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New U of T research shows siblings can make you more empathic
utoronto.ca

On this day in 1985, the Soviet Union executed KGB agent Vladimir Vetrov for cooperating with the CIA
damninteresting.com

Fragments of Famed ‘UFO’ Discovered in Archives of London Museum
smithsonianmag.com

Lichens are complex and beautiful organisms
seacoastonline.com

Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?
theguardian.com

‘M*A*S*H’ Finale, 35 Years Later: Untold Stories of One of TV’s Most Important Shows
hollywoodreporter.com

How footprints found in Greece could rewrite history of humanity
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

America’s Most Toxic Town Is Not Where You Think
news.nationalgeographic.com

Robot snake harnesses ancient Japanese paper craft
newatlas.com

‘The story of a weird world I was warned never to tell’
bbc.com

This Giant Clock Will Tick for 10,000 Years, But You’ll Never Find It
livescience.com

Neanderthals, the World’s First Misunderstood Artists
nytimes.com

The Shape of Ancient Dice Suggests Shifting Beliefs in Fate and Chance
theatlantic.com

Are IV Bags Necessary to Rehydrate Patients?
slate.com

Some black holes erase your past: Einstein’s equations allow a non-determinist future inside some black holes
sciencedaily.com

World’s most powerful X-ray laser taking shape near Stanford
mercurynews.com

Some of the World’s Biggest Lakes Are Drying Up. Here’s Why.
nationalgeographic.com

65 years ago today Robert Johnson was driven out of Berlin
damninteresting.com

The battle between the beef industry and Silicon Valley’s lab-grown meat startups is heating up
businessinsider.com

Native to Asia, Found in New Jersey: The Curious Case of an Invasive Tick
entomologytoday.org

The ancient population of Britain was almost completely replaced by newcomers about 4,500 years ago
bbc.com

Physicists Plan Antimatter’s First Outing–in a Van
scientificamerican.com

A self-taught astronomer spotted something no scientist had ever seen
washingtonpost.com

This Is the Worst Roommate Story You’ll Ever Read
nymag.com

George Washington’s hair found tucked in old book in New York library
theguardian.com

Laser scanning reveals ‘lost’ ancient Mexican city ‘had as many buildings as Manhattan’
theguardian.com

There’s a Persistent Hum in This Canadian City, and No One Knows Why
nytimes.com

NASA Wants Nuclear Engines to Fly Humans to Mars
popularmechanics.com

Homo erectus may have been a sailor – and able to speak
theguardian.com

A Fatal Disease Is Ravaging America’s Bats, and Scientists Are Struggling to Stop It
newyorker.com

The Amazing Story of the Russian Defector Who Changed his Mind
washingtonian.com

Supplements are a $30 billion racket—here’s what experts actually recommend
arstechnica.com

Mystery of 8,000-Year-Old Impaled Human Heads Has Researchers Stumped (autoplay video)
news.nationalgeographic.com

Finding a Lost Strain of Rice, and Clues to Slave Cooking
nytimes.com

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may have only 10 to 20 years left before it dies
businessinsider.in

‘An Endless War’: Why 4 U.S. Soldiers Died in a Remote African Desert
nytimes.com

Was there ever really a “sugar conspiracy”?
science.sciencemag.org

What’s Behind One of the Biggest Financial Scams in History
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

NASA’s New Spacesuit Has a Built-In Toilet
space.com

How can I become a fossil?
bbc.com

Women better represented in Victorian novels than modern, finds study
theguardian.com

China’s Dystopian Tech Could Be Contagious
theatlantic.com

Scientists unravel secrets of ‘superagers’
theguardian.com

The secret on the ocean floor
bbc.co.uk

People with depression use language differently – here’s how to spot it
theconversation.com

‘Loneliest tree’ records human epoch
bbc.com

Scientists reveal how the Roman “gate to Hell” slaughtered its victims
alphr.com

Breakthrough as scientists grow sheep embryos containing human cells
theguardian.com

Is the gun the basis of modern Anglo civilisation?
aeon.co

China’s great leap forward in science
theguardian.com

Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated. Then One Doctor Put It All Together.
nytimes.com

Yesterday Was the NASA Opportunity Rover’s 5,000th Martian Dawn
gizmodo.com

On this day in 1944 a flight of plywood aircraft executed a daring prison raid
damninteresting.com

Humanity’s Biggest Machines Will Be Built in Space
popularmechanics.com

The media exaggerates negative news. This distortion has consequences
theguardian.com

Scientists Create a New Form of Light by Linking Photons
smithsonianmag.com

How UK Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With It
theintercept.com

Picasso painted over another artist’s work—and then over his own, new imaging reveals
sciencemag.org

When Will We Finally Find a Truly Earth-Like Exoplanet?
gizmodo.com

Common products like perfume, paint and printer ink are polluting the atmosphere
phys.org