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The Brotherhood of Killers and Cops
occrp.org

Egypt says village found in Nile Delta predated pharaohs
phys.org

Brazil’s national museum hit by huge fire
bbc.com

Where the animals go: wildlife tracking secrets revealed
theguardian.com

The New Science of Seeing Around Corners
quantamagazine.org

LocoL was supposed to be the answer to food deserts. What went wrong?
theguardian.com

How close is a cure for baldness?
theguardian.com

Fruit flies found to navigate using celestial markers
newatlas.com

Why Revealing Uncontacted Tribes May Help Save Them
nationalgeographic.com

On this day in 1859 humans experienced the largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history
damninteresting.com

See Leonardo da Vinci’s Genius Yourself in These Newly Digitized Sketches
smithsonianmag.com

How Atlantic Readers Reacted to Watergate
theatlantic.com

The Silence After the Hit-and-Run
nytimes.com

Hot Debate Over Renaming Hubble’s Law –“Not the First to Discover the Expansion of the Universe”
dailygalaxy.com

Is there a mysterious Planet Nine lurking in our solar system beyond Neptune? (new info)
washingtonpost.com

A Surprisingly Disgusting History of Lemonade Stands
mentalfloss.com

First ever trials on the effects of microdosing LSD set to begin
theguardian.com

Why Hasn’t Science Solved Acne Yet?
theatlantic.com

Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers
nytimes.com

NASA Sets a Grim Deadline for Saving a Beloved Mars Rover
theatlantic.com

10,000 years of cheers: why social drinking is an ancient ritual
theguardian.com

Blind Except for Movement: Woman’s Injury Offers Insight into How the Brain Works
scientificamerican.com

Greek Farmer Discovers 3,400 Year-Old Tomb Beneath His Olive Grove
gizmodo.com

Quiz: Psychology results in top journals – can you guess which ones were true, and which didn’t replicate?
80000hours.org

Mystery of the cargo ships that sink when their cargo suddenly liquefies
theconversation.com

Genetically engineered bacteria communicate with each other in the gut, setting the stage for a synthetic microbiome
wyss.harvard.edu

On this day in 1939, Nazi SS agents took over a Polish radio station to broadcast counterfeit anti-German sentiments
damninteresting.com

Math shows how DNA twists, turns and unzips
theconversation.com

Morse Code’s Vanquished Competitor: The Dial Telegraph
spectrum.ieee.org

$40,000 Insect and Lizard Theft Was an Inside Job, Police Say
nytimes.com

Fertility doc inseminated dozens of women with own sperm, DNA sites find
arstechnica.com

How Animal Venoms Are Helping to Treat a Wide Range of Medical Conditions
livescience.com

The Women Code Breakers Who Unmasked Soviet Spies
smithsonianmag.com

How Two Thieves Stole Thousands of Prints From University Libraries
atlasobscura.com

This Suspension Bridge Is Made From Grass
nationalgeographic.com

Artificial intelligence nails predictions of earthquake aftershocks
nature.com

Stalinist Truman Show: artist paid 400 people to live as Soviet citizens
theguardian.com

Alan Rusbridger: who broke the news?
theguardian.com

Oldest surviving Maya book declared authentic
cbc.ca

Orson Welles died before finishing his final film. It will debut this weekend after years of legal battles.
washingtonpost.com

On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher
lithub.com

EU to recommend end to changing clocks twice a year
theguardian.com

Scientists found brain’s internal clock that influences how we perceive time
arstechnica.com

International Space Station crew repair leak in Russian craft
theguardian.com

How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?
nytimes.com

The surprising origins of the TV remote
bbc.com

Physicists hack the human visual system to create “ghost images”
technologyreview.com

The Bugs Are Coming, and They’ll Want More of Our Food
nytimes.com

How Did Opium Poppies Get Their Painkilling Properties?
livescience.com

Hidden Medieval Door Leading to Smugglers’ Caves Discovered Underneath Scottish Castle
smithsonianmag.com

He’s been studying in the U.S. legally for 7 years. Bank of America froze his account anyway
miamiherald.com

How Two Men Tried to Start a Hate-Free ‘Gay Town’ in the Nevada Desert
atlasobscura.com

CRISPR Gene Editing Shows Promise for Treating a Fatal Muscle Disease
scientificamerican.com

One Look Up Could Have Ended This Photographer’s Life
nationalgeographic.com

The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo
atlasobscura.com

Researcher Links Diplomats’ Mystery Illness to Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation
health.ucsd.edu

Kessler Syndrome: How space debris can destroy modern life
bigthink.com

French Illustrator Revives the Byzantine Empire with Magnificently Detailed Drawings of Its Monuments & Buildings
openculture.com

Successful testing gives NASA’s Advanced Electric Propulsion System a boost
newatlas.com

Treasures from the Color Archive
newyorker.com