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Scientists have found the genes that make magic mushrooms magic
qz.com

Lost music of Nazis’ prisoners to be heard at concert in Jerusalem
theguardian.com

Computer Teacher With No Computers Chalks Up Clever Classroom Plan
npr.org

Russia’s Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons
bbc.com

World’s earliest figural tattoos discovered on Gebelein mummies
theguardian.com

Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium
popularmechanics.com

Total ban on bee-harming pesticides likely after major new EU analysis
theguardian.com

Image: Planets forming in young protoplanetary disc AS 209
eso.org

Yes, bacon really is killing us
theguardian.com

A feat of elegant design wowed elite architects and promised to bring education to poor children in Nigeria. Then it collapsed.
magazine.atavist.com

Novel study is first to demonstrate brain mechanisms that give “The Iceman” unusual resistance to cold
research.wayne.edu

Star S0-2 will test Einstein’s Theory of General Relatively when it swings by our galaxy’s supermassive black hole later this year
astronomy.com

Did Dark Matter Make The Early Universe Chill Out?
npr.org

Astronomers detect signals from earliest stars in the universe
thestar.com

One of the World’s Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board
atlasobscura.com

Making the moon: Study details new story for how the moon formed
phys.org

Image: Pluto in Colorized Infrared
planetary.org

Chimps and bonobos speak the same ‘language’, and we might too
abc.net.au

The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’
atlasobscura.com

African elephants are migrating to safety—and telling each other how to get there
qz.com

The ‘exorcism’ that turned into murder
bbc.co.uk

Malta: an island of secrets and lies
newstatesman.com

75 years ago today a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an A-bomb
damninteresting.com

Scientists take an atomic clock on the road and use it to measure the height of a mountain
latimes.com

The dangerous downsides of perfectionism
bbc.com

A Murder, a Conviction and a Never-Ending Case
nytimes.com

How the sex habits of mammoths and mastodons could help save modern elephants
cbc.ca

A staggering number of golf balls wind up in the ocean. What happens to them?
hakaimagazine.com

‘Frankenstein’ Manuscript Shows the Evolution of Mary Shelley’s Monster
smithsonianmag.com

North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists
washingtonpost.com

International team publishes roadmap to enhance radioresistance for space colonization
astronomy.com

New, ‘Exotic State of Matter’ Found Far Below Freezing (autoplay video)
news.nationalgeographic.com

Food for Thought: Was Cooking a Pivotal Step in Human Evolution?
scientificamerican.com

The Afterlife of Pablo Escobar
newyorker.com

Life Can Survive in the Most Mars-Like Place on Earth
theatlantic.com

A 3-D Look Inside the Tasmanian Tiger’s Pouch, Long After Extinction
nytimes.com

The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges
quantamagazine.org

There’s bad news for this nearby exoplanet we hoped was habitable
slashgear.com

Icelandic language battles threat of ‘digital extinction’
theguardian.com

Gallery: Rare photographs that changed lives
bbc.com

The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction
theguardian.com

Las Vegas Isn’t Clearing its Homeless Encampment — It’s Making it Permanent
nextcity.org

Debussy: the musical genius who erupted out of nowhere
spectator.co.uk

Night Vision: The forgotten theory of dreams that inspired Vladimir Nabokov
newrepublic.com

Gallery: The tiny village hidden inside the Grand Canyon
bbc.com

Are Hospitals Becoming Obsolete?
nytimes.com

Fire Escapes Are Evocative, But Mostly Useless
theatlantic.com

Forensic Architecture: detail behind the devilry
theguardian.com

Scientists Aim To Pull Peer Review Out Of The 17th Century
npr.org

Inside the CIA’s Plot to Kill Fidel Castro—With Mafia Help
politico.com

Ancient DNA rules out archeologists’ best bet for horse domestication
arstechnica.com

These monkeys attract females with their unusually large and floppy noses
ibtimes.co.uk

China Moves to Let Xi Stay in Power by Abolishing Term Limit
nytimes.com

Toxic toad invasion puts ecology of Madagascar at risk
theguardian.com

The shadow over Egypt
bbc.com

The bender that began America: Bar tab shows framers celebrated a newly finished U.S. Constitution and a future president
sun-sentinel.com

On this day in 1942 Coast Guard anti-aircraft guns in Los Angeles fired upon something. Or nothing.
damninteresting.com

Why Is There So Much Hate for the Word “Moist”?
nautil.us

Norway to spend $13 million to upgrade ‘doomsday’ Arctic seed vault
reuters.com

AI trained to spot heart disease risks using retina scan
arstechnica.com