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The Germs That Love Diet Soda
nytimes.com

What makes a tree a tree?
knowablemagazine.org

Black Ice, Near-Death, and Transcendence on I-91
newyorker.com

A Brief History of Bridges From Stone to Suspension
popularmechanics.com

My Childhood on the Run From the FBI
narrative.ly

Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins
nytimes.com

This Is (Probably) the Only Way Dark Matter Interacts with Ordinary Matter
space.com

Space scientists have big plans to avert an asteroid apocalypse
nbcnews.com

Samuel L. Jackson: How I Became an Usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral
hollywoodreporter.com

How the Fencing Reflex Connects Life and Death
nautil.us

Why Whales Got So Big
theatlantic.com

The life and death of Homaro Cantu, the genius chef who wanted to change the world
theguardian.com

The unsolved mystery of who owns Sherlock Holmes’s original £130 million home
qz.com

Study: Doing Dishes Is the Worst
theatlantic.com

Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
news.mit.edu

Scientists harvest 1st vegetables in Antarctic greenhouse
apnews.com

New Brain Maps With Unmatched Detail May Change Neuroscience
quantamagazine.org

The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete. Here’s What’s Next.
theatlantic.com

Footprints of World’s Largest Dinosaur Found in Scotland (autoplay video)
weather.com

Are Water Worlds Habitable?
scientificamerican.com

Ancient origins of viruses discovered
scimex.org

When Terrorists Run City Hall
nytimes.com

Human Planet: Tribe’s treehouses not real home, says BBC
bbc.com

Paucity of phosphorus hints at precarious path for extraterrestrial life
eurekalert.org

The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head
nytimes.com

Sea snail venom could be ‘the holy grail’ in pain therapeutics
abc.net.au

What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
sapiens.org

“The Clock Is Ticking”: Inside the Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades
vanityfair.com

Resisting Technology, Appalachian Style
scientificamerican.com

40 years ago, 14 gay men were killed in Toronto. Half those cases are unsolved.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

How English-language pronouns are taught around the world
pri.org

Brain-stimulation trials get personal to lift depression
nature.com

New study suggests tens of thousands of black holes exist in Milky Way’s center
phys.org

75 years ago today, the Lady Be Good crashed in North Africa’s harsh Libyan Desert
damninteresting.com

Viking seafarers may have navigated with legendary crystals
sciencemag.org

‘Zombie raccoons’ are freaking out residents with bizarre behavior, Ohio police say
sacbee.com

Slow, steady waves keep brain humming
medicine.wustl.edu

X-Rays could sterilise alien planets that would be otherwise habitable
zmescience.com

“Nightmare” superbugs continue to lurk in US, but control efforts working
arstechnica.com

New research sheds light on Neanderthals’ distinctive features
theguardian.com

Water may have killed Mars’ magnetic field
sciencenews.org

Madagascar’s vanilla wars: prized spice drives death and deforestation
theguardian.com

Why good people turn bad online
mosaicscience.com

A sudden loss of wealth may be hazardous to your health
latimes.com

This star is the farthest ever seen. It’s 9 billion light-years away.
washingtonpost.com

Birds get their internal compass from this newly ID’d eye protein
sciencenews.org

The increasingly realistic prospect of ‘extinct animal’ zoos
bbc.com

NASA looking into robo-bees to explore Mars from the air
newatlas.com

Swiss researchers try to get ancient Roman fridge working (again)
thelocal.ch

When cops become robbers
bbc.co.uk

The Story of a Voice: HAL in ‘2001’ Wasn’t Always So Eerily Calm
nytimes.com

The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.
features.propublica.org

Nifty satellite images from highly oblique angles
arstechnica.com

Freaky Ancient Lizard Had Four ‘Eyes’
gizmodo.com

Good-looking people are more likely to believe that life is fair
psypost.org

When nature says ‘Enough!’: the river that appeared overnight in Argentina
theguardian.com

Harvard scientists uncover an exploitable Achilles’ heel common to most bacteria
newatlas.com

Free audiobook from always-excellent Bill Hammack: Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain’s Last Great Airship
engineerguy.com

Chinese Space Lab Crashes To Earth
npr.org

Divided by DNA: The uneasy relationship between archaeology and ancient genomics
nature.com