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How Alaska fixed its earthquake-shattered roads in just days
theverge.com

This Galaxy Pic from the Hubble Telescope Shows How Astronauts Fixed Its Vision 25 Years Ago
space.com

Why is nuclear fusion so hard?
blog.sigfpe.com

Egypt investigating couple pictured nude on top of Khufu pyramid
cnn.com

Image: The Complete Galactic Plane: Up and Down
apod.nasa.gov

How the iPhone health app helped police identify a murderer
theguardian.com

On this day in 1921, leaded gasoline was unfortunately invented
damninteresting.com

Iron Age chariot burial found in East Yorkshire with horses ‘leaping out of the grave’
yorkshirepost.co.uk

James Nasmyth’s Fake Lunar Photographs From 1874
amusingplanet.com

Tiny ‘Blueberries’ on Mars Continue to Baffle Scientists
livescience.com

The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.
nytimes.com

The US Military Is Genetically Engineering New Life Forms To Detect Enemy Subs
defenseone.com

How NASA’s Mission to Bennu Will Keep Earth Safe from Asteroids
gizmodo.com

360º interactive video: He Served the Longest Sentence of Any Innocent U.S. Inmate
theatlantic.com

How Did Mary Queen of Scots Send Secret Messages?
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

The Ghosts of Highway 20
projects.oregonlive.com

Gut bacteria may offer a treatment for autism
economist.com

Forty Years Ago, 12.6 Million Feet of History Went Up in Smoke
smithsonianmag.com

Sounds of Mars: NASA’s InSight Senses Martian Wind
mars.nasa.gov

Here’s Our First Look at the Sun’s North Pole
popularmechanics.com

Why Eric Larsen Is Skiing to the South Pole Alone
outsideonline.com

Rare World War II maps reveal Japan’s Pearl Harbor strategy
nationalgeographic.com

Polonium: A Rare and Highly Volatile Radioactive Element
livescience.com

On this day in 1941 a Japanese fighter pilot was shot down over the Hawaiian island of Niihau, sparking an incident
damninteresting.com

The World’s First Space Telescope
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Chinese spacecraft to attempt first landing on far side of the moon
theguardian.com

Humans Made Drones by Copying Birds. Birds Are Fighting Back.
theatlantic.com

The rocket tower being built in tropical jungle
bbc.com

Too Much UV Light Could Turn Gas Planets Into Sad Rocky Cores
gizmodo.com

Spooky Apollo: Apollo 8 and the CIA
thespacereview.com

The boy left behind in Nazi Vienna
bbc.co.uk

Two images of the miners’ strike, an instant apart: so which is the classic?
theguardian.com

How a Huge Blood Clot Took the Shape of a Lung Passage
theatlantic.com

Why Black Hole Interiors Grow Forever
quantamagazine.org

How the Islamic State group destroyed a mosque but revealed a 3,000-year old palace
bbc.co.uk

Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep
nytimes.com

This Salamander Breathes Through ‘Christmas Trees’ Growing from Its Head
livescience.com

‘A crunch. A rip. Pain spread like a stain’: my lifetime of back trouble
theguardian.com

Ancient Humans May Have Practiced Ritual Finger Amputation
popularmechanics.com

Why language might be the optimal self-regulating system
aeon.co

Is the U.S. Lagging in the Quest for Quantum Computing?
scientificamerican.com

Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides
theguardian.com

An Ancient Case of the Plague Could Rewrite History
theatlantic.com

Retiring Retirement
nautil.us

Video: Uncovering the hidden colour of history [4:45]
bbc.com

The story behind an incredible sky scene in New Hampshire
washingtonpost.com

Incredible ‘sea monster’ fossil still has skin and blubber
nationalgeographic.com

101 years ago today a massive accidental explosion destroyed much of Halifax, Nova Scotia
damninteresting.com

Friendship before Facebook: how ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ date back 400 years
telegraph.co.uk

Bacteria engage in chemical warfare against viruses
arstechnica.com

World’s Oldest Wild Bird Just Laid Another Dang Egg
gizmodo.com

How I Infiltrated One of L.A.’s Most Vicious Motorcycle Gangs – and Lived to Talk About It
lamag.com

Researchers find neural basis for “cute aggression”, the urge to squeeze (or even bite) a cute puppy, or pinch a baby’s cheeks
news.ucr.edu

Researchers use a virus to speed up modern computers
phys.org

The Dog Who Took the Witness Stand
narratively.com

This Plant Is Driving Its Own Robot
spectrum.ieee.org

The Long, Strange History of the Electric Wind
popularmechanics.com

A New Connection between the Gut and the Brain
scientificamerican.com

What a Hungry Snail Reveals About Your Grocery Store Breakdowns
nytimes.com

Gun No 6: The untold story of Britain’s deadliest illegal firearm
bbc.com