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Drumming Beats Speech for Distant Communication
scientificamerican.com

The Race to Save the Axolotl
daily.jstor.org

Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic script to the Latin-based style favoured by the West
bbc.com

A pileup of 14 distant galaxies is set to become the most massive structure in the universe
latimes.com

‘Unique in the world’ fossil footprints show a human chasing an extinct giant sloth
washingtonpost.com

Could diabetic blindness be prevented by glowing contact lenses?
newatlas.com

The UK might have to build an entire new satellite system because of Brexit
independent.co.uk

Wings Of Desire: Why Is An Obsessive British Collector Risking Jail To Kill Rare Butterflies?
esquire.com

Dose entire population with anti-malaria drugs to eradicate disease – study
theguardian.com

Hunger is a gatekeeper of pain in the brain
nature.com

Swedish archaeologists uncover brutal 5th century massacre
theguardian.com

A Lynching’s Long Shadow
nytimes.com

How our heartbeat shapes our thinking
bbc.com

Hubble’s Greatest Discoveries Weren’t Planned; They Were Surprises
forbes.com

European satellite reveals motions of more than 1 billion stars and shape of the Milky Way
sciencemag.org

Study of long-term heterosexual couples finds women over-estimate and men underestimate their partner’s sexual advances
digest.bps.org.uk

North Korea’s nuclear test site has collapsed … and that may be why Kim Jong-un suspended tests
scmp.com

Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist Kim Wall
theguardian.com

Hotel door locks worldwide were vulnerable to hack
bbc.com

‘Brilliant beyond all precedent’: The first White House state dinner for the king of Hawaii
washingtonpost.com

Golden State Killer Suspect Arrested, According to Co-Author of ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’
thedailybeast.com

Drew Cloud Is a Well-Known Expert on Student Loans. One Problem: He’s Not Real.
chronicle.com

New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers
washingtonpost.com

Mummified body found in Iran could be of ex-ruler Reza Shah
theguardian.com

Julie Washington’s Quest to Get Schools to Respect African-American English
theatlantic.com

What the World Would Look Like if All the Ice Melted
nationalgeographic.com

How the ‘Golden Age’ of Travel Transformed American Cuisine
theatlantic.com

Play Saturn’s Rings Like a Harp
apod.nasa.gov

Stellar Effort: Chart of the Milky Way Includes More Than 1 Billion Stars
scientificamerican.com

In photos: a rare glimpse inside the heart of a quantum computer
popsci.com

Dark Photons Probably Don’t Exist, and If They Did, They’d Be Super Weird
space.com

If We’re Searching for Earth 2.0, Would We Know It When We Find It?
universetoday.com

Setting Fires and Restoring an American Landscape
nytimes.com

“I feel whole again:” Wounded vet receives first penis-scrotum combo transplant
arstechnica.com

Inside the secret U.S. stockpile meant to save us all in a bioterror attack
washingtonpost.com

The rise of Russia’s neo-Nazi football hooligans
theguardian.com

Why It Seems Like Everyone Is Always Angry With You
nytimes.com

Incredible New Gif Shows Cosmic ‘Snow’ on the Surface of a Comet
gizmodo.com

How bacteria are changing your mood
bbc.com

The Renegade Sheriffs: A law-enforcement movement that claims to answer only to the Constitution
newyorker.com

The DARKNESS Instrument Will Block Stars and Reveal Their Planets. 100 Million Times Fainter than the Star
universetoday.com

New DNA Shape Called “I-Motif” Reveals the Double Helix Is Not Alone
inverse.com

Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician
quantamagazine.org

The Mystery of the Most Famous Missing Person on YouTube
melmagazine.com

The Epidemic of Isolation Among Young Men
thewalrus.ca

NASA Doesn’t Know What Poked These Holes in the Arctic’s Sea Ice
livescience.com

How blood-red ants became slave snatchers
sciencemag.org

Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
newyorker.com

MIT Researchers Have Developed a ‘System for Dream Control’
motherboard.vice.com

The Reinvention of NASA
hbr.org

Study: Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs
space.com

Ramped up fight-or-flight response points to history of warfare for humans and chimps
eurekalert.org

Everyone Wants To Go Home During Extra Innings — Maybe Even The Umps
fivethirtyeight.com

These seeds will captivate you whether you’re a gardener or not
washingtonpost.com

No Way Out? Aliens on ‘Super-Earth’ Planets May Be Trapped by Gravity
space.com

On this day in 1985, New Coke happened
damninteresting.com

Solved: A Decades-Old Ansel Adams Mystery
atlasobscura.com

“She Paid for Everything”: How a Fake Heiress Made My $62,000 Disappear
vanityfair.com

Video: The Black Hole Bomb and Black Hole Civilizations
youtube.com

The monks, the Dachau survivors and the concert that heralded freedom
theguardian.com