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Photos of the Dam Collapse Near Brumadinho, Brazil
theatlantic.com

The Newest Pictures of Asteroid Bennu Are Unreal
gizmodo.com

The Racism of 19th-Century Advertisements
daily.jstor.org

Scientists create super-thin ‘sheet’ that could charge our phones
theguardian.com

Study: ‘Bug bombs’ are ineffective killing roaches indoors
eurekalert.org

It’s time to start taking the search for E.T. seriously, astronomers say
sciencenews.org

The inside story of an improbable team of divers, a near-impossible plan and the rescue of 12 boys from a Thai cave
macleans.ca

Sewing Needles Reveal the Roots of Fashion
sapiens.org

New technology gives unprecedented look inside capillaries
eurekalert.org

The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in Law
newyorker.com

Missing-link in planet evolution found
phys.org

Operation Cobra: The untold story of how a CIA officer trained a network of agents who found the Soviet missiles in Cuba
news.yahoo.com

His brother gunned down 17 people. But he’s the only family Zach Cruz has left.
washingtonpost.com

The Oral History of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
popularmechanics.com

The Personal Toll of Whistle-Blowing
newyorker.com

Ancient giant burrowing bat found in New Zealand
cosmosmagazine.com

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