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‘The stench of it stays with everybody’: inside the Super Mario Bros movie
theguardian.com

Why Would Anyone Kayak Across an Ocean — at 70?
nytimes.com

Bird populations across the French countryside have fallen by a third over the last decade and a half
theguardian.com

How the Las Vegas Gunman Planned a Massacre, in 7 Days of Video (autoplay with audio)
nytimes.com

Taste Buds Dull As People Gain Weight. Now Scientists Think They Know Why
npr.org

A Star Grazed Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago, and Early Humans Likely Saw It
space.com

Robotic Fish to Keep a Fishy Eye on the Health of the Oceans (autoplay video)
nytimes.com

It’s beer, but not as we know it: scientists dispense with need for hops
theguardian.com

Scientists Narrow Down When China’s Falling Space Station Will Burn Up in the Atmosphere
popularmechanics.com

Creator of Indigenous adoption program says it wasn’t meant to place kids with white families
cbc.ca

Spanish publisher subverts court gag by using Don Quixote to recreate banned book
theguardian.com

She Was the Only Woman in a Photo of 38 Scientists, and Now She’s Been Identified
nytimes.com

Land of the Lawless
laphamsquarterly.org

Stephen Hawking’s ashes to be interred near Sir Isaac Newton’s grave
bbc.com

Could the brain produce its own psychedelic compound?
aeon.co

Einstein’s monsters: what the Cold War films of the 1980s can teach us
newstatesman.com

How A Tick Digs Its Hooks Into You
npr.org

Why Do We Think Serial Killers All Wear the Same Glasses?
racked.com

LSD blurs line between ourselves and others, study finds
theguardian.com

‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem
nytimes.com

Virus fished from pond cures man’s deadly antibiotic-resistant infection
arstechnica.com

STEM is losing male LGBQ undergrads
sciencemag.org

Physicist Proposes Alternative to Black Holes
skyandtelescope.com

Instead of Nuking an Asteroid Headed Toward Earth, We Could Just Splash It With Paint
gizmodo.com

Why Don’t Americans Use Bidets?
theatlantic.com

Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys
nytimes.com

Physicists discover new quantum electronic material
news.mit.edu

David Reich Unearths Human History Etched in Bone
nytimes.com

Sudan, the Last Male Northern White Rhino, Has Died
livescience.com

UK doctors successfully use stem cell treatment to treat macular degeneration
bbc.com

Platypus milk might save us from bacterial infections, and that’s not even the best thing about them
popsci.com

Federal Agency Courted Alcohol Industry to Fund Study on Benefits of Moderate Drinking
nytimes.com

Waging Peace: Vietnam’s anti-war exhibition brings GIs and Viet Cong together
theguardian.com

The first black woman aviator had to leave the U.S. in order to achieve her dreams
timeline.com

Did my parents leave me on a hillside to die?
bbc.com

Are Lithuanians obsessed with bees?
bbc.com

Meltdown, Spectre, and the Costs of Unchecked Innovation
wired.com

Some people repeatedly win the Wisconsin Lottery. Do they play fair?
wisconsinwatch.org

Talent, luck and success: simulating meritocracy and inequality with stochasticity
medium.com

Lead is even deadlier than we feared as the full extent of its toxic effects are revealed
theguardian.com

It wasn’t just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas
sciencemag.org

Why Don’t We Eat (More) Brains?
lithub.com

For Compulsive Hair Pullers And Skin Pickers, There Is Need For More Help
npr.org

Mice Change Their Appearance as a Result of Frequent Exposure to Humans
media.uzh.ch

Why do lemons taste sour? The puzzle of innate qualia.
wiringthebrain.com

‘Looks good enough to eat’: inside the home of Japan’s fake food industry
theguardian.com

Inside Germany’s high-stakes operation to sort people fleeing death from opportunists and pretenders
theatlantic.com

Archaeologists May Have Discovered The First Port Of Naples, Dating Back 25 Centuries Ago
inquisitr.com

Distinction Bias: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices
medium.com

The 30-Year Quest To Tame The ‘Wily’ Cancer Gene
npr.org

50 years ago today, scores of sheep in Skull Valley, Utah died mysteriously overnight
damninteresting.com

A Cyberattack in Saudi Arabia Had a Deadly Goal. Experts Fear Another Try.
nytimes.com

‘We’re at our wit’s end’: Churchill endures winter of discontent as dispute over broken rail line drags on
cbc.ca

A simple artificial heart could permanently replace a failing human one
technologyreview.com

Romanian court tells man he is not alive
theguardian.com

Out of control: 17 years. 179 victims. The deadly toll of street racing in Los Angeles
latimes.com

Plane loses its $368 million cargo of gold, platinum and diamonds on takeoff
siberiantimes.com

What’s Behind Many Mystery Ailments? Genetic Mutations, Study Finds
nytimes.com

Why Can’t Everyone Do the ‘Asian Squat’?
theatlantic.com

Miss Byron’s ideal mate
the-tls.co.uk