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Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain
nytimes.com

These Dinosaurs’ Noses Made Breathing Complicated for a Very Good Reason
theatlantic.com

Vintage Scotch whiskies found to be fake
bbc.com

Is quantum computing a cybersecurity threat?
theconversation.com

Iron Is the New Cholesterol
nautil.us

How the CIA Watched Soviet Parades for New Military Tech
popularmechanics.com

Google’s Earth: how the tech giant is helping the state spy on us
theguardian.com

I Went to China to Race a New Car. Then Things Got Weird
jalopnik.com

Advanced digital networks look a lot like the human nervous system
theconversation.com

In the Ancient Valleys of Macedonia, a Pall of Air Pollution
undark.org

China’s Bizarre Program to Keep Activists in Check
newyorker.com

This Humongous Fungus Has Been Around Since the Birth of Socrates
livescience.com

How a weird fire vortex sparked a meteorological mystery
nationalgeographic.com

The submariner who attended his own funeral
cosmosmagazine.com

The fallen metropolis: the collapse of Caracas, the jewel of Latin America
theguardian.com

The Machines That Spy on Antarctica’s Hidden Lakes
earther.gizmodo.com • (see also)

Breakthrough ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia moves to human trials
newatlas.com

Nasa’s New Horizons probe on course for historic flyby
bbc.com

Houseplant with added rabbit DNA could reduce air pollution, study shows
theguardian.com

The Chemical Weapons Detectives
popsci.com

Bronze Age regicide? German forensics team say prince of Helmsdorf was murdered
dw.com

Having a second child worsens parents’ mental health: new research
theconversation.com

A conversation with a false rock god
bbc.co.uk

Big dinosaur predator from Italy was given a burial at sea
reuters.com

There’s no easy fix for our nuclear past
hcn.org • (see also)

The Nantucket Sea-Serpent Hoax (1937)
publicdomainreview.org

DNA sugar can form in space, experiments show
cosmosmagazine.com

This Native American Nation Maintained Canals In The Face Of Flooding For Over 1000 Years
forbes.com

People fall off cruise ships with alarming regularity. Can anything be done to stop it?
qz.com

Rare relic is one of only three fossil clouds known in the universe
phys.org

Matter Sucked in by Black Holes May Travel into the Future, Get Spit Back Out
livescience.com

Can Rivers Cause Earthquakes?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Digital cadavers are replacing real ones. But should they?
nationalgeographic.com

She swiped her co-worker’s Coke can. Police say it cracked a 28-year-old murder case.
washingtonpost.com

The Earth’s Shell Has Cracked, and We’re Drifting on the Pieces
nytimes.com

‘A torrent of ghastly revelations’: what military service taught me about America
theguardian.com

Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils
bbc.com

Saturn With No Rings? It Could Happen, and Sooner Than Astronomers Expected
nytimes.com

The elusive ‘hidden people’ of Iceland
bbc.com

Discovered: The Most-Distant Solar System Object Ever Observed
carnegiescience.edu

Bath Salts to Bitcoin: John McAfee’s Bizarre Crypto Hustle
nymag.com

Medical Detectives: The Last Hope For Families Coping With Rare Diseases
npr.org

Two of a Kind: China’s First Pet Cloning Service Duplicates Star Pooch
news18.com

The inside story: How police and the FBI found one of the country’s worst serial killers
latimes.com

Long-Hidden ‘Pyramid’ Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple
livescience.com

These bats carry a virus as deadly as Ebola, and scientists are tracking them to try to stop its spread
washingtonpost.com

Scant Evidence Behind the Advice About Salt
nytimes.com

Donald Knuth, master of algorithms, reflects on 50 years of his opus-in-progress, “The Art of Computer Programming.”
nytimes.com

Pulling Canada’s Caribou Back From the Brink
theatlantic.com

The Mad Scramble to Claim the World’s Most Coveted Meteorite
wired.com

Why we’ve always loved unicorns
bbc.com

The DDR Type 2 was a valve-based short-wave clandestine radio transmitter used in East Germany during the Cold War
cryptomuseum.com • (see also)

A nuclear-powered ‘tunnelbot’ to search for life on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
phys.org

In praise of parasites
knowablemagazine.org

Behind the Scenes of Virgin Galactic’s First Space Mission
newyorker.com

Could Life on Mars Be Lurking Deep Underground?
livescience.com

Gene-edited pigs immune to swine fever
cosmosmagazine.com

A Bright Green ‘Christmas Comet’ Will Fly the Closest to Earth in Centuries
nytimes.com

Missing ocean monitoring instrument found after five years at sea
noc.ac.uk

More than the Time
nationalreview.com