gorbachev Told NATO Wouldn’t Move Past East German Border
nationalinterest.org

New research shows that blurring the boundaries between work and personal life can lead to exhaustion
springer.com

Spies, Dossiers, and the Insane Lengths Restaurants Go to Track and Influence Food Critics
washingtonian.com

Turning Piglets Into Personalized Avatars for Sick Kids
theatlantic.com

Image: 45 years ago today, humans last set foot on the moon
damninteresting.com

The Plot to Bomb Garden City, Kansas
nymag.com

Meet the all-purpose survival cracker, the Cold War-era nutrition solution for life after a nuclear blast
eater.com

This tiny South Pacific Island should be dead by now, but it’s still alive and kicking
popsci.com

New observations suggest America’s Pluto probe will see more than one object on its next flyby
bbc.com

Giant Prehistoric Penguins Once Swam Off The Coast Of New Zealand
npr.org

We can make plants pass out—with the same drugs that mysteriously knock us out
arstechnica.com

Motorcycle-related deaths more common during full moon, study finds
cbc.ca

Amber-Trapped Tick Suggests Ancient Bloodsuckers Feasted On Feathered Dinosaurs
npr.org

The monster storm on Jupiter is 200 miles deep
washingtonpost.com

Algorithms made him a Wall Street billionaire. His new research center helps scientists mine data for the common good.
newyorker.com

Apollo 8 and the 50/50 bet that won the Space Race for America
arstechnica.com

Gallery: A Drone’s Eye View of New York
nymag.com

Cassini may be dead, but a new era of Saturn science has just begun
latimes.com

NASA’s Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
jpl.nasa.gov

Why Experts Don’t Believe This Is a Rare First Map of America
nytimes.com

Excitement as trial shows Huntington’s drug could slow progress of disease
theguardian.com

Tasmanian tiger genome offers clues to its extinction
nature.com

Industrial Revolution left a damaging psychological ‘imprint’ on today’s populations
cam.ac.uk

Centuri Aztarac: Finding THE Holy Arcade Grail Part 1
arcadeblogger.com • Part 2

How ISIS Produced Its Cruel Arsenal on an Industrial Scale
nytimes.com

Astronomers to Check Mysterious Interstellar Object for Signs of Technology
theatlantic.com

NASA To Make Big Reveal On Thursday: Kepler Scores Major Breakthrough With The Help Of AI
inquisitr.com

How Forensic DNA Evidence Can Lead to Wrongful Convictions
daily.jstor.org

On this day in 1996, a professor published groundbreaking research on evolvable hardware
damninteresting.com

The potato’s role in the global dominance of white people
quartzy.qz.com

Is There a Limit to Scientific Understanding?
theatlantic.com

New research finds that kids aged 4-6 perform better during boring tasks when dressed as Batman
weforum.org

How Charlie Brown killed the aluminum Christmas tree
greatfallstribune.com

Mars atmosphere well protected from the solar wind
phys.org

On this day in 1921, chronically catastrophic chemist Thomas Midgley found a way to poison the world
damninteresting.com

How to Tell If a Dinosaur Is Fake
theatlantic.com

Physicists excited by discovery of new form of matter, excitonium
physics.illinois.edu

Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why
npr.org

The strange interaction between brain injury and intestinal damage
newatlas.com

The Earth Is Humming—Here’s What It Means
news.nationalgeographic.com

They thought that they’d found the perfect apartment. They weren’t alone. (2013)
newyorker.com

Bizarre, Enormous 16th-Century Map Assembled for First Time
news.nationalgeographic.com

Slovenian spies stage “secret” strike to demand higher wages
intellinews.com

Replay Apollo 17 radio and telemetry in real-time, 45 years after it occurred
apollo17.org

Brain Remaps Itself in Child with Double Hand Transplant
neurosciencenews.com

Letters from World War II: The abandoned history of four brothers
washingtonpost.com

Researchers find ‘oldest ever eye’ in fossil
bbc.com