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DNA scientist James Watson stripped of honors over views on race
theguardian.com

Dark Matter Behaves Differently in Dying Galaxies
livescience.com

Mutiny on the Sex Raft: how a 70s science project descended into violent chaos
theguardian.com

Can China grow a flower on the moon? The countdown begins
scmp.com

Russia’s Only Space Telescope Has Stopped Responding to Commands
futurism.com

“I Was Conned by a Real-Life Dirty John”
marieclaire.com

The inside story of how three unlikely allies won World War II
nationalgeographic.com

‘Raining spiders’: airborne arachnids appear over south-east Brazil
theguardian.com

A Third of All Galaxy Clusters Have Gone Unnoticed Until Now
blogs.discovermagazine.com

His Doughnuts Were Getting Really Popular. Then He Was Shot in the Face.
nytimes.com

Read the Scientific American article the government deemed too dangerous to publish
muckrock.com

Image: Tycho’s Supernova Remnant in X-ray
apod.nasa.gov

Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines
nytimes.com

‘I met the man who murdered my identical twin’
theguardian.com

Wonky Star Systems May Be Born That Way
astroengine.com

Why Physicists Are Hunting the Strangest of the Ghost Particles
livescience.com

How a Career Criminal Broke the Convict Code and Saved Himself
westword.com

Erupting Black Hole Shows Intriguing “Light Echoes”
scientificamerican.com

Physicists are on the hunt for a “theory of life” that explains why life can exist
physics.aps.org

Big Rachel: the shipyard worker called in to stop the Partick Riots
scotsman.com

Steam-propelled spacecraft prototype can theoretically explore celestial objects “forever”
phys.org

How China could dominate science
economist.com

German WW1 submarine emerges off French coast
bbc.com

‘Ku Klux Kiddies’: The KKK’s Little-Known Youth Movement
history.com

The bacteria in your gut may reveal your true age
sciencemag.org

Debussy’s Radical Search for Simplicity
theatlantic.com

Here’s the amazing footage of the Chang’e-4 landing on the far side of the Moon
gbtimes.com

Barnard’s Star Planet May Not Be Too Cold for Life After All
space.com

The plan to make artificial meteor showers
bbc.com

When Death was Women’s Business
daily.jstor.org

Nerve cells from people with autism grow unusually big and fast
sciencenews.org

Why we should be watching the sun, not the clock
theguardian.com

Giant pattern discovered in the clouds of planet Venus
global.jaxa.jp

How the right lighting could save the Mona Lisa
theconversation.com

Alien theories understandable after mysterious signals, say scientists
theguardian.com

Plants Can Hear Animals Using Their Flowers
theatlantic.com

Earth’s magnetic field is acting up and geologists don’t know why
nature.com

Good News From Mars: The InSight Lander Is on Track to Start Collecting Data Next Month
gizmodo.com

Jayme Closs Found Alive in Wisconsin Months After Parents’ Deaths
nytimes.com

Just When Space Feels Warm and Friendly, Politics Intervenes
theatlantic.com

Motown: The music that changed America
bbc.com

Maggots could be sent to Syria by UK to help clean wounds
theguardian.com

China’s spacecraft just took a panoramic shot of the Moon’s far side
qz.com • More info

Easter Island statues: mystery behind their location revealed
theguardian.com

Astronomers may have finally seen a star become a black hole
nationalgeographic.com

How an ancient cataclysm may have jump-started life on Earth
sciencemag.org

What Can One Nazi’s Act of Decency Teach Us about Good and Evil?
thewalrus.ca

Signals from space: Five theories on what they are
bbc.com

I Grew Up Believing My Grandfather Was a War Hero. Army Records Said Otherwise.
nytimes.com

This Huge Black Hole Is Spinning at Half the Speed of Light
space.com

Decapitated Skeletons, with Heads Between Their Legs, Unearthed in Roman Cemetery
livescience.com

How Silicon Valley is finally growing up (sort of)
nationalgeographic.com

Atmospheric Mystery on Saturn’s Largest Moon
blogs.scientificamerican.com

All aboard the Flat Earth cruise – just don’t tell them about nautical navigation
theguardian.com

How Cartographers for the U.S. Military Inadvertently Created a House of Horrors in South Africa
gizmodo.com

Research Details How Junk Food Companies Influence China’s Nutrition Policy
nytimes.com

The perils of short-termism: Civilisation’s greatest threat
bbc.com

Hallucinations and $100,000: the poker player who shut himself in a pitch-black room for weeks
theguardian.com

New study suggests ancient stars form crystal cores
newatlas.com

Ultrabright Quasar Lit Up the Early Universe
livescience.com