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How Do We Know Which Historical Accounts Are True?
sapiens.org

Extraterrestrial Life Could Be Purple
space.com

What the archives of mental-health asylums reveal about the history of human heredity and the evolution of genetics
aeon.co

Shrinking the world: why we can’t resist model villages
theguardian.com

Scientists Create Artificial Wood That Is Water- and Fire-Resistant
scientificamerican.com

Lavender’s Soothing Scent Could Be More Than Just Folk Medicine
nytimes.com

NASA brings a Hubble gyro back to life after a seven-year hibernation
arstechnica.com

Why scientists use gnocchi and lasagna to explain one of the most bizarre objects in the universe
theatlantic.com

Shipwreck found in Black Sea is ‘world’s oldest intact’
bbc.com

Student discovers slowest ever pulsar star
phys.org

Magic Mushroom Drug Evolved to Mess with Insect Brains
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula
ras.ac.uk

I Ate Sardinia’s Live-Maggot-Infested Cheese
munchies.vice.com

Monkey skulls, snakeskin boots and bear bile: Morbid items fill Heathrow’s ‘dead shed’
cbc.ca

NASA lost a rover and other space artifacts due to sloppy management, report says
theverge.com

Chicken nuggets lab-grown from feathers to go on sale by end of year, company says
abc.net.au

How the Universe Ends
gizmodo.com

Astronomy is losing women three times faster than men
nature.com

The rise of the robot farmer
theguardian.com

Mars may have enough oxygen underneath its surface for life
engadget.com

Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge: World’s longest sea bridge in pictures
bbc.com

Data mining reveals the hidden laws of evolution behind classical music
technologyreview.com

Alien life could be wiped out by outbursts from violent young stars
newatlas.com

The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture
newyorker.com

A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history
washingtonpost.com

Sons born to US Civil War POWs were more likely to die young
arstechnica.com

Most of ‘Luzia,’ a 12,000-Year-Old Fossil, Is Recovered After Brazil Museum Fire
nytimes.com

The bones that could shape Antarctica’s fate
bbc.com

Joachim Ronneberg: Norwegian who thwarted Nazi nuclear plan dies
bbc.com • (see also)

Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair, thesis for sale
phys.org

California’s Underwater Forests Are Being Eaten by the ‘Cockroaches of the Ocean’
nytimes.com

Report: Hurricane Michael’s Storm Surge Dredged Up 119-Year-Old Vessels Wrecked By Carrabelle Hurricane
earther.gizmodo.com

The billionaires fuelling a space race
bbc.com

How an abduction by the mysterious Freemasons led to a third political party in the U.S.
thestar.com

Historic water crisis threatens 600 million people in India
nationalgeographic.com

Earth Science in Our Lives: photography competition winners 2018 – in pictures
theguardian.com

23 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better
vox.com

Allergies: the scourge of modern life?
theguardian.com

Cities Are Turning Snails Yellow
theatlantic.com

The City That Had Too Much Money
bloomberg.com

Why isn’t This Man a Hero?
zeit.de

‘Headless chicken monster’: deep-sea cucumber seen in Southern Ocean for first time
theguardian.com

A new way to measure nearly nothing: Ultracold trapped atoms to measure pressure
phys.org

How Agatha Christie’s wartime nursing role gave her a lifelong taste for poison
theguardian.com

The dating game: When food goes bad
knowablemagazine.org

A NASA photograph revealed an extremely weird-looking iceberg. A NASA scientist explained why.
livescience.com

The Secret to Dinosaur Hip Shape
blogs.scientificamerican.com

The Universe Is Always Looking
theatlantic.com

A neuroscientist who lost her mind says it can happen to anyone
qz.com

Yes, Flat-Earthers Really Do Exist
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Collapse of ancient city’s water system may have led to its demise
arstechnica.com

Inside the windowless bunker where Disney stores its ‘secret weapon’
theguardian.com

Top 10 finalists of the 2018 Illusion of the Year contest
illusionoftheyear.com

Quantum computers will break the encryption that protects the internet
economist.com

If Printed Dictionaries Are History, What Will Children Sit on to Reach the Table?
neh.gov

BepiColombo’s Path: Why Does It Take So Long to Get to Mercury?
space.com

20 years ago today the last major manufacturer of lotus shoes discontinued their production
damninteresting.com

Newly Detected Vibrations Show Earth’s Inner Core Is Solid
gizmodo.com

Chinese Mountain Cat
birdingbeijing.com

Exotic Matter Made in Space Could Boost the Hunt for Gravitational Waves
scientificamerican.com