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Viruses have belly buttons
cosmosmagazine.com

“Leave No Soldier Behind”: The Unsolved Mystery of the Soldier Who Died in the Watchtower
vanityfair.com

Secrets of ancient ‘mystery couple’ revealed
bbc.com

By changing its posture on its web, the arachnid can tune vibration in its legs to different frequencies
theatlantic.com

The cyber-attack that sent an Alaskan community back in time
bbc.com

Rotating black holes may serve as gentle portals for hyperspace travel
theconversation.com

Scientists Find a New Way To Create the Plutonium That Powers Deep Space Missions
popularmechanics.com

On the Trail of the World’s Most Daring Egg Smuggler
outsideonline.com

Long before tech bros, Silicon Valley had a highly developed society
theguardian.com

Gallery: Scenes From Underground
theatlantic.com

Footprints in the snow lead to an emotional rescue
unionleader.com

Bevy of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Spotted by Canadian Telescope
scientificamerican.com

The Milky Way will collide with another galaxy and it’s going to look awesome
qz.com

On this day in 1965 Randy Gardner set the world record for the longest human waking period
damninteresting.com

The History of Blood
newyorker.com

NASA’s Apollo Moon Rocks Still Thrill Scientists 50 Years Later
space.com

The sharpest view ever of the Triangulum Galaxy [34,372 x 19,345]
spacetelescope.org

How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor
nytimes.com

Why meeting another’s gaze is so powerful
bbc.com

Dire Straits: Bering’s deadly exploration of the Pacific
nationalgeographic.com

Pluto Probe Encounters a Pristine World in the Solar System’s Suburbs
scientificamerican.com

Mites that feed on llama poop may track the rise and fall of the Incan Empire
sciencemag.org

A woman’s murder in Peking and a literary feud
bbc.com

Meet The Granary Weevil, The Pantry Monster Of Our Own Creation
npr.org

When the ice melts: the catastrophe of vanishing glaciers
theguardian.com

New Habitable Kepler World –“Human Eyes Found It Hidden in the Data”
dailygalaxy.com

Take a train through North Korea’s rarely seen countryside
nationalgeographic.com

‘I was happier before Banksy came’
bbc.com

Why the Best Place to Find Dark Matter May Be in a Rock
quantamagazine.org

Base paired up: study suggests genetic formula to monogamy
theguardian.com

Why do whales sing? Scientists still aren’t certain, and maybe the whales aren’t, either.
nytimes.com

Learning China’s Forbidden History, So They Can Censor It
nytimes.com

Our universe has antimatter partner on the other side of the Big Bang, say physicists
physicsworld.com

A weird type of zirconium soaks up neutrons like a sponge
sciencenews.org

Cascata delle Marmore: A Man-Made Waterfalls Created by Ancient Romans
amusingplanet.com

Scientists Find the ‘Missing’ Dark Matter from the Early Universe
space.com

A cigarette butt and an old scrap of paper led to an arrest in a 26-year-old unsolved killing
washingtonpost.com

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Mile-High Tsunami That Spread Through Earth’s Oceans
livescience.com

The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist
newyorker.com

Entire Country’s Internet Reportedly Shut Down During Armed Coup Attempt in Gabon
gizmodo.com

The unlikely, eccentric inventor turning inedible plant life into fuel [autoplay video]
cbsnews.com

Eight odd details hidden in masterpieces
bbc.com

3D scans of bat skulls help natural history museums open up dark corners of their collections
theconversation.com

How a poor Victorian woman changed the way we do dinosaur science
thenextweb.com

The fuel quest that could be driving China’s mission to the moon
scmp.com

AI Can Now Decode Words Directly from Brain Waves
livescience.com

Japan’s grand plans to mine deep-sea vents
bbc.com

Charles Darwin’s ailments are ‘typical of Lyme disease’ in UK
theguardian.com

Jellyfish Thrive on Pollution and Climate Change. Now They’re Taking Over
futurism.com

Cold, dry and lonely in one of the most remote places on the Indian subcontinent
washingtonpost.com

Can a Supernova Cause Mass Extinction?
daily.jstor.org

This worm’s lifestyle is the stuff of science fiction
sciencemag.org

Japan’s pioneering detector set to join hunt for gravitational waves
nature.com

Science history: Newton’s Italian champion
cosmosmagazine.com

Goodbye George, the Last Known Hawaiian Land Snail of Its Species
earther.gizmodo.com

Quantum physicists in the 1920s helped found field of quantum biology
arstechnica.com

The Surprising History of the Fortune Cookie
thenib.com

Deceased millionaire’s family sues after DNA test reveals heir isn’t related
cbc.ca

Why We Still Can’t Read the Writing of the Ancient Indus Civilization
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Children Are Using Emoji for Digital-Age Language Learning
wired.com