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The 99 best things that happened in 2018
qz.com

Why Is The Music Of 1968 So Enduring? ‘It Was Allowed To Be Art’
npr.org

New Horizons Reaches Ultima Thule
nytimes.com

The Secret World of Doctors Who Love Whippits
melmagazine.com

In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes On Tricky Public Health Role
nytimes.com

Castro Takes Manhattan: Vintage Pictures of the Cuban Conqueror as Tourist
nytimes.com

NASA spacecraft confirms successful flyby of distant Solar System object
theverge.com

Venice, Italy to Charge Entrance Fee for Tourists
thedailybeast.com

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them
theintercept.com

On an island famous for wild ponies, a dangerous infection is killing horses
washingtonpost.com

When Shoes Were Fit with X-Rays
daily.jstor.org

NASA spacecraft enters orbit around asteroid, sets records
apnews.com

Cane toads snake ride on python’s back to escape storm in northern Australia
theguardian.com

Is there lightning on Mars?
astroquizzical.com

Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why.
nationalgeographic.com

Ultracold atoms can make strange and beautiful quantum fireworks
newscientist.com

ESA sets clock by distant spinning stars
esa.int

Scientists Just Melted a Hole Through 3,500 Feet of Ice to Reach a Mysterious Antarctic Lake
earther.gizmodo.com

Elucidating Cuttlefish Camouflage
maxplanck.nautil.us

Finally declassified: Swedish pilots awarded US Air Medals for saving SR-71 spy plane
airforcetimes.com

How to Memorize the Largest Known Prime
blogs.scientificamerican.com

How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day
latimes.com

Woman Develops Donor’s Peanut Allergy After Lung Transplant
livescience.com

New Horizons heads for flyby of space rock 4bn miles from Earth
theguardian.com • More informative article

Teddy Roosevelt’s Critique of Ostrich Science
theatlantic.com

Your Brain Rewards You Twice When You Eat
forbes.com

Scientists Got Fruit Flies Drunk and Maybe Figured Out Why We Get Buzzed
gizmodo.com

What Kinds of Food Do You Serve at a Funeral?
topic.com

Cyber-attack disrupts distribution of multiple US newspapers
bbc.com

The world should update its laws on outer space
ft.com

‘For 30 years I’ve been obsessed by why children get leukaemia. Now we have an answer’
theguardian.com

Arborists Have Cloned Ancient Redwoods From Their Massive Stumps
e360.yale.edu

Second explorer completes Antarctic crossing
nationalgeographic.com

A Single Cell Hints at a Solution to the Biggest Problem in Computer Science
popularmechanics.com

How Hawaii’s Volcanoes Could Help Us Find Life on Saturn’s Icy Moon
gizmodo.com

How to Dump 3,000 Pounds of Confetti on Times Square
nytimes.com

Scientists model Mercury’s glaciers
phys.org

The breakthroughs that could save our lives
bbc.com

How a pair of men in St. John’s survived the last duel fought on Canadian soil
cbc.ca

This Napoleonic Soldier Survived For Two Months With Horrific Facial Wound Following 1812 Battle
forbes.com

Nancy Grace Roman, astronomer celebrated as ‘mother’ of Hubble, dies at 93
washingtonpost.com

Earthquake-detecting balloons could help reveal the internal structure of Venus
astronomy.com

How TV shows use serious archaeology to promote bogus history
washingtonpost.com

The USSR Planned a Super Sub That Launched Rockets and Delivered Tanks
popularmechanics.com

This May Be Life’s ‘Missing Ingredient’
livescience.com

Chilling discovery: ice house discovered under London street
theguardian.com

An Elephant’s Personhood on Trial
theatlantic.com

Blue Light Appears Above New York After Transformer Explosion at Con Edison Plant in Queens
gizmodo.com • (see also)

How Metal Thieves Pulled off a 100-ton Heist in Rotterdam
bloomberg.com

35 years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the world of 2019. Here is what he wrote
thestar.com

Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert life
news.osu.edu

‘Spaghetti’ Magnetic Fields Might Be Powering Cosmic Particle Accelerators
forbes.com

Finally, US hospitals will have to post their prices online
qz.com

Austinite Richard Overton, America’s Oldest Veteran, Dies At 112
kut.org

This clever and stylish 1960 film is the most fun you’ll ever have at a physics lecture
aeon.co

Firefighters spray water from high-rises to fight air pollution in India
cbsnews.com

In 12 Minutes, Everything Went Wrong
nytimes.com

Man Gets Black Widow Spider Bite. Then He Can’t Pee.
livescience.com

How a Real-Estate Scuffle Turned into a True Tale of Miami Vice
vanityfair.com

List of BBC reporters in Russia leaked online along with their photos
theguardian.com