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NASA twins study finds no red flags for long-term space travel
cosmosmagazine.com

How a Professional Gambler Broke Jeopardy!
wired.com

10 Things You Should Know About Planetary Defense
jpl.nasa.gov

The Weirdly Ornate Jars Designed Just for Precious Leeches
atlasobscura.com

A Horse’s-Eye View of the Civil War
daily.jstor.org

Step inside the hometown of the first human in space
nationalgeographic.com

Reconstructed Heath Robinson, precursor to the Colossus computer, unveiled
newatlas.com

6 of history’s strangest ever theories about outer space
historyextra.com

SpaceX lands all three Falcon Heavy rocket boosters for the first time ever
theverge.com

Football-Size ‘Bugs’ Feast on an Alligator in This Creepy Deep-Sea Video
livescience.com

The Weaponization Of The Electromagnetic Spectrum
forbes.com

Human Drugs Are Polluting the Water—And Animals Are Swimming in It
theatlantic.com

‘Mindreading’ neurons simulate decisions of social partners
eurekalert.org

Unique oil eating bacteria found in world’s deepest ocean trench
uea.ac.uk • (see also)

After a $14 Billion Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking
scientificamerican.com

Israel’s Beresheet Probe Crashes on the Moon
gizmodo.com

Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same.
nytimes.com

The Day They Nuked Mississippi (1964)
flashbak.com

Can atmospheric chemists rescue the stalled quest for a human pheromone?
sciencemag.org

Researchers observe formation of a magnetar 6.5 billion light years away
phys.org

Curiosity Tastes First Sample in ‘Clay-Bearing Unit’
jpl.nasa.gov

Gallery: From Earthrise to the black hole: astronomy’s most famous images
theguardian.com

‘Exquisitely Preserved’ Skin Impressions Found in Dinosaur Footprints
smithsonianmag.com

The Legend of Jacinto’s Gold: How Family Lore Sent Thousands of Dominicans on a Hunt for Riches
bloomberg.com

A Photo Visit to Mount Fanjing
theatlantic.com

Chandra Captures X-rays in Coordination with Event Horizon Telescope
chandra.harvard.edu

Nuclear fusion breakthrough breathes life into the overlooked Z-pinch approach
newatlas.com

Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter
technologyreview.com

Can changing the microbiome reverse lactose intolerance?
theconversation.com

New York’s first subway station opened in 1904 under City Hall with luxuries that today’s subway riders can hardly imagine
nytimes.com

The violent attack that turned a man into a maths genius
bbc.com

The Boy Missing an Entire Type of Brain Cells
theatlantic.com

Officers charged with gross misconduct after fining a woman for ‘wasting police time’ when she reported a stalker who went on to murder her
bbc.com

Baby with DNA from three people born in Greece
theguardian.com

Building the System/360 Mainframe Nearly Destroyed IBM
spectrum.ieee.org

The Twilight of Combustion Comes for Germany’s Empire of Engines
bloomberg.com

Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image
bbc.com

The First Detailed Study of How Mice Behave in Space Reveals Strange, Coordinated Zooming
gizmodo.com

How to Get Close to a Black Hole
nautil.us

Climate Chaos Is Coming — and the Pinkertons Are Ready
nytimes.com

What’s ONCE UPON A TIME in Tamil? Story Starters Around the World
bookriot.com

When Gut Bacteria Betray Their Hosts
theatlantic.com

Facts alone don’t sway anti-vaxxers. So what does?
usatoday.com

What the Sight of a Black Hole Means to a Black Hole Physicist
quantamagazine.org

An Ancient Human Species Lived in This Island Cave
nytimes.com

Fingerprints of Venus Transformation May Be Hidden in Plain Sight
space.com

The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News
newyorker.com

Allergy Season Is Getting Longer and Nastier Each Year
smithsonianmag.com

Newly identified bacteria feeds on methane in the atmosphere
newatlas.com

Study: Nearest exoplanets could host life
news.cornell.edu

‘Cthulhu’ fossil reconstruction reveals monstrous relative of modern sea cucumbers
phys.org

On the 500th anniversary of his death: Things you may not know about Leonardo da Vinci
theconversation.com

Filling a gap: the clandestine gang fixing Rome illegally
theguardian.com

She went to the hospital for an infection. Doctors found four bees living in her eye, eating her tears.
washingtonpost.com

‘Extraordinary’ 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time
theguardian.com

We’ve Seen a Black Hole Directly for the First Time
popularmechanics.com • More info

Aphantasia: Ex-Pixar chief Ed Catmull says ‘my mind’s eye is blind’
bbc.com

In India, the British Hyped Potatoes to Justify Colonialism
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

G.I. Joe: The Unknown History of a Real American Hero
popularmechanics.com

Copernicus’s revolutionary ideas reorganized the heavens
nationalgeographic.com