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Inside Earth, Microbes Approach Immortality
blogs.scientificamerican.com

He Helped Jews Escape the Holocaust. He Died Unknown.
nytimes.com

Edward Gorey, the Father of Children’s Goth
theatlantic.com

Meet Gavin, the eight-year-old with a face shared more than 1bn times
theguardian.com

Expedition targets Shackleton’s lost ship
bbc.com

Tiny but tough: the tardigrades
theguardian.com

LGBT Navajos Discover Unexpected Champions: Their Grandparents
npr.org

The Enduring Fight Over the First Ironman Triathlon
nytimes.com

The coldest jobs in the world
theguardian.com

The 500-Year-Long Science Experiment
theatlantic.com

Do microbes control the formation of giant copper deposits?
phys.org

This metal is powering today’s technology—at what price?
nationalgeographic.com

‘Hangxiety’: why alcohol gives you a hangover and anxiety
theguardian.com

Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences
nytimes.com

A Child’s Puzzle Helped Uncover How Magnets Really Work
wired.com

A fading culture adapts to the changing times in this Arctic town
nationalgeographic.com

‘I predict a great revolution’: inside the struggle to define life
theguardian.com

This Is What Happens When You Drunkenly Swallow a Live Catfish
theatlantic.com

On this day in 1972 a flight attendant boarded the wrong flight
damninteresting.com

Saturn’s Biggest Moon Titan May Bake Its Own Atmosphere
space.com

Britain’s Gatwick Airport Is Experimenting With Robot Valets to Park Cars
jalopnik.com

NASA made airliners safer by blowing one up in 1984
qz.com

Spectacular Hubble Image Shows a Galaxy That Lost Its Spiral Arms
scitechdaily.com

A landscape unseen in over 40,000 years
phys.org

How Afghans Have Adapted to Life After Losing a Limb
nytimes.com

NASA Has a New Plan to Revive the Mars Rover Opportunity, as Time Runs Short
space.com

Australia’s Heard Island: A mysterious land of fire and ice
abc.net.au

British Aristocrat Accidentally Bought Stolen, 7th-Century Sculptures As ‘Garden Ornaments’
livescience.com

Study: People are strongly influenced by gossip even when it is explicitly untrustworthy
psypost.org

The pros and cons of placebo buttons
economist.com

The Bulletproof Coffee Founder Has Spent $1 Million in His Quest to Live to 180
menshealth.com

The business of kidnapping: inside the secret world of hostage negotiation
theguardian.com

The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis
daily.jstor.org

Geoscientists insist weather forecasting is more accurate than ever and could get even better
phys.org

Apollo Astronauts May Have Found the Oldest-Known Earth Rock on the Moon
livescience.com

Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl
nationalgeographic.com

20 years ago today a University of Texas physicist published a paper claiming to have invented a new kind of bomb from the element hafnium
damninteresting.com

Ghostly Galaxies Hint at Dark Matter Breakthrough
scientificamerican.com

Grave of explorer Matthew Flinders unearthed near London station
theguardian.com

When Modern Men Throw Ancient Weapons
theatlantic.com

Facebook knowingly duped game-playing kids and their parents out of money
revealnews.org

Google Chrome changes could ‘destroy’ ad-blockers
bbc.com

Image: New Horizons’ Newest and Best-Yet View of Ultima Thule
pluto.jhuapl.edu

How Gillette’s founder dreamed of a car-free, moneyless metropolis
theguardian.com

Research: Gender Pay Gaps Shrink When Companies Are Required to Disclose Them
hbr.org

When Rare Diseases Aren’t So Rare
sapiens.org

Two new studies show that gentle rocking can improve sleep and memory, even in adults
eurekalert.org

Scientists Are Teaching the Body to Accept New Organs
nytimes.com

Cooking with FOIA: The Soviet Army’s 1948 borscht recipe
muckrock.com

Is rain better than tap water for plants?
theconversation.com

How Black Holes Nearly Ruined Time
nautil.us

The Largest Alien Planet of TRAPPIST-1 Has an Atmosphere That Evolved Over Eons
space.com

Does America Still Need the Nuclear Triad?
popularmechanics.com

The European Space Agency wants to mine the moon for oxygen and water
technologyreview.com

Silent Mars Rover Opportunity Marks 15 Years on Red Planet in Bittersweet Anniversary
space.com

This Is What Happens When You Try to Sue Your Boss
bloomberg.com

Tiny-Headed, Ancient ‘Platypus’ with Stegosaurus Back Plates Unearthed
livescience.com

Forgotten man, forgotten disease—Aniru Conteh and the battle against Lassa fever
arstechnica.com

On training our own immune systems to attack cancer cells
blogs.scientificamerican.com • (see also)

Trapped in a hoax: survivors of conspiracy theories speak out
theguardian.com