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Meth, Murder, and Pirates: The Coder Who Became a Crime Boss
wired.com

Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy?
nytimes.com

A Mysterious Mold is Eating an 800-Year-Old Cathedral
mysteriousuniverse.org

The Secret History of a Vietnam War Airstrike Gone Terribly Wrong
nytimes.com

From Fruit Fly To Stink Eye: Searching For Anger’s Animal Roots
npr.org

Newborns can isolate words from speech
cosmosmagazine.com

Earth’s magnetic field nearly died during critical transition
arstechnica.com

A Starfish-Killing Disease Is Remaking the Oceans
theatlantic.com

Neanderthals and Denisovans Shared a Siberian Cave for Thousands of Years, New Research Suggests
gizmodo.com

Searching for Fortune With America’s Last Uranium Prospector
psmag.com

See Inside the Newly Renovated King Tut’s Tomb
gizmodo.com

Whopping big viruses prey on human gut bacteria
phys.org

How an Olympic Hopeful Robbed 26 Banks on His Bike
chicagomag.com

Henry Cotton: The Psychiatrist Who Tried to ‘Cure’ His Patients by Removing Their Teeth
amusingplanet.com

When Even the Greatest of Writers Grapples with Self-Doubt
lithub.com

Physicists Made a Flying Army of Laser Schrödinger’s Cats
livescience.com

We see contrast because our eyes are always moving
cosmosmagazine.com

New Species Of Shark Found In Fish Market
forbes.com

Vaccinating Mice May Finally Slow Lyme Disease
scientificamerican.com

Study shows how LSD interferes with brain’s signalling
theguardian.com

Seeking Superpowers in the Axolotl Genome
nytimes.com

A leading anthropologist suggests that protohumans became domesticated by killing off violent males
theatlantic.com

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.
nytimes.com

Bruce McArthur: Canadian landscaper admits eight murders
bbc.com

The Laws Of War Are Still Trying To Solve The Quandary Of Legal Nukes
theconcourse.deadspin.com

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