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LSD alters the neural response to music in a number of brain regions, study finds
psypost.org

Election Polls Improved With One Question: Who Will Your Friends Vote For?
acsh.org

New Study: Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism Overstated
psychcentral.com

China’s Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth within weeks
theguardian.com

Does a Hacker Hero Always Have to Have a Past?
nymag.com

A Mysterious Anomaly Under Africa Is Radically Weakening Earth’s Magnetic Field
sciencealert.com

New Giant Viruses Further Blur the Definition of Life
quantamagazine.org

World-first firing of air-breathing electric thruster
phys.org

Something Mysterious Is Killing Captive Gorillas
theatlantic.com

Only Dark Matter (And Not Modified Gravity) Can Explain The Universe
forbes.com

US Navy to deploy high-energy lasers in two years
v3.co.uk

Exotic animals disappear from Florida wildlife sanctuary after fake ad
theguardian.com

Captive Orangutans Are Curious (But Wild Ones Are Not)
theatlantic.com

Scientists Discover a Self-Replicating Protein Structure, And It Could Have Built The First Life on Earth
sciencealert.com

Oldest-known message in a bottle found on WA beach 132 years after being tossed overboard
mobile.abc.net.au

Insulator or superconductor? Physicists find graphene is both
news.mit.edu

How Killer Rice Crippled Tokyo and the Japanese Navy
atlasobscura.com

Is Earth’s Missing Xenon Hidden in the Core?
livescience.com

Every autumn one of the world’s most spectacular animal migrations takes place in a little-visited corner of Georgia
rferl.org

In the court of common usage, an old pronoun is losing its case: For whom, the bell tolls
economist.com

Chuck Feeney: the billionaire who gave it all away
irishtimes.com

Should We Open Some Sealed Apollo Moon Samples?
space.com

Baby bird fossil is ‘rarest of the rare’
bbc.com

Finally, a Likely Explanation for the “Sonic Weapon” Used at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba
spectrum.ieee.org

What Vikings really put in their pillows
phys.org

How to Really See a Blind Person
nytimes.com

Researchers in Florida find python that consumed entire deer
thestar.com

If The Universe Is 13.8 Billion Years Old, How Can We See 46 Billion Light Years Away?
medium.com

Bridget the lioness grows a mane, leaving veterinarians baffled
cbc.ca

On this day in 1950 a one-of-a-kind giant passed away
damninteresting.com

How Do Deep-Sea Gravity Currents Transport Sediment So Far?
eos.org

A journey on a caravan of misery
reuters.com

How close are we to a hamburger grown in a lab?
cnn.com

The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized
blogs.scientificamerican.com

How Prehistoric Humans Spiced Up Their Dinner: Mustard has been popular for 6,000 years
theatlantic.com

Previously Unknown “Supercolony” of Adelie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica
whoi.edu

Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World
quantamagazine.org

How Modern Art Serves the Rich
newrepublic.com

The man who bottled evolution
msutoday.msu.edu

45 years ago today Pioneer 10 was launched carrying a graphic message for any civilization that might find it
damninteresting.com

Winning millions of dollars seemed as good a retirement plan as any
highline.huffingtonpost.com

13 million people tracked over 300 years to build massive human family tree
arstechnica.com

Left to Louisiana’s Tides, a Village Fights for Time
nytimes.com

The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed
theintercept.com

The unwelcome revival of ‘race science’
theguardian.com

7,000-year-old Native American burial site found off Florida
bbc.com

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