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Why NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon
techradar.com

Hundreds of century-old photos of Inuit travelling the North
cbc.ca

Video: How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY
youtube.com

It’s Hard for Doctors to Unlearn Things. That’s Costly for All of Us.
nytimes.com

Juvenile or adult? Leap-year suspect poses conundrum for ACT court
abc.net.au

The EU is doing away with the twice-yearly clock changes in 2019
dw.com

The language the French forbade
bbc.com

Can you guess which of these paintings was not made by a human?
qz.com

The Surprising Reason that There Are So Many Thai Restaurants in America
munchies.vice.com

Water Droplets Don’t Just Hover on a Hot Pan. They Roll.
nytimes.com

Dozens of Massachusetts Homes Exploded. A Gas Expert Weighs In.
theatlantic.com

A Decade-Old Attack Can Break the Encryption of Most PCs
wired.com

Can Science Cure Aging?
theatlantic.com

America’s Top Nazi Sued Warner Bros. for Libel in 1939 Because He Didn’t Like the Movie Confessions of a Nazi Spy
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

Spectacular ice age wolf pup and caribou dug up in Canada
theguardian.com

The Senator Who Stood Up to Joseph McCarthy When No One Else Would
smithsonianmag.com

Juno Captures Elusive ‘Brown Barge’
nasa.gov

Nuclear pasta in neutron stars may be the strongest material in the universe
sciencenews.org

Walking Might Be the Best Exercise There Is
outsideonline.com

What is the Waffle House Index?
economist.com

Descend Into Great Britain’s Network of Secret Nuclear Bunkers
atlasobscura.com

Some Insects Taste With Their Feet and Hear With Their Wings
nationalgeographic.com

The Closest Exoplanet to Earth Could Be ‘Highly Habitable’
space.com

How Will Police Solve Murders on Mars?
theatlantic.com

A frozen graveyard: The sad tales of Antarctica’s deaths
bbc.com

Schizophrenia breakthrough: Scientists identify new suspect at ‘scene of crime’
watoday.com.au

Super Typhoon Mangkhut Is the Strongest Storm on Earth This Year
earther.gizmodo.com

Burning Man’s Mathematical Underbelly
scientificamerican.com

Study: Men whose first child is a girl are more likely to support policies that promote gender equality
washingtonpost.com

Finally, a cure for insomnia?
theguardian.com

39 years ago today two families boarded a home-made hot-air balloon in East Germany
damninteresting.com

Drink to old times: World’s ‘oldest brewery’ found in Israel
france24.com

Kidney stones have distinct geological histories, study finds
phys.org

Watch Plants Light Up When They Get Attacked
nytimes.com

Hubble Goes Wide to Seek Out Far-Flung Galaxies
nasa.gov

Disaster in the Alps
outsideonline.com

How Mammals Maintain Symmetry during Development
scientificamerican.com

World’s Simplest Animal Reveals Hidden Diversity
quantamagazine.org

Discovery of new neurons in the ear could lead to treatments for tinnitus
newatlas.com

Magnetic bacteria and their unique superpower attract researchers
theconversation.com

A Cardiologist’s 9/11 Story
nautil.us

Sheep Glands Point to Nukes as Source of Mysterious 1979 Explosion
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Novelist who wrote about ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ charged with murdering her husband
thespec.com

Science fiction was around in medieval times – here’s what it looked like
theconversation.com

The business of voluntourism: do western do-gooders actually do harm?
theguardian.com

The Typo That Helped End World War II
mentalfloss.com

Bacteria in a Dinosaur Bone Reignite a Heated Debate
theatlantic.com

Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever lived?
bbc.com

Plan to Build a Genetic Noah’s Ark Includes a Staggering 66,000 Species
gizmodo.com

The FBI Mysteriously Close New Mexico Observatory
popularmechanics.com

Bismuth shows novel conducting properties
phys.org

How One Man Is Recreating Lost Colors
nytimes.com

170 years ago today a three-foot-long iron rod was not the last thing to go through Phineas Gage’s head
damninteresting.com

NASA Starts 45-Day Clock to Contact Mars Rover Opportunity as Dust Storm Wanes
space.com

The secret life of fungi
bbc.com

The inside story of Canada’s first face transplant
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

‘Miraculous’: Missouri boy survives after falling head-first on to meat skewer
theguardian.com

Archaeologists Have Found the World’s Oldest Known Drawing in a South African Cave
gizmodo.com

The lost decade – on the lingering fallout from the 2008 financial crisis
bbc.co.uk

Russian theory that NASA sabotaged the space station spreading like wildfire
arstechnica.com