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New Studies Warn of Cataclysmic Solar Superstorms
scientificamerican.com • (see also)

A year trapped in Arctic ice for climate science
esa.int

Teenager’s Diary Offers Window Into Life Under Soviets and Nazis
nytimes.com

A revenge-seeking fitness expert created 369 fake Instagram accounts and staged a kidnapping
sfgate.com

The Last Manson Mystery
rollingstone.com

Einstein’s Theory Predicts a Weird State of Matter. Could It Be Lurking in the World’s Largest Atom Smasher?
livescience.com

Video: A simulation for a plausible escalating nuclear war between the United States and Russia [4:18]
youtube.com

How Google Changed the Secretive Market for the Most Dangerous Hacks in the World
vice.com

Gallery: The Undertaker Village of Paris: Then & Now
messynessychic.com

British man returns to Yukon to drink famous cocktail featuring his amputated toe
thestar.com

‘I ‘stormed’ Area 51 and it was even weirder than I imagined’
theguardian.com

Renewed Violence in Colombia: A Visit to FARC’s Jungle Lair
spiegel.de

The Advance of Designer Viruses in Agriculture
spiegel.de

The Air Force Is Deploying Its First Drone-Killing Microwave Weapon
popularmechanics.com

Fidel’s Cuba is long gone
theconversation.com

Woman discovers Renaissance masterpiece in her kitchen
theguardian.com

Hubble Showcases New Portrait of Jupiter
sci.esa.int

The Dark Side of Light
theatlantic.com

Video: NASA’s Guide To Black Hole Safety [2:39]
youtube.com

Image: Sand Dunes Thawing on Mars
apod.nasa.gov

The girl in the box: the mysterious crime that shocked Germany
theguardian.com

Image: Gorgeous new hi-res image of Mars from the cloud-covered north pole to the cratered terrain in the south
esa.int

Troops Could Have Night Vision Injected Into Their Eyes
popularmechanics.com

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