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Ancient find may be earliest extract of epic Homer poem Odyssey
theguardian.com

Photo Diary of a Whale Hunt
hakaimagazine.com

110 years ago today humans liquefied helium for the first time in history
damninteresting.com

These magnetic robots might someday crawl around inside you
qz.com

The rocket scientists mixing up a giant firework
bbc.com

Photos: A heat wave in the UK is revealing evidence of ancient structures
qz.com

The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding
theatlantic.com

The Worst Thing You Can Do Is Panic
theatlantic.com

This Triassic Beast Paved the Way for the World’s Largest Dinosaurs
gizmodo.com

The staggering rise of India’s super-rich
theguardian.com

The Hollywood Director Who Almost Died on Skull Island
gq.com

Scientists discover world’s oldest [biological] colour – bright pink
theguardian.com

Did hands make us human?
laphamsquarterly.org

The Astronaut Who Never Left Earth
scientificamerican.com

Slime Molds Remember — but Do They Learn?
quantamagazine.org

Building the world’s highest-resolution telescope
arstechnica.com

The Lesson of the Great War
theatlantic.com

An unusual medical training tool got its start as a childish prank
qz.com

South Korea’s unstoppable taste for haste
bbc.com

Generation wealth: how the modern world fell in love with money
theguardian.com

What Was It Like When The Universe Was Inflating?
medium.com

60 years ago today the largest megatsunami in recorded history struck an Alaska bay
damninteresting.com

Famed British Geologist Was Spectacularly Wrong About Stonehenge
livescience.com

Parrots exploit quantum physics to produce their colourful feathers
abc.net.au

Why Your Brain Tricks You Into Doing Less Important Tasks
nytimes.com

Anti-Vaxxers Are Coming for Horses Now
theatlantic.com

Making scents of outer space
astronomy.com

We Just Found The Brightest Object in The Early Universe – 13 Billion Light-Years Away
sciencealert.com

Meditation under the microscope
aeon.co

The Death of a Once Great City: The fall of New York and the urban crisis of affluence
harpers.org

NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover is celebrating its 15th birthday with a nap because of a giant dust storm. Look back at its unlikely journey.
thisisinsider.com

Why the Girl Scouts Are Learning to Pick Locks and Hack Computers
popularmechanics.com

U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials
nytimes.com

The fall of Brazil’s playboy billionaire
bbc.com

Astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could have gone to Mars decades ago — here’s why we haven’t
businessinsider.com

What it’s like to be trapped in a cave
washingtonpost.com

NASA readies probe to touch the sun with ‘cutting-edge heat shield’
cnet.com

Video: Scientist moms address the pseudoscience often attributed to moms online
youtube.com

The failed quest to bring smells to the internet
thehustle.co

‘No Notoriety’: the campaign to focus on shooting victims, not killers
theguardian.com

Monster energy project wants to use Loch Ness as a giant battery
arstechnica.com

Inside the Thai Cave: How Rescuers Are Trying to Save a Soccer Team
nytimes.com

Survival of the Richest: The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind
medium.com

The comic book artists that fuelled a century of science innovation
qz.com

NASA put its famous planet-hunting telescope to sleep because it’s almost out of fuel
theverge.com

The roots of writing lie in hopes and dreams, not in accounting
aeon.co

Syrian seeds could save US wheat from climate menace
theguardian.com

In Milpa Alta, people still speak the Aztec language
bbc.com

Why Don’t We Dream About Our Smartphones?
thecut.com

Hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear blast videos show terrifying explosions in the ocean and Nevada desert
businessinsider.com

Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture?
eater.com

Is it true that eating alone is bad for you?
theguardian.com

Exhaustive DNA studies find that the dogs of European colonists completely replaced ancient American dogs
nytimes.com

The ‘super suit’ that helps people move
bbc.com

Dingoes Have Changed the Actual Shape of the Australian Desert
theatlantic.com

What’s the real price of getting rid of plastic packaging?
bbc.com

New wasp species with a giant stinger discovered in Amazonia
sciencedaily.com

Lions eat ‘rhino poachers’ on South African game reserve
bbc.com

When Spiders Go Airborne, It’s Electric — Literally
npr.org

New drug uses immune system to wipe out deadly bacteria
theguardian.com