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Nobody Knows Why These Bees Built a Spiral Nest
livescience.com

Blockbuster films ignore the real harbinger of the apocalypse: ignorance of science
theverge.com

Two planets in unusual star system are very likely habitable, scientists say
theguardian.com

Climate change melting pre-Viking artifacts out of Norway’s glaciers
arstechnica.com

Google’s Space Race To The Moon Ends, And Nobody Wins Lunar X Prize
npr.org

New French Telescope Trio Will Scan the Sky for Earth-Like Planets
space.com

Alcatraz inmates survived infamous 1962 escape, letter suggests
cbsnews.com

Fossil Discoveries Challenge Ideas About Earth’s Start
quantamagazine.org

The world’s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans
phys.org

Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds
washingtonpost.com

Nathan Carman Took His Mother Fishing. She Never Came Back.
nymag.com

Image: When an ageing star shed its outer layers, this blue bubble was left behind
cosmosmagazine.com

The first Chinese astronaut thought he was going to die
arstechnica.com

Watching a Ridge Slide in Slow Motion, a Town Braces for Disaster
nytimes.com

On this day in 1960, two adventurers set off for the deepest point in all of Earth’s oceans
damninteresting.com

Where Did Animals With Tail Weapons Go? Here’s a Back Story
nytimes.com

How a new technology is changing the lives of people who cannot speak
theguardian.com

Controversial femur could belong to ancient human relative
nature.com

The Lost Giant of American Literature
newyorker.com

If we start deliberately cooling the Earth, we may not be able to stop
theverge.com

50 years ago today North Korea seized the Pueblo
damninteresting.com

German astrophysicists use LIGO data to reveal the maximum size a neutron star can grow
cosmosmagazine.com

Apollo 5: The First Flight of the Lunar Module
drewexmachina.com

This NASA spacecraft will get closer to the sun than anything ever before
washingtonpost.com

How roosters protect themselves from their own deafening crows
sciencemag.org

Fresh air for sale
theguardian.com

Yacob and Amo: Africa’s precursors to Locke, Hume and Kant
aeon.co

The Plan to Save an Iconic Natural Monument By Covering It in Plastic
motherboard.vice.com

After the rescue: what does the future hold for California’s Turpin children?
theguardian.com

Researchers learn the social function of babies’ babbling
news.cornell.edu

Biofilms: the ultimate survival mechanism
thebiochemistblog.com

Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo
popularmechanics.com

Fermented shark, anyone?
1843magazine.com

The Automotive Liberation of Paris
citylab.com

The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers
nytimes.com

Putting Ancient Recipes on the Plate
atlasobscura.com

Space mining is going to seriously disrupt Earth’s economy. And we’re nowhere near ready for the shock
wired.co.uk

What Happens to Astronauts During a Government Shutdown?
theatlantic.com

‘They ensure each twin baby dies’: the secret killings in central Nigeria
theguardian.com

U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars
reuters.com

The Man Trying to Fix Mount Everest’s Towering Poop Problem
motherboard.vice.com

Scientists Edge Closer To A Blood Test To Detect Cancers
npr.org

Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek ‘pyramid’
theguardian.com

Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive
strongtowns.org

Why Did Two-Thirds of These Weird Antelope Suddenly Drop Dead?
theatlantic.com

The Women Who Took on the Mafia
newyorker.com

CIA rendition flights from rustic North Carolina called to account by citizens
theguardian.com

Gallery: The Beauty of Webb Telescope’s Mirrors
nasa.tumblr.com

Will Cape Town be the first city to run out of water?
bbc.com

The fabulous story of North Korea’s fabric made of stone
reuters.com

Can Art Help People Develop Empathy?
daily.jstor.org

Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has ‘Sea Level’ Like Earth
jpl.nasa.gov

Man convicted of theft in 1976 cleared after Googling his arresting officer
theguardian.com

World’s biggest underwater cave found in Mexico
cbc.ca

How Close Are We to Self-Destruction?
undark.org

How Dirt Could Save Humanity From an Infectious Apocalypse
wired.com

Do You Have The Right To Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawyer Disagrees?
npr.org

From Nazi Germany to Australia: The Incredible True Story of History’s Longest Kayak Journey
vanityfair.com

Kazakhstan Cheers New Alphabet, Except for All Those Apostrophes
nytimes.com

No evidence to support link between violent video games and behaviour
york.ac.uk