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NASA unveils ‘the most powerful rocket ever built’
engadget.com

Scar of Bikini A-bomb test still visible
bbc.com

The Lie That Helped Build Nintendo
ign.com

Dummies in police uniforms ‘control’ city traffic
bbc.com

New Zealand helicopter pilot describes horror of volcano rescue
theguardian.com • More info

On the science of annoyance
nationalgeographic.com • (see also)

What’s creating thousands of craters off the California coast?
sciencemag.org

Why the Laws of Physics Are Inevitable
quantamagazine.org

How playing the drums changes the brain
neurosciencenews.com

Mark Starr’s family thought he was thriving in a new city. The truth was far darker
theguardian.com

Legends of the northern lights: From superpowers to chopping off heads
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

When Tobacco Companies Used Doctors to Sell Cigarettes
flashbak.com

Stunning Warrior Grave — Complete with Chariot, Horses — Uncovered in England
livescience.com

Robotic junk collector will be first mission to remove item of debris from orbit
theguardian.com

What Aircraft Crews Know About Managing High-Pressure Situations
hbr.org • (see also)

The Assassination of Thomas Doughty by the Brigand Sir Francis Drake
crimereads.com • (see also)

A Great Wave of Hokusai
smithsonianmag.com • (see also)

From their balloons, the first aeronauts transformed our view of the world
theconversation.com

Bullets That Killed President Kennedy to Be Released as 3D Scans
paleofuture.gizmodo.com

On this day in 1921 a chronically catastrophic chemist developed leaded gasoline
damninteresting.com

How Russian Agents Hunt Down Kremlin Opponents in Europe
spiegel.de

Scientists Crack Longest, Most Complex Encryption Key Ever
popularmechanics.com

How Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Got Its Freaky ‘Tiger Stripes’
gizmodo.com

Nicolas Bourbaki: The greatest mathematician who never was
theconversation.com

Lessons From a Teenage Cyborg
wired.com

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String
lithub.com

CRISPR-resistant viruses build ‘safe rooms’ to shield genomes from DNA-dicing enzymes
phys.org

The Long-Forgotten Vigilante Murders of the San Luis Valley
5280.com

Study: People misremember numerical facts to fit their biases
eurekalert.org

Someone ate a $120,000 banana that an artist had taped to a wall
cnn.com

How robocalls became America’s most prevalent crime
theweek.com

New Zealand volcano: ‘No sign of life’ after White Island eruption
bbc.com • Photos

When Mental Illness Becomes a Jail Sentence
theatlantic.com

Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed
newscientist.com

He won hockey gold, then became a motivational speaker. But Paul Rosen’s dark secrets nearly killed him
thespec.com

New York’s high-rise jails: what could go wrong?
theguardian.com

Video: An Antidote to Dissatisfaction [10:00]
youtube.com

Video: Relative rotation rates of the planets cast to a single sphere [0:20]
reddit.com

A US town only reached through Canada
bbc.com

Austria struggles with marauding Krampus demons gone rogue
theguardian.com

Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later. He Had One Question.
nytimes.com

‘Don’t mess with us’: Family of the ‘Cat Lady’ seeks justice in Muskoka mystery of missing seniors
cbc.ca

Uncovered details behind the shooting and death of Michel Vieanneau
newsinteractives.cbc.ca

When a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away
nytimes.com

Why We Get Nostalgic About Junk Food
thewalrus.ca

One man’s 10-year experiment to record every moment
bbc.com

Black holes formed from dark matter could be making dead stars explode
newscientist.com

Colored Micrographs Magnify Pollen Seeds, Plant Cells, and Leaf Structures in Photographs by Rob Kesseler
thisiscolossal.com

On this day in 1941 a Japanese fighter pilot crash landed on the sparsely populated Hawaiian island of Niihau
damninteresting.com

Suspect swallows poison after verdict in French murder case
france24.com

Remembrance Lake: In Japan, an intimate reminder of climate change
reuters.com

Billionaires only, please! London vault for the ultra-rich opens
theguardian.com

The Man Who Predicted Nazi Germany
nytimes.com

Our Bodies Age in Three Distinct Shifts, According to More Than 4,000 Blood Tests
sciencealert.com

The dark side of electronic waste recycling
theverge.com

Victoria Falls dries to a trickle after worst drought in a century
theguardian.com

Buyer beware of this $1 million gene therapy for aging
technologyreview.com

Two pigs engineered to have monkey cells born in China
newscientist.com

Drivers Refuse to Put Down Their Phones. People Keep Dying.
bloomberg.com

New kind of alien ‘mineral’ created on Earth
nationalgeographic.com