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Video: Why “No Problem” Can Seem Rude: Phatic Expressions
youtube.com

Dead planets can ‘broadcast’ for up to a billion years
phys.org • (see also)

Scientist Says Bread He Baked From 4,500 Year-Old Yeast Is Delicious
vice.com

The Science Behind Your Inexplicable Food Cravings
blogs.discovermagazine.com

How Mosquitoes Changed Everything
newyorker.com

The Weird, Dark History of 8chan
wired.com

LightSail 2, Pushed by Sunlight, Raises Its Orbit by 10,500 Feet in Just Two Weeks
gizmodo.com

The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves
nytimes.com • (see also)

He was shot while driving home from vacation. The trail went cold, until a couple realized they were the target.
washingtonpost.com

This toddler-size parrot was a prehistoric oddity
nationalgeographic.com

A man who went to the hospital for a routine bladder procedure was “mistakenly circumcised”
bbc.com

The ‘warspeak’ permeating everyday language puts us all in the trenches
theconversation.com

“Clock-like” Neurons Discovered At Last?
blogs.discovermagazine.com

A Submarine Goes Under a Failing Glacier to Gauge Rising Seas
wired.com

Oil built Saudi Arabia – will a lack of water destroy it?
theguardian.com

Gallery: The aphrodisiac apothecary
wellcomecollection.org

You have more in common with a psychopath than you realise
aeon.co

This ‘pretender princess’ tried to steal Catherine the Great’s throne
nationalgeographic.com

Docs Show Navy Got ‘UFO’ Patent Granted By Warning Of Similar Chinese Tech Advances
thedrive.com

‘They are together, they are equal’: the agonising choice facing father of conjoined twins
theguardian.com

Space travel might fry your brain, causing permanent learning and memory problems
theconversation.com

Why we like what we like: A scientist’s surprising findings
nationalgeographic.com

Study: Children notice everything
news.osu.edu

Japan successfully tests flying car which hovers steadily for a minute
news.sky.com

A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon
wired.com

Ancient Maya practiced ‘total war’ well before climate stress
nationalgeographic.com

Nutrient deficiencies in rice grown under higher carbon dioxide could elevate health risks for tens of millions
phys.org

How the television transformed our homes
curbed.com

Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat
nationalgeographic.com

The Hunt Is On for Alpha Centauri’s Planets
scientificamerican.com

On this day in 1931 the Nautilus set off for the North Pole
damninteresting.com

Astronomers Have Found a Record-Breaking Star That’s Nearly as Old as The Universe
sciencealert.com

How Much Traffic Do Uber and Lyft Cause?
citylab.com

A Brief Compendium of Medical Quackery
messynessychic.com

New medical procedure could delay menopause by 20 years
theguardian.com

A brief history of extremism – from ancient Rome to al Qaeda
historyextra.com

The 40-Foot Studebaker President
amusingplanet.com

Video: Uranium emitting ionizing radiation in a cloud chamber
i.imgur.com

The Psychiatric ‘Wonder Drug’ That Almost No One Is Using
vice.com

To Cheat and Lie in L.A.: How the College-Admissions Scandal Ensnared the Richest Families in Southern California
vanityfair.com

‘I don’t smell!’ Meet the people who have stopped washing
theguardian.com

8chan, Megaphone for Gunmen, Has Gone Dark. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator.
nytimes.com

Manet’s Last Years: A Radical Embrace of Beauty
nytimes.com

When ‘Poor Little Rich Girl’ Gloria Vanderbilt Mesmerized The Nation
forbes.com

Focus: Light Seems to Pull Electrons Backward
physics.aps.org

Could we unleash microbes to mine asteroids?
astronomy.com

Rumors of a Dark Universe
apod.nasa.gov

A pig kidnapping highlights the concerns over antibiotics in livestock
nytimes.com

We don’t know what gravity is
washingtonpost.com

The Crash of Turkish Airlines flight 1951
medium.com

Experience: ‘I had a double hand transplant’
theguardian.com

This Is Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Study Pain
psmag.com

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Green River’ At 50: NPR’s Essential Guide To Early CCR
npr.org

The woman who rose from refugee to president
bbc.com

Russian Land of Permafrost and Mammoths Is Thawing
nytimes.com

Innocence lost: what did you do before the internet?
theguardian.com

The Day That Obsessed Adolf Hitler
thedailybeast.com

From a wrongful arrest to a life-saving romance: the typos that have changed people’s lives
theguardian.com

A 19th-Century Catfishing Scheme
daily.jstor.org

The Snakes That Ate Florida
smithsonianmag.com