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A tiny pest helped stoke this year’s devastating wildfires
nationalgeographic.com

The Espionage Threat to U.S. Businesses
lawfareblog.com

Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade into Oblivion
hubblesite.org • Video

Photos: An Ancient Town Submerged—Hasankeyf Underwater
theatlantic.com

Toilet paper precursors, a brief history of pole-sitting, harassment via eBay, revival of the autopsy, moon radiation, the unlikely romance of wasps and figs
damninteresting.com

Decapitated and dismembered skeletons reveal lost Iron Age massacre
livescience.com

A Rogue Earth-Mass Planet Has Been Discovered Freely Floating in the Milky Way Without a Star
universetoday.com

Ancient Humans’ Eyes Were Nearly Black. Future Humans Could Have All New Colors
realclearscience.com

At the Edge of Time, a Litter of Galactic Puppies
nytimes.com

The world’s southernmost tree hangs on in one of the windiest places on Earth
theconversation.com • (see also)

Greyhound racing in the U.S. is coming to an end
nationalgeographic.com

How the Mercury 13 Fought to Get Women in Space
daily.jstor.org

Virtually Blind Mole-Rats Use Their Eyes to ‘See’ Magnetic Fields, Experiment Shows
sciencealert.com • (see also)

There’s too much gold in the universe. No one knows where it came from.
livescience.com

A journey through slime
wellcomecollection.org

Stellar explosion in Earth’s proximity
phys.org

On this day in 1769 Isabel Godin headed into the Amazon jungle to seek out her long-lost husband
damninteresting.com

A shocking crime spree, a surprising culprit: How a Minnesota grandmother became a killer.
magazine.atavist.com

Polar bear attacks military helicopter in Canada: “First time anybody has encountered this”
newsweek.com

A Fuller Picture of Artemisia Gentileschi
newyorker.com • (see also)

Revolutionary archaeology reveals the deepest possible Anthropocene
aeon.co

Alchemy Arrives in a Burst of Light
quantamagazine.org

Paramedics Test Jetpack For Daring Mountain Rescues
futurism.com

Irish Court Says Subway Bread Is Too Sugary to Be Called ‘Bread’
foodandwine.com

Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language
bbc.com

The Great Lakes are filled to their brims, with no signs of receding
physicstoday.scitation.org

How one man spent 34 years in prison after setting fire to a pair of curtains
theguardian.com

A New Tool for Detecting Deepfakes Looks for What Isn’t There: an Invisible Pulse
gizmodo.com

The Strange Surface of Ceres
physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com

Maybe Volcanoes Could Explain the Phosphine in Venus’ Atmosphere
universetoday.com

The grim truth behind eyewitness accounts of sea serpents
nature.com

Earth lost 60 per cent of its atmosphere during asteroid impact
sciencefocus.com

How NASA’s New Telescope Will Help Astronomers Discover Free-Floating Worlds
smithsonianmag.com

Supermassive Black Holes Might Really Be ‘Traversable’ Wormholes, Astrophysicists Suggest
vice.com

“Lovers make the easiest marks”: Profile of a romance scammer
torontolife.com

Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in the universe
phys.org

How you perceive time may depend on your income
nationalgeographic.co.uk

How a Secret Map Brought Down a Pirate Alliance on the Irish Coast
atlasobscura.com

Why you can ‘hear’ words inside your head
bbc.com

Our computers are limited by their rock-based architecture
massivesci.com

First Fossil Feather Ever Found Belonged to This Dinosaur
nytimes.com

Escaping through a predator’s butt is a common strategy for prey
massivesci.com

On this day in 1957, a radioactive cooling tank exploded at Russia’s Chelyabinsk-40 facility
damninteresting.com

Horrified Scientists Watch Snakes Feasting on the Organs of Living Toads
gizmodo.com

The crypto millionaire that acquired BitTorrent—and waded into the trade war
theverge.com

The chilling experiment which created the first vaccine
bbc.com

The Archaeologists Who Unlocked Cold War Spy Photos of Israel
atlasobscura.com

Video: The problem with the U.S. bail system [6:29]
youtube.com

Stolen lives: The harrowing story of two girls sold into sexual slavery
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: Wildfires Burn Through California’s Wine Country
theatlantic.com

Are we living at the ‘hinge of history’?
bbc.com

Did a migrating Jupiter turn Venus into hell?
space.com

The Cyber-Avengers Protecting Hospitals From Ransomware
wired.com

New Mars rover is ready for space lasers
phys.org

Scientists create ‘super enzyme’ that eats plastic bottles six times faster
cnn.com

Parrots removed from UK family safari park after teaching each other to swear – and laughing about it
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories
thewalrus.ca

Inside the airline industry’s meltdown
theguardian.com

Quantum entanglement realized between distant large objects
phys.org

First study with exoplanet satellite data describes one of the most extreme planets in the universe
phys.org