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Have modern zoos really put their history behind them?
aeon.co

Dust cloud sparked explosion in primitive life on Earth, say scientists
theguardian.com

The Impact of Climate Change on Kivalina, Alaska
theatlantic.com

Semelparous organisms reproduce exactly once in a lifetime
daily.jstor.org

Giving birth two million years ago was ‘relatively easy’
bbc.com

The Hunt for the Serial Killer of Laredo
texasmonthly.com

Rome brought pomp and prosperity to this ancient outpost in Jordan
nationalgeographic.com

Something strange is happening to Greenland’s ice sheet
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

What we can learn from the world’s first computer bug
1843magazine.com

New hunt for dark matter: Physicists theorize a novel way to explore the nature of dark matter with lasers
phys.org

Why is it so hard to stop people dying from snakebite?
mosaicscience.com

Comet’s collapsing cliffs and bouncing boulders
esa.int

This One Experiment Reveals More About Reality Than Any Quantum Interpretation Ever Will
forbes.com

What Can Brain Scans Tell Us About Sex?
nytimes.com

Astronomers giddy about 2nd interstellar object in 2 years
axios.com

Are conspiracy theories on the rise in the US?
theconversation.com

We’re going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to deflect it
technologyreview.com

The People Vs. the Banks
laphamsquarterly.org

A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect
wired.com

What We Know About the Navy’s UFOs
popularmechanics.com

The Biggest Volcano on Jupiter’s Molten Moon Io Is Likely to Erupt at Any Moment
gizmodo.com

Unique anatomy sets giraffe apart in the animal kingdom
nationalgeographic.com

Devastated by Dorian: Photos From the Bahamas
theatlantic.com

New Giant Salamander Species Is the World’s Largest Amphibian
smithsonianmag.com

Computers and Humans ‘See’ Differently. Does It Matter?
quantamagazine.org

A neutron star almost too massive to exist
cosmosmagazine.com

How circling the globe has evolved in the 500 years since Magellan’s famous trip
sciencenews.org • (see also)

Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair
nytimes.com

Why you should avoid making decisions when you’re hungry
theguardian.com

An envelope, hidden in a wall for 100 years, helps solve a Winchester Mystery House riddle
sfgate.com • (see also)

There might be some problems when we try to make babies in space
massivesci.com

Where Does All the Plastic Go?
newyorker.com

On the Snarky Poem That Got Its Author Murdered
lithub.com

The Air Force Will Let Hackers Try to Hijack an Orbiting Satellite
wired.com

Meteor Burst Communication
amusingplanet.com • (see also)

We’re Much, Much Funnier Than We Used to Be
slate.com • (see also)

The major cities being designed without children in mind
bbc.com

Scientists are about to spend a year trapped in Arctic ice
nationalgeographic.com

Image: Juno spacecraft captures the shadow of Io on Jupiter
missionjuno.swri.edu

‘He’s a barbarian’: Māori tribe bans replica of Captain Cook’s ship from port
theguardian.com

Meet The Nuclear-Powered Self-Driving Drone NASA Is Sending To A Moon Of Saturn
npr.org

The Far Side trails ‘new online era’ for Gary Larson’s beloved cartoons
theguardian.com

New Interstellar Comet is ‘Very Red’, Initial Results Show
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Knives made of frozen feces don’t make the cut, disproving well-known legend
arstechnica.com

This Tech Could Completely Change How We Predict Volcanic Eruptions
popularmechanics.com

The huge US oil stash hidden in underground caves
bbc.com

This chicken has black bones, organs, and meat: Here’s why.
nationalgeographic.com

Who Speaks for Crazy Horse?
newyorker.com

Massive Collision Cracked Young Jupiter’s Core
eos.org

Dead Bodies Continue to Move for Over a Year, Forensic Scientists Discover
interestingengineering.com • (see also)

Origin-of-Life Study Points to Chemical Chimeras, Not RNA
quantamagazine.org

On this day in 1920 a deadly terrorist attack struck Wall Street in New York City
damninteresting.com

New observations help explain the dimming of Tabby’s Star
phys.org

What it was like to fly the baddest airplane the world has ever known
arstechnica.com

New Proof Solves 80-Year-Old Irrational Number Problem
scientificamerican.com

2019 ozone hole could be smallest in three decades
bbc.com

Study: The connection between video games and mass shootings isn’t just wrong—it’s racist
technologyreview.com

The oil industry vs. the electric car
politico.com

Not Only Didn’t We Find Water On An Earth-Like Exoplanet, But We Can’t With Current Technology
forbes.com

When Milton met Shakespeare: poet’s notes on Bard appear to have been found
theguardian.com