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Australia builds world’s longest cat-proof fence to save wildlife
phys.org

What exactly are “preppers” prepping for?
arstechnica.com

‘It’s worse than murder’: how rural America became a hospital desert
theguardian.com

How an abandoned lab could show us the future
bbc.com

How stratospheric life is teaching us about the possibility of extreme life on other worlds
phys.org

The Shock of Witnessing a Stranger’s Suicide
theatlantic.com

Algae Living inside Salamanders Aren’t Happy about the Situation
blogs.scientificamerican.com

In a Warming West, the Rio Grande Is Drying Up
nytimes.com

Bangkok’s forgotten shopping centre
bbc.com

New air purification technology to eradicate airborne viruses
phys.org

Every story in the world has one of these six basic plots
bbc.com

How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money
theguardian.com

Oldest known case of dandruff found in 125m-year-old dinosaur
theguardian.com

Why we can’t give up this odd way of typing
bbc.com

The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations
citylab.com

The Last Days of Time Inc.
nytimes.com

Woman fights off grizzly bear, then walks to safety
bbc.com

Giant canyons discovered in Antarctica
bbc.com

As class began at Santa Fe: ‘There’s a shooting at school’
houstonchronicle.com

How One Recalled SUV Destroyed $45 Million In Cars, Burned A Massive Ship, And Sparked A Legal Battle Between Ford And BMW
jalopnik.com

Researchers identify a protein that viruses use as gateway into cells
arstechnica.com

How deadlines thwart our ability to do important work (and what we can do about it)
washingtonpost.com

Sex, lies and payday loans: The parachute murder plot
bbc.com

How Did Dino-Era Birds Survive the Asteroid ‘Apocalypse’?
news.nationalgeographic.com

A promising target in the quest for a 1-million-year-old Antarctic ice core
washington.edu

She said she’d free them from addiction. She turned them into her personal servants
revealnews.org

The US military released a study on time travel and warp drives — here’s what a theoretical physicist thinks of it
businessinsider.com

Before Parkland, Santa Fe and Columbine…There Was Concord High
narrative.ly

Turns out Pluto might really be a giant comet
cnet.com

Skeleton Of Famed Astronomer Tycho Brahe Finally Reveals Cause Of Death
forbes.com

If renewable energy can power entire countries, why isn’t everyone doing it?
cnet.com

NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction and into science
syfy.com

The trouble with charitable billionaires
theguardian.com

Superslow Brain Waves May Play a Critical Role in Consciousness
scientificamerican.com

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Able to Drill Holes Into Rocks Again
gizmodo.com

Now Kilauea’s Eruption Is Producing Wild Blue Flames
earther.com

Visiting the Mysterious Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert
theatlantic.com

The story of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
bbc.com

‘Impossible’ EmDrive Space Thruster May Really Be Impossible
space.com

Unprecedented detail in pulsar 6,500 light-years from Earth
sciencedaily.com

US gov’t employee in China left with brain injury after strange sounds, pressure
arstechnica.com

How gut microbes are joining the fight against cancer
nature.com

People who sleep in on weekends avoid dying young, study suggests
washingtonpost.com

A New York couple have won their legal battle to evict their 30-year-old son from home after he refused to leave
bbc.com

Scientists plan DNA hunt for Loch Ness monster next month
reuters.com

“Their lives were ruined”: Families of MK Ultra survivors planning class-action suit
montreal.ctvnews.ca

Deadly Chinese Fentanyl Is Creating a New Era of Drug Kingpins
bloomberg.com

Breakthrough drug could prevent brain damage caused by cosmic radiation
newatlas.com

Why the expert eye still rules the game of art authenticity
aeon.co

A man posed for months as an ICE agent. A traffic stop led his girlfriend to unravel the truth.
washingtonpost.com

Blood Will Tell
features.propublica.org

How to topple a dictator: the rebel plot that freed the Gambia
theguardian.com

Jeff Pike, Texas’s Own Tony Soprano
texasmonthly.com

What Happened in Vegas
story.californiasunday.com

Pain bias: The health inequality rarely discussed
bbc.com

Giant predatory worms invaded France, but scientists just noticed them
washingtonpost.com

This Boy From Mumbai Became the World’s Unlikeliest Crossword King
narrative.ly

Marawi one year after the battle: a ghost town still haunted by threat of Isis
theguardian.com

Prison without guards or weapons in Brazil
bbc.com

How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men
newyorker.com