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Minimum Wage Still Can’t Pay For A Two-Bedroom Apartment Anywhere
citylab.com

How France is persuading its citizens to get vaccinated
mosaicscience.com

From Two Bulls, 9 Million Dairy Cows
undark.org

Can you stop yourself being infected with other peoples’ desires?
aeon.co

How to Turn a Quantum Computer Into the Ultimate Randomness Generator
quantamagazine.org

Hypersonic Missiles Are Unstoppable. And They’re Starting a New Global Arms Race.
nytimes.com

Catch me if you can: The American smuggler who left Indian police red-faced twice in the 1960s
scroll.in

Scientists amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years early
reuters.com

“Perhaps We’re Being Dense.” Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers
lithub.com

So, Gutenberg Didn’t Actually Invent the Printing Press
lithub.com • (see also)

U.N. Reveals Contents of Secret Tape of Khashoggi’s Brutal Last Moments
thedailybeast.com

They welcomed a robot into their family, now they’re mourning its death
theverge.com

Incredible Rock-Eating Shipworm Is First Of Its Kind
blogs.discovermagazine.com

The rise of the only child: How America is coming around to the idea of ‘just one’
washingtonpost.com

Meet ‘The Natter,’ Nazi Germany’s Wooden Rocket Plane
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Photos: The Moods of Monument Valley
theatlantic.com

“Hulk”-like microorganisms in soil can survive high levels of gamma radiation
sciworthy.com

Boston Built a New Waterfront Just in Time for the Apocalypse
bloomberg.com

Drug screenings may be implemented at 2019 Burning Man
sfgate.com

Meet Australia’s New Sex-Changing Tomato: Solanum Plastisexum
nytimes.com

No, Black Holes Don’t Suck Everything Into Them
forbes.com

154 years ago this month, Sir Francis Galton published “Hereditary Talent and Character”, kicking off the eugenics movement
damninteresting.com

Women outperform men after Japan medical school stops rigging exam scores
theguardian.com

A spider ate a possum. The photos are the ‘stuff of nightmares.’
washingtonpost.com

Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
theatlantic.com

Why your emotions and senses go haywire on a plane
washingtonpost.com • (see also)

Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenth
theatlantic.com

‘Why do some people avoid news? Because they don’t trust us — or because they don’t think we add value to their lives?’
niemanlab.org

How to be a better tourist
bbc.com

Man caught smuggling dozens of live finches into New York inside hair rollers
theguardian.com

The Immortal Mind of the Archive
laphamsquarterly.org

Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose desperate working conditions
theverge.com

Video: A Year Along the Geostationary Orbit
vimeo.com

Video: The Movie That Accidentally Killed Almost Half Of Its Cast
youtube.com

Photograph lays bare reality of melting Greenland sea ice
theguardian.com

One of the World’s Most Ancient Cities Experienced Surprisingly Modern Problems
gizmodo.com

Why Global Population Growth Will Grind to a Halt by 2100
livescience.com

Where Are Your Boundaries?
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Closing In On a Non-sugar Sweetener — One Without a Weird Aftertaste
blogs.discovermagazine.com

What is the significance of Waterloo?
historyextra.com

‘They didn’t look old enough’: who filled a French art gallery with fakes?
theguardian.com

Cuttlefish Arms Are Not So Different From Yours
nytimes.com

Ethiopia’s Strange Volcanic Landscapes Are Irresistible to Scientists (and Tourists)
atlasobscura.com

Hyenas once stalked the Arctic, fossils reveal
nationalgeographic.com

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Takes Stunning Photo of Asteroid Bennu From Just 0.4 Miles Away
gizmodo.com

Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a nearby star
nationalgeographic.com

Gallery: Electric marvels in the age of enlightenment
wellcomecollection.org

The Surreal End of an American College
theatlantic.com

India’s city where people come to die
bbc.com

Reversible superglue proves strong enough to hold average man
theguardian.com

Gallery: A bridge made of grass
bbc.com

Dogs’ Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended Them
theatlantic.com

An AI Completes an Unfinished Composition 115 Years After Composers Death
vice.com • (see also)

Photo: New closeup of rocks on Mars from Curiosity rover
mars.jpl.nasa.gov

Scientists use sound to see around corners
sciencemag.org

First lung map uncovers new insights into asthma
medicalxpress.com

These Bizarre Parasites Garden Their Insect Hosts
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Fresh Crater Spied on Mars — and It Looks Spectacular
space.com

Is This The Most Massive Star In The Universe?
forbes.com

What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
theatlantic.com