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Measles erases the immune system’s memory
sciencenews.org

Read Hundreds of Medical Case Files by Two 17th-Century Quacks
smithsonianmag.com

We Are Tenants on Our Own Devices
wired.com

Are We Reaching the End of Spacewalks?
popularmechanics.com

Viruses Can Scatter Their Genes Among Cells and Reassemble
quantamagazine.org

Tornadoes: The science behind the destruction
news.nationalgeographic.com

Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35 percent
cam.ac.uk • (~14 years ago)

10-Foot-Tall Stone Jars ‘Made by Giants’ Stored Human Bodies in Ancient Laos
livescience.com

Pluto Has a Buried Ocean — And So Might Many Other Worlds
space.com

African samurai: The enduring legacy of a black warrior in feudal Japan
cnn.com

New Coke Was a Debacle. It’s Coming Back. Blame Netflix.
nytimes.com • (see also)

Beyond the Hype of Lab-Grown Diamonds
earther.gizmodo.com

The Lavish Roman Banquet: A Calculated Display Of Debauchery And Power
npr.org

The man who is ageing too fast
mosaicscience.com

On this day in 1946 Dr. Louis Slotin was bitten by the nuclear dragon
damninteresting.com

Risks, rewards accompany speedier cleanup of closed nukes
apnews.com

Vietnam’s Ongoing Fight Against Agent Orange
spiegel.de

The NXIVM ‘Sex Cult’ Story Keeps Getting More Disturbing
vice.com

Simply elegant, Morse code marks 175 years and counting
theconversation.com • (see also)

A baby was mysteriously abandoned in an airport bathroom in 1986. Now he knows the truth.
washingtonpost.com

Florida Man: what lies behind the Sunshine State’s crazy stereotype?
theguardian.com

The Medieval Practices That Reshaped Europe’s Fish
theatlantic.com

How these cities became rat-free zones
bbc.com

How modern life exacerbates and rewards human vigilance and worry
aeon.co • (see also)

The Hidden Heroines of Chaos
quantamagazine.org

The New German Anti-Semitism
nytimes.com

Can Touching Fentanyl Really Kill You?
livescience.com

Moondust Could Cloud Our Lunar Ambitions
wired.com

The Politics of Humor
commonwealmagazine.org

Having a Library or Cafe Down the Block Could Change Your Life
citylab.com

How Dodge City Became The Ultimate Wild West
saturdayeveningpost.com

The Palestinian Sperm Smugglers
topic.com

Where The Algorithms Can’t Find You
fivethirtyeight.com

The Curious Cons of the Man Who Wouldn’t Die
gq.com

How the Danske Bank money-laundering scheme involving $230 billion unraveled [note: autoplay video]
cbsnews.com

Why This Fertility App’s First Scientific Study Is So Exciting
gizmodo.com

If The Universe Is a Simulation, Should You Care?
interestingengineering.com

The Next Wave of Immuno-Oncology
blogs.scientificamerican.com

When Chernobyl Blew, They Dumped Boron and Sand into the Breach. What Would We Do Today?
livescience.com

The Physics of Mississippi Flood Control
wired.com

Before plastic, rubber filled American homes
nationalgeographic.com

Giant dinosaurs may have tiptoed around like they were wearing high heels
newatlas.com

A school’s mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?
theguardian.com

Australian finds A$100,000 gold nugget using metal detector
bbc.com

Inside the Secret Dinners Where Congress Figures Out How to Stop a Nuclear Apocalypse
thedailybeast.com

The way we define kilograms, metres and seconds changes today
theconversation.com

Mini universes could be constantly exploding at every point in space
newscientist.com

‘Earthworm Dilemma’ Has Climate Scientists Racing to Keep Up
nytimes.com

‘I Make $1,000 a Week Writing Essays for Lazy Students’
vice.com

The New Secession
theatlantic.com

Can you trust your earliest childhood memories?
bbc.com

Archaeologists find DNA in a 10,000-year-old piece of chewing gum
arstechnica.com

35 years ago today an iconic episode of Press Your Luck was taped
damninteresting.com

TWA Takes Flight Again, Without Leaving the Ground
nymag.com

UN chief warns nuclear waste could be leaking into the Pacific
engadget.com • (see also)

Alex Jones’s Pepe the Frog Copyright Trial Will Help Decide Who Can Use Memes
vice.com

‘Botanical Sexism’ Could Be Behind Your Seasonal Allergies
atlasobscura.com

The universe may be a billion years younger than we thought.
nbcnews.com

Dark Secret: A 23-year murder mystery
interactives.stuff.co.nz

Scientists create the loudest possible sound
newatlas.com