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‘Oumuamua Isn’t from Our Solar System. Now We May Know Which Star It Came From
space.com

Opportunity Emerges in a Dusty Picture
jpl.nasa.gov

Murders most foul: Gainsborough family revenge killings trigger reassessment of artist’s early years
theartnewspaper.com

These Photos of Typhoon Trami Are Jaw-Dropping
earther.gizmodo.com

Letter from Africa: Why I was sentenced to 5,000 years in jail
bbc.com

How to write the perfect sentence
theguardian.com

WWII Bombe operator Ruth Bourne: I’d never heard of Enigma until long after the war
theregister.co.uk

The Most Influential Parasite in History
mentalfloss.com

How Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Could Replace Traffic Lights and Shorten Commutes
spectrum.ieee.org • (see also)

Asexual, all-female termite colonies found to do just fine without males
newatlas.com

Traces of an Ancient Virus in Our Genes May Play a Role in Addiction
livescience.com

Science Reveals How Fruit Keeps A Lid On Ripening Until The Time Is Right
npr.org

Playing Viking Chess with Whale Bones
hakaimagazine.com

About time: why western philosophy can only teach us so much
theguardian.com

Rare Tree Kangaroo Reappears After Vanishing for 90 Years
nationalgeographic.com

Growing Brains in Lab
scientificamerican.com

Mummy of paraplegic child shows how Peru’s Nasca culture treated disability
arstechnica.com

Revolutionary spinal cord implant helps paralysed patients walk again
theguardian.com

In the Garden of Eels
nytimes.com

The Best-Ever Photos of an Asteroid’s Rugged Terrain
theatlantic.com

Taiwan’s eerie sonic weapon
bbc.com

What to do about Hitler’s Berghof? Museum challenges far right interest
theguardian.com

Would Perfect Memory Be a Burden or a Superpower?
gizmodo.com

Ancient Mars Had Energy Source for Potential Life Underground
space.com

“Discovery of a decade”: Archaeologists have found well-reserved 400-year-old shipwreck off Portugal
bbc.com

4-Billion-Year-Old Crystals Offer Clues to the Origins of Life
nationalgeographic.com

Planet Earth Wobbles As It Spins, and Now Scientists Know Why
livescience.com

Anthony Bourdain’s Message of Tolerance Continues On After His Death
thedailybeast.com

This hissing, bubbling Alaska lake is frightening scientists
adn.com

How France created the metric system
bbc.com

What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes.
washingtonpost.com

What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity with an algorithm
apps.bostonglobe.com

A photographic primer on the dynamics of marine ice
hakaimagazine.com

Those Who Can’t Forget
nytimes.com

3,500-Year-Old Hand is Europe’s Earliest Metal Body Part
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

The waiting list for organ transplants is finally shrinking — for a grim reason
vox.com

A 124-year-old statue reviled by Native Americans – and how it came down
theguardian.com

No One Knows Exactly What Would Happen If Mosquitoes Were to Disappear
theatlantic.com

Indonesian teenager survives 49 days adrift at sea in ‘fishing hut’
bbc.com

Mr. Rogers vs. the Superheroes
longreads.com

Antarctica Greenhouse Produces Cucumbers, Tomatoes and More in Mars-Like Test
space.com

How scientists captured a stunning, hellish menagerie of half-dissolved creatures
theverge.com

What Darwin Didn’t Know About Evolution
nationalgeographic.com

The Nazis Tried and Failed to Build the World’s Largest Stadium
atlasobscura.com

NASA tech is in your everyday life — find out where with this interactive tool
theverge.com

When Televisions Were Radioactive
theatlantic.com

The bridge that crossed an ocean (And the man who moved it)
bbc.co.uk

Interactive: Listen to the World
nytimes.com

Shell and Exxon’s secret 1980s climate change warnings
theguardian.com

Your gut is directly connected to your brain, by a newly discovered neuron circuit
sciencemag.org

Astronomers detect matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light
ras.ac.uk

Murdered man’s body found after tree ‘unusual for the area’ grew from seed in his stomach
msn.com

Hitler v Lennin: Peru mayoral election is a historical showdown
theguardian.com

Japanese companies plan to build moon colonies
dw.com

How do you solve catastrophic hyperinflation?
bbc.com

On this day in 1979, something resembling a nuclear explosion occurred in the Indian Ocean
damninteresting.com

Praying mantis seen hunting for fish in wild for first time ever
independent.co.uk

The lunar gateway: a short cut to Mars?
theguardian.com

Japan Has Enough Nuclear Material to Build an Arsenal. Its Plan: Recycle.
nytimes.com

“Gummy squirrels,” single-celled organisms the size of softballs and strange worms thrive in a Pacific Ocean zone some considered an underwater desert
nature.com