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Contagion’s Screenwriter on Watching His Movie Go Viral
slate.com

Astronomers Just Found More Than 100 Minor Planets at The Edge of Our Solar System
sciencealert.com

Ancient shell shows days were half-hour shorter 70 million years ago
news.agu.org

The Uncanny Keyboard
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Super-rich jet off to disaster bunkers amid coronavirus outbreak
theguardian.com

How Your Body Knows What Time It Is
nautil.us

Physicists solved decades-old puzzle with huge implications for quantum computers
zmescience.com

Our own Jennifer Lee Noonan has co-written a memoir with the legendary game designer Sid Meier!
sidmeiersmemoir.com

How China’s “Bat Woman” Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus
scientificamerican.com

Dr. Lise Meitner: The Mystery of the Disappearing Physicist
crimereads.com

It Could Rain Iron on This Hellish Exoplanet
gizmodo.com

Where have all the black cowboys gone?
theguardian.com

Ancient bird skull found in amber was tiny predator in the time of giant dinosaurs
theconversation.com

The end of high-tech war
technologyreview.com

The Biased Ways We Praise “Smart Kids”
thewalrus.ca

Egypt’s oldest pyramid reopens to public after 14-year restoration
abcnews.go.com

The Fraught and Risky Business of Spotting a Historical Fake
lithub.com

In an Italian Town, Red Wine Briefly Flowed From Faucets and Taps
atlasobscura.com

The Secret History of a Cold War Mastermind
wired.com

The spectacular failures and successes of massive dams
bbc.com

No Cell Signal, No Wi-Fi, No Problem. Growing Up Inside America’s ‘Quiet Zone’
nytimes.com

Memories of World War II bloodshed surface in a trek across India
nationalgeographic.com

Ancient Armadillo The Size Of A Car Discovered By Farmer In Argentina
geologypage.com

‘Cat Tracker’ study shows where pet cats go when they’re outside
nationalgeographic.com

Testosterone Is Widely and Wildly Misunderstood
realclearscience.com

Slime Mould Has Been Used to Recreate The Invisible Web Holding Our Universe Together
sciencealert.com

Your Brain Cells Jiggle With Every Heartbeat
discovermagazine.com

Last Meals on Death Row, a Peculiarly American Fascination
nytimes.com

What is the gegenschein?
earthsky.org

Long-lost bunker belonging to ‘Churchill’s secret army’ discovered in Scottish forest
livescience.com

How Long Could the World Run on Geothermal Power?
wired.com

The terrifying reality of actually living on Mars
cnet.com

Can We Bring Back Mammoths From Extinction? Probably Not
discovermagazine.com

Titan May Have a New Origin Story
popularmechanics.com

More Than Just a Trip: Why Does Ketamine Work for Depression When Nothing Else Does?
gizmodo.com

Pintle, Gudgeon, Chock: On the Rich, Wonderful (and Odd) Vocabulary of Sailing
lithub.com • (see also)

How this invasive snail could save your coffee from destruction
nationalgeographic.com

We May Have Finally Found a Chunk of Theia Buried Deep Inside The Moon
sciencealert.com • (see also)

How the killing of an abusive father by his daughters fuelled Russia’s culture wars
theguardian.com

Solved: The mystery of the expansion of the universe
phys.org

What one game show reveals about the American economy
economist.com

Astronomers report most distant blazar ever observed
phys.org

Photos: When Everyone Stays Home—Empty Public Spaces During Coronavirus
theatlantic.com

Research on soldier ants reveals that evolution can go in reverse
phys.org

How do birds dazzle with colour and stay camouflaged?
cosmosmagazine.com

How the Mathematical Conundrum Called the ‘Knapsack Problem’ Is All Around Us
smithsonianmag.com

New type of pulsating star discovered
phys.org

Machine Learning Takes On Antibiotic Resistance
quantamagazine.org

Amazon is secretly working on a cure for the common cold
cnbc.com

MIT trains robots to do chores by observing humans
slashgear.com

Dung beetles help rainforests regrow
theconversation.com

How Toothpaste Got Scientific Cred
daily.jstor.org

Ultra-Fast Genome Sequencing Could Save the Lives of Newborns
wired.com

Dressing for the Surveillance Age
newyorker.com

My Name-Twin Was Arrested for Robbery…and Everyone Thought It Was Me
narratively.com

How to escape the tyranny of the clock
bbc.com

This forgotten female mountaineer mapped the Grand Canyon
nationalgeographic.com

How TV and movies are seducing us to Mars
cnet.com

The Study of Human Anatomy and the Corpses of Vienna
daily.jstor.org

A History of Pizza
historytoday.com