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World’s rivers ‘awash with dangerous levels of antibiotics’
theguardian.com

On this day in 1962 a fire was lit that still burns today
damninteresting.com

Latest Arena for China’s Growing Global Ambitions: The Arctic
nytimes.com

Martha Gellhorn, The Only Woman Who Landed in Normandy on D-Day
amusingplanet.com

The forgotten history of Memorial Day
qz.com

Earth-buzzing comet found carrying “ocean-like” water
newatlas.com

The Smithsonian is digitizing political and military posters — 18,000 of them
washingtonpost.com

‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects
nytimes.com

Is the Great Red Spot Unraveling?
spaceweatherarchive.com

Video: The Atomic-Bomb Guinea Pigs: U.S. Veterans Break the Forced Silence
theatlantic.com

The ethical hackers taking the bugs to the bank
bbc.com

The butterfly effect: how one species’ miraculous comeback could save the planet
theguardian.com

‘It Was Like a Zoo:’ Death on an Unruly, Overcrowded Everest
nytimes.com

A Curious Sequence of Prime Numbers
blogs.scientificamerican.com

US cosmetics are full of chemicals banned by Europe – why?
theguardian.com

Fascinating study uncovers how we evolved to benefit from eating fermented food
newatlas.com

The man who made Einstein world-famous
bbc.com

Surgeon transforms amputees’ mobility by melding bone and metal
cbc.ca

Chinese researchers discover 300,000-year-old ancient human fossils
ecns.cn

The Lucrative Black Market in Human Fat
theatlantic.com

The Invisible City Beneath Paris
newyorker.com

In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc
nytimes.com

‘He didn’t destroy me. We carry on. He lost’: survivors of terror attacks look back
theguardian.com

A spectacular view of the SpaceX Starlink satellite train
sattrackcam.blogspot.com • (see also)

Scientists Map the Geometry of a Single Electron for the First Time
vice.com • (see also)

How computing’s first ‘killer app’ changed everything
bbc.com • (see also)

India’s Monkeys Keep Killing People, so Scientists Are Trying Radical New Sterilization Strategies
gizmodo.com

Stronger than aluminum, a heavily altered wood cools passively
arstechnica.com

Troubled treasure
science.sciencemag.org

No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
nytimes.com

What an Extinct Bird Re-Evolving Says About “Species”
nautil.us

A woman vanished 17 days ago hiking in a Maui forest. Then a search helicopter made a pass.
washingtonpost.com

Scientists spy on superbugs to see how they outsmart our antibiotics
latimes.com

The Day the National Guard Raided a Dorm in North Carolina
theatlantic.com

Anne Frank: the real story of the girl behind the diary
theguardian.com • Related

Engineer Unwittingly Trips Balls On LSD From The ’60s While Repairing Iconic Synth
theconcourse.deadspin.com

Prospecting for gold by looking for it in leaves has finally proved itself commercially in Australia
economist.com

Hal Laning: The Man You Didn’t Know Saved Apollo 11
blogs.discovermagazine.com

In 2020, NASA Will Send Living Things to Deep Space for First Time Since Apollo
space.com

‘Phenomenal’ 2,300-year-old bark shield found in Leicestershire
theguardian.com

Unsung Heros of WWII: The All-Female WASP Squad
messynessychic.com

Have nuclear weapons helped to maintain global peace?
historyextra.com

The Shoe Fitting Machines That Blasted You With Radiation
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

Why It’s So Hard to Predict Where a Tornado Will Strike
wired.com

Dollar stores moving to pull dangerous plastics from shelves
nationalgeographic.com

Watery ancient Venus could have been rendered uninhabitable by its own oceans
newatlas.com

Near-Sighted Kids of Martian Colonists Could Find Sex With Earth-Humans Deadly
inverse.com

Why scientists are putting a telescope on the bottom of the ocean
astronomy.com

Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health
theconversation.com

The human brain can’t contend with the vastness of online shopping
theatlantic.com

Yes, This Photo from Everest Is Real
outsideonline.com

Astronomers Spy Three Comets Circling a Nearby Star
gizmodo.com

Superconductivity near room temperature
nature.com

Plankton Haven’t Been the Same Since the Industrial Revolution
smithsonianmag.com

The personal trauma that lies behind Edvard Munch’s unnerving art
1843magazine.com

When a Fatal Grizzly Mauling Goes Viral
outsideonline.com

On the arsonist’s trail: inside Australia’s worst bushfire catastrophe
theguardian.com

Image: Boulders on Bennu
apod.nasa.gov

Equifax Is Finally Getting Kicked in the Money Bags Due to Its Disastrous 2017 Hack
gizmodo.com

Life amid an Ebola outbreak: Combating mistrust—and saving lives
nationalgeographic.com