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The Microscopic Majesty of Sugars, Salts, and Spices
atlasobscura.com

How a sophisticated text-generation AI posed as a human on AskReddit for a week
kmeme.com

On this day in 1871 one of the most horrific fires in history went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world
damninteresting.com

There’s a gene for detecting that fishy smell, olfactory GWAS shows
medicalxpress.com

Video: Tour of Asteroid Bennu [4:53]
youtube.com

Gallery: The world’s most beautiful but dangerous creatures
sciencefocus.com

Feds charge six men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
cnn.com

Scientists Are Finding a Ton of New and Mysterious Craters on Mars
vice.com

American-Made Spy Boat on Secret Mission Washes Up in Scotland
popularmechanics.com

She Was Afraid of Her Lawyer. Then the Text Messages Started.
propublica.org

A man fell to his death while taking pictures on a cliff in Arizona. Authorities discovered other remains while recovering his body
edition.cnn.com

Experiencing physical pain can cause you to overspend
theconversation.com

When Royals Perfumed Themselves with the Excretions of Musk Deer and Civet Cats
daily.jstor.org

How Do People Become Pro-Social Psychopaths?
realclearscience.com

Before plants or animals existed, this 250,000-ton rock fell in the mud. Here’s how we know
nationalgeographic.com

Why Doesn’t the Earth Have a Bunch of Mini Moons?
wired.com

Astronomers find evidence planets start to form while infant stars are still growing
phys.org

What Happened to South America’s Missing Mega-Mammals?
nytimes.com

The Elusive Peril of Space Junk
newyorker.com

Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland
publicdomainreview.org

Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
theguardian.com

The fear of becoming a meal is a powerful evolutionary force that shapes brains, behaviour and entire ecosystems
aeon.co

How a balloon flying over Antarctica made parallel universes tabloid fodder
massivesci.com

On this day in 1959 NASA began running tests on a secret flying saucer
damninteresting.com

The wreck of the WWII steamship Karlsruhe may hold lost Russian treasure
arstechnica.com

Why Do Mirrors Flip Things Horizontally But Not Vertically? Here’s The Physics
sciencealert.com

The discovery of a new taste cell deepens our understanding of this complex and adaptive sensory system
neo.life

India’s warrior queen didn’t back down from the British
nationalgeographic.com

The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer
hakaimagazine.com

The Indian megacity digging a million wells
bbc.com

On this day in 1957 a fire quietly started in the Windscale Nuclear plant
damninteresting.com

How the ‘right stuff’ to be an astronaut has changed over the years
nationalgeographic.com

Photos: Deadly Flooding in Southeastern France
theatlantic.com

Work, Float, Eat, Dream: Life on the International Space Station
airspacemag.com

Remote learning isn’t new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic
theconversation.com

The Air Leak on the International Space Station is Worse Than Previously Believed
universetoday.com

This Socialite Hated Washing Dishes So Much That She Invented the Automated Dishwasher
spectrum.ieee.org

A Woman Accidentally Swallowed a Fish Bone and It Pierced Her Aorta
realclearscience.com

The ‘Star Trek’ Saga: How the Starship Enterprise Almost Landed in Las Vegas
hollywoodreporter.com

The Quantum Internet Will Blow Your Mind. Here’s What It Will Look Like
discovermagazine.com

Nature’s Toxic Gifts: The Deadly Story of Poison
popularmechanics.com

Asbestos could be a powerful weapon against climate change (you read that right)
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Grapefruit Is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet
atlasobscura.com

The UK’s rumoured subterranean network
bbc.com

Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog
gizmodo.com

The economics of vending machines
thehustle.co

What would the world do without GPS?
bbc.com

A Thousand Years Before Darwin, Islamic Scholars Were Writing About Natural Selection
vice.com

Archaeologists unearth remains believed to be of Anglo-Saxon warlord
theguardian.com

Neutrino Detectors Could Be Used to Spot Nuclear Rogues
wired.com

Carina Nebula’s wild tendrils star in extraordinary image of stars being born
cnet.com

NASA is testing the first of its new moonwalking spacesuits
space.com

Venice holds back the water for first time in 1,200 years
cnn.com

The Catch: The rescue of two children from a burning apartment in Grenoble, southern France, captivated the world
bbc.co.uk

The Beatles’ “Carnival of Light” Has Never Seen Daylight
culturesonar.com

Watch an Airplane Make This Battleship ‘Disappear’ in Nearly 100-Year-Old Video
popularmechanics.com

California Has Its First ‘Gigafire’ in Modern History
earther.gizmodo.com

Precariously balanced rocks offer clues about future earthquake risk
newatlas.com

Gallery: Winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year award
cupoty.com

The ecological impact of fences
cosmosmagazine.com