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Even Huge Molecules Follow the Quantum World’s Bizarre Rules
wired.com

Industrial London’s Maternal Child Abductors
daily.jstor.org

Gloria Ramirez: The Toxic Lady
amusingplanet.com

The mysterious origins of an uncrackable video game
bbc.com

Memoirs of An International Jewel Thief
crimereads.com

Do DNA Databases Make Would-Be Criminals Think Twice?
undark.org

Daylight levels affect our thermal perception
phys.org

A pathbreaking surgeon prefers to do his cutting by remote control
newyorker.com

Wind Power: How the 19th-Century’s Greatest Shipbuilder Opened the Pacific
collectorsweekly.com

‘My Secret Life as a Mysterious Multimillionaire’s Personal Assistant’
narratively.com

Science history: Otto Yulyevich Schmidt, hero of Russia
cosmosmagazine.com

Experimental Brain Implant Restores Visual Perception to the Blind
scitechdaily.com

Cats, like children and dogs, develop attachments to their caregivers, study shows
phys.org

Atoms spin backward while flying along a surface
arstechnica.com

These ‘Strange’ Alien Planets May Be Made of Exotic Matter
space.com

Gallery: Where Theory Meets Chalk, Dust Flies
nytimes.com

Scientists prepare to drill for million-year-old ice in Antarctica
theguardian.com • (see also)

Mysterious Mineral from Earth’s Mantle Discovered in South African Diamond
livescience.com

What we lose when animals go extinct
nationalgeographic.com

If You Existed in Multiple Universes, How Would You Act In This One?
lithub.com • (see also)

Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower
wired.com

Germany’s tiny geographic oddity
bbc.com

Indonesia haze causes sky to turn blood red
bbc.com

Gallery: Dramatic photos of volcanoes in action around the world
nationalgeographic.com

Of Freud, 19th-Century Therapeutics, and Recumbent Posture
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Blast From the Past
foreignpolicy.com • (see also)

Astronomers watch six galaxies suddenly fire up into quasars
newatlas.com

From smashing tiles to driving sheds: the weird world of wacky record breakers
theguardian.com

My father was IBM’s first black software engineer. The racism he fought persists in the high-tech world today
latimes.com

Scientists Identify Neurons That Help the Brain Forget
nytimes.com

The Nepali Women Who Hike for Days to Deliver Birth Control
outsideonline.com

Russia Says It Will Keep Source of Hole (and Air Leak) on Soyuz Secret— But NASA Wants to Know: Report
livescience.com • (see also)

‘I stole a plane to get out of the Navy’
bbc.com

Venus Could Have Supported Life for Billions of Years
universetoday.com

She Quit Her Job. He Got Night Goggles. They Searched 57 Days for Their Dog.
nytimes.com

Blockbuster Could Have Bought Netflix for $50 Million but the CEO Thought It Was a Joke
inc.com

Are brain implants the future of thinking?
theguardian.com

40 years ago today a Vela satellite detected what appeared to be an atomic explosion
damninteresting.com

The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”
thedrive.com

Image: 81 megapixel shot of the moonrise a few days ago as it broke through the clouds
reddit.com • Direct link to image

Submerged ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ resurfaces following intense drought
theweathernetwork.com

‘We can find you anywhere’: the Chechen death squads stalking Europe
theguardian.com

Explorer, Eco-Warrior, Spy: The Battles of Jacques Cousteau
thedailybeast.com

How Vikings Went Into a Trancelike Rage Before Battle
wired.com • (see also)

How Mumbai’s Masalawaalis Make a Single Spice From 30 Ingredients
atlasobscura.com

A funeral for a spy monkey
bbcearth.com • (see also)

Losing an Inheritance Is Easy, Because Saying No Is Hard
nytimes.com

Why two million people signed up to storm Area 51
nationalgeographic.com

Spain’s Attempt to Atone for a 500-Year-Old Sin
theatlantic.com

The climate crisis explained in 10 charts
theguardian.com

Is It Possible to Cure the Desire for Revenge?
gen.medium.com • (see also)

Today you can wear a straw hat without fear of violence. It wasn’t always this way
thestar.com

Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures
news.mit.edu

Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office
nytimes.com

Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language
theconversation.com

‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Not Alone. More Mysteriously Dimming Objects Found.
livescience.com

The solar system is littered with the remains of crushed spacecraft
nytimes.com

Spacewatch: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 targets final asteroid landing
theguardian.com

Thanks to rare case from the past, doctor identifies the reason a patient’s blood was blue
wbaltv.com

Comet gateway discovered to inner solar system, may alter fundamental understanding of comet evolution
phys.org