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What If Air Conditioning Could Help Stop Climate Change Instead of Causing It?
citylab.com

Man vs. Beast: Inside India’s Hunt for a Man-Eating Tiger
vanityfair.com

The $5 Billion Army Camouflage That Failed to Hide its Soldiers
warhistoryonline.com

Dutch queen planned deal with Nazis to help rescue Belgian king
theguardian.com

Tech firm apologizes after job ad seeks ‘preferably Caucasian’ candidates
theguardian.com

Dark Matter Gets a Reprieve in New Analysis
quantamagazine.org

Indians Are Roasting Their Army for Posting ‘Evidence’ of a One-Footed Yeti on Twitter
gizmodo.com

Color-Changing LEDs Pave the Way to Impossibly High Screen Resolutions
gizmodo.com

Why these countries are building new capitals from scratch
qz.com

Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space
phys.org

These Ads Think They Know You
nytimes.com

Welcome To Titan, Saturn’s ‘Deranged’ Earth-Like Moon Beginning To Show Signs Of Life
forbes.com

She was captured and enslaved 400 years ago. Now Angela symbolizes a brutal history.
washingtonpost.com

Freddy the parrot makes it back to zoo after being stolen, shot and bitten by snake
theguardian.com

Who Killed Atlanta’s Children?
nytimes.com

The Meme Terrorists
theatlantic.com

The Grid Might Survive an Electromagnetic Pulse Just Fine
wired.com

How to Land a Plane in ‘Non-Normal’ Situations
wired.com • (see also)

Human Decomposition in Japanese Artwork
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

The Remarkable Story of a Woman Who Preserved Over 30 Years of TV History
atlasobscura.com

Busting the myth that depression doesn’t affect people in poor countries
theguardian.com

60 years ago, an Air Force pilot flew his B-47 bomber under a Michigan bridge
taskandpurpose.com

Learn about the history—and future—of the Japanese monarchy
nationalgeographic.com

As Nuclear Waste Piles Up, Private Companies Pitch New Ways To Store It
npr.org • (see also)

Health warning: social rejection doesn’t only hurt – it kills
aeon.co

Researchers Calculate Acquiring A Language Requires Learning 1.5 Megabytes Of Data
digest.bps.org.uk

Water Worlds Could Have Mind-Bogglingly Deep Oceans, New Models Suggest
gizmodo.com

Video: 911 Operators Have a Tough Job
theatlantic.com

Magma is the key to the moon’s makeup
phys.org

Slime molds display surprisingly complex decision-making behavior
scientificamerican.com

3,000 kg of garbage collected from Mt. Everest, as Nepal’s clean-up campaign gathers momentum
thehindu.com • (see also)

Diet capsules that swell in stomach could help weight loss
theguardian.com

How Technology Could Revolutionize Refugee Resettlement
theatlantic.com

The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence
thecut.com

How Non-Mammals “Nurse” Their Young
daily.jstor.org

Indonesia’s 2019 elections have killed over 270 electoral staff due to overwork, authorities say
abc.net.au

‘My Childhood in a Cult’
newyorker.com

The Hack That Created an Underground Market for Old Medical Devices
theatlantic.com

An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands
bbc.com

Non-thermal plasma: new technology could kill 99.9% of the deadly germs in the air
theconversation.com

Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts
theguardian.com

The Most Distant Object Ever Explored Is Lumpy. And Astronomers Don’t Know Why.
livescience.com

Five tricks of the senses
theguardian.com

Self-Driving Catheter Robot Navigates the Heart for Surgery
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Astrophysicists simulate the sounds of stars to reveal their secrets
phys.org

What China Wants in Outer Space
thecairoreview.com • Related

Tiny Scottish island bought by its community has big plans to bring people back for good
independent.co.uk

Easter Island Statues Are Being Threatened by Tourists Wanting Pictures of Themselves Picking Noses
newsweek.com • (see also)

Guantánamo Is Becoming a Nursing Home for Its Aging Terror Suspects
theatlantic.com

Ancient sculptors made magnetic figures from rocks struck by lightning
sciencenews.org

The shocking rise of lung cancer in non-smokers
theguardian.com

Scientists Think They’ve Solved the Mystery of a Giant Hole in Antarctica’s Sea Ice
earther.gizmodo.com

How To Crash Test a Million-Dollar Supercar
popularmechanics.com

Apartheid ended 25 years ago. How has South Africa changed?
nationalgeographic.com

This man went to court to prove his ‘cellphone’ was a hash brown. He won.
washingtonpost.com

How a viral image of breasts exposes science’s obsession with the male body
theguardian.com

One man wanted to change the raisin industry for the better. He got more than he bargained for.
nytimes.com

What ISIS Did to My Village
theatlantic.com

Sooner or Later Your Cousin’s DNA Is Going to Solve a Murder
nytimes.com

Rich guys are most likely to have no idea what they’re talking about, study suggests
washingtonpost.com • (see also)