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Ability to detect directional gaze is not unique to humans
phys.org

A New Lake Grows in Kilaeua Caldera
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Teen’s Junk Food Diet Caused Him to Go Blind, Doctors Say
livescience.com

Europe and US teaming up for asteroid deflection
esa.int

The science of senolytics: how a new pill could spell the end of ageing
theguardian.com

How Two Sisters Pulled Off a Daring Escape From Saudi Arabia
vice.com

Some Vaccine Doubters Swayed by Outbreaks
uidaho.edu

Earth’s “fingerprint” could one day help us find a habitable exoplanet
technologyreview.com

The Hidden Science of Elevators
popularmechanics.com

xkcd’s Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)
wired.com • (see also)

What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers
hbr.org

160 years ago today the Earth was struck by the most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history
damninteresting.com

Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier
topgear.com

The Price of Self-Delusion
the-american-interest.com

The Secret Story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s Last Tango
thedailybeast.com

How Not to Get Away With Murder
dmagazine.com

Fixing the Flaws in Animal Research
the-scientist.com

Cutting Edge AI Learns to Model Our Universe
scitechdaily.com

Video: Jetpack: British inventor flies letter to Isle of Wight
bbc.com • (see also)

A Love Letter to the Last Planet
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Identified: Three Oklahoma teens missing 40 years, found at the bottom of a lake
washingtonpost.com

Shelved: Van Morrison’s Contractual Obligation Album
longreads.com

China’s Loyal Wingman Drone Flies Alongside Manned Fighters
popularmechanics.com

These Researchers Want to Run a Cable From the Earth to the Moon
futurism.com • (see also)

The Dawn of WWII, According to the Chief of British Secret Intelligence
daily.jstor.org

Why you should think about being a good ancestor
ideas.ted.com

The Mysterious Vaping Illness That’s ‘Becoming an Epidemic’
nytimes.com

A Dutch gallerist made thousands of forgeries and passed them off as the work of real artists. When he was caught, a new con began.
magazine.atavist.com

How Big Is the Universe?
livescience.com

A water tunnel, 1,036 meters long, excavated through a mountain on the Greek island of Samos in the sixth century B.C.
fermatslibrary.com

The International Space Station Is More Valuable Than Many People Realize
blogs.scientificamerican.com

Scientists discover evidence for past high-level sea rise
phys.org

The Rise of the ‘One-and-Done’ Family
parents.com

Cormac McCarthy’s Three Punctuation Rules, and How They All Go Back to James Joyce
openculture.com

A Very Fast, Very Safe, Very SLIMM Nuclear Reactor
forbes.com

Waiting for the Monsoon, Discovering a Brain Tumor Instead
nytimes.com

The world’s most advanced nanotube computer may keep Moore’s Law alive
technologyreview.com

The greatest threat to life on Earth may come from space
theguardian.com

The frighteningly simple technique that hijacked Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account
theverge.com

The Mad Beach Party of 1923
messynessychic.com

80 years ago today Nazi SS agents took over Polish radio stations to broadcast fake anti-German sentiments
damninteresting.com

The Government Needs Your Help Finding Sketchy Underground Tunnels
popularmechanics.com

How Colonialism Shaped Body Shaming
daily.jstor.org

Flying Aircraft Carriers
amusingplanet.com

Possible Detection of a Black Hole So Big It ‘Should Not Exist’
quantamagazine.org

Archaeology of the 99%
knowablemagazine.org

When Royalty, Scientists, and Gardeners All Wanted Fake Fruit
atlasobscura.com

Scientists discover way to ‘grow’ tooth enamel
theguardian.com

Why Soviets Sent Dogs to Space While Americans Used Primates
theatlantic.com

Forget single genes: CRISPR now cuts and splices whole chromosomes
sciencemag.org

See the Final Stages of a Star’s Life via the Hubble Space Telescope
scitechdaily.com

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover has discovered an unusually colored, ‘gel-like’ substance on the far side of the moon
space.com • (see also)

Trapping the Tiniest Sound
scientificamerican.com

Climate change is bad for the planet, but groundbreaking for archeology
qz.com

Glowing gold reveals stellar explosion as a rare kilonova
newatlas.com

In the Age of the Psychonauts
longreads.com

Are Dark Photons the Secret ‘Fifth Force’ Holding Our Universe Together?
livescience.com

What It’s Like To Use LA’s Singing, Self-Cleaning, Automated Park Restroom
laist.com

From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how the prison economy works
theguardian.com

Northern Lights In The U.S. This Weekend? Dramatic Geomagnetic Storm Predicted As Milky Way Peaks
forbes.com