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Scientists Find a Strange New Cell in Human Brains: The ‘Rosehip Neuron’
livescience.com

The Nuclear Power Plant of the Future May Be Floating Near Russia
nytimes.com

They Were America’s First Female Soldiers. Now They’re Getting The Recognition They Deserve
taskandpurpose.com

Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
nytimes.com

China Built the World’s Largest Telescope. Then Came the Tourists
wired.com

A New Trick to Keep Barnacles From Sticking to Ships
nytimes.com

On this day in 1896, war broke out in Zanzibar. The war did not last long.
damninteresting.com

The A to Z of paper authorship
natureindex.com

How Neutron-Star Crashes Could Help Aliens Call Us
livescience.com

Why the Mediterranean will eventually disappear
economist.com

In Psychology And Other Social Sciences, Many Studies Fail The Reproducibility Test
npr.org

The stirring story of how Alberta became the first place in the world to banish the rat
nationalpost.com

Weight-loss pill hailed as ‘holy grail’ in fight against obesity
theguardian.com

The legend of Benin’s fearless female warriors
bbc.com

A brief history of how astronauts have gone to the bathroom in space for 57 years
businessinsider.com

High Profits and Misery Meet at Door of Smugglers’ Stash Houses
nytimes.com

What happens when North Korean escapees’ hope leads to disappointment?
story.californiasunday.com

NASA uses shape memory alloy to fold F-18 wing
newatlas.com

Plennie Wingo Attempted to Walk Around the World Backward
texasmonthly.com

Roman coins found in Yorkshire revealed after years of secrecy
theguardian.com

Unpicking the cyber-crime economy
bbc.com

A Friendship That Ended the War (1996)
newyorker.com

On this day in 1980 a treacherous device mysteriously appeared in a Lake Tahoe casino
damninteresting.com

The global financial crisis of 1825 foreshadowed the problems of emerging markets today
qz.com

Why the Earth Has Fewer Species Than We Think
nautil.us

Hurricane Harvey Is Houston’s Unending Nightmare
theatlantic.com

A groundbreaking technique will allow dogs to sniff out ivory, rhino horn, and other illegal wildlife products
bbc.com

An ancient shark lurks in the deep, dark ocean, and it’s not a great white
mashable.com

How Tourists Are Destroying the Places They Love
spiegel.de

Massive Pyramid, Lost City and Ancient Human Sacrifices Unearthed in China
livescience.com

Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound
theguardian.com

How Disease and Conquest Carved a New Planetary Landscape
theatlantic.com

A study of Olympic athletes shows the surprising benefits of coming in second place
qz.com

NASA’s asteroid-sampling spacecraft spies its target for the first time
theverge.com

German Cryptanalytic Attacks on the British World War II “TYPEX” Machine
cs.columbia.edu

Revisiting a 1958 Map of Space Mysteries
atlasobscura.com

Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World
nytimes.com

Researchers identify link between gut bacteria and eating for pleasure, as opposed to hunger
newsroom.ucla.edu

Perfectly-preserved ancient foal is shown to the world for the first time
siberiantimes.com

Tracking animals from space could predict earthquakes on the ground
nbcnews.com

Procter & Gamble bids to trademark LOL, WTF and other acronyms
theguardian.com

When a Pregnant Pipefish Dad Spots an Alluring Female, Things Get Weird
nytimes.com

Fog Is Full of Microbes
theatlantic.com

‘After 37 years I caught my brother’s killer on Facebook’
bbc.com

Shooting Down Nukes From Space Is Harder Than It Sounds
popularmechanics.com

How To Survive A 10,000-Foot Fall
npr.org

Spain plans to exhume the remains of fascist dictator Francisco Franco
qz.com

Amazon Tribe Never Seen by Outsiders Is Spotted by Drone
nytimes.com

Researchers have identified a new anatomical structure within the immune system
garvan.org.au

A controversial new study suggests females may be more mentally resilient in deep space
scientificamerican.com

How to Heist Millions of Dollars in Cars at Pebble Beach: A Step-By-Step Guide
jalopnik.com

The British Quarry That Hid Van Gogh, da Vinci and Rembrandt
amusingplanet.com

Elusive mitochondrial connection to inflammation uncovered
nature.com

How a hacker network turned stolen press releases into $100 million
theverge.com

Experience: I can’t picture things in my mind
theguardian.com

The Kisses That Paid My Rent
nytimes.com

The Mysterious Green Orbs That Float by Day and Sink at Night
nytimes.com

The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Panther-Trapping, Gator-Wrestling Wild Man
narrative.ly

How to Get a Cat to Like You
lifehacker.com

Here’s Where Hayabusa2 Will Try to Land on the Asteroid Ryugu
gizmodo.com