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On this day in 1960 humans first reached the deepest point in the ocean
damninteresting.com

The One Place on the Space Station Astronauts Aren’t Supposed to Clean
universetoday.com

Record-breaking laser link could provide test of Einstein’s theory
phys.org

Scientists Discover Origin of Rare ‘Blue Jets’ of Lightning
nerdist.com

Icelandic man receives world’s first double-arm-and-shoulder transplant
theguardian.com

Black, Deaf and Extremely Online
nytimes.com • (see also)

200,000 miles of Roman roads provided the framework for empire
nationalgeographic.com

Ask Ethan: If The Universe Stops Expanding, Will Time Run Backwards?
forbes.com

The Power of Kawaii: How Cute, Squishy Things Influence Us
wired.com

Boats emerge from Sahara sand to transport migrants to Spain
apnews.com

How Cognitive Bias Can Explain Post-Truth
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

World’s fastest RC aircraft hits a stunning 548 mph – without a motor
newatlas.com

On this day in 1968 North Korea seized the USS Pueblo and her crew
damninteresting.com

Saturn’s moon Titan estimated to have a sea at least 1000 feet deep
slashgear.com

Scientists might have figured out how to reverse aging in the brain
bgr.com

Video: Documenting America’s Underbelly – ALL GAS NO BRAKES [23:14]
youtube.com

Spaceplanes: The return of the reusable spacecraft?
bbc.com

Reviving exhausted T cells gets them back in the fight against cancer
newatlas.com

This week: Reviving the corpse flower, lasso snakes, pack-hunting eels, and more
damninteresting.com

The ‘Hollywood Con Queen’ Who Scammed Aspiring Stars Out of Hundreds of Thousands
vice.com

Remembering the night two atomic bombs fell—on North Carolina
nationalgeographic.com

The Mona Lisa Wasn’t Really That Famous Until It Was Stolen in 1911
crimereads.com

Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet
eurekalert.org

Royal Air Force Turned A Torpedo Bomber Into A Flying Flamethrower During World War II
thedrive.com

Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores
newatlas.com

“Hard Times Tokens” Were Not One Cent
daily.jstor.org • (see also)

Plant Cells of Different Species Can Swap Organelles
quantamagazine.org

Why you’re more creative in coffee shops
bbc.com

Is This a Fossilized Lair of the Dreaded Bobbit Worm?
wired.com • (see also)

When was money invented? Bronze Age study has the answer
inverse.com

Scientists set up mantis ‘gladiator matches’ to see why some males keep their heads after sex
livescience.com

Why Do We Assume Extraterrestrials Might Want to Visit Us?
scientificamerican.com

Duracell PowerCheck History: An Energizer of a Battery Patent Battle
tedium.co

Great blue herons are seeking safety by nesting beside predatory eagles. Researchers call it the “mafia protection racket”
hakaimagazine.com

Supercomputer Simulations Reveal the Power Inside a Supernova
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The Heroines of Halifax and The World’s Greatest Explosion
narratively.com • (see also)

Scientists confirm “Habsburg jaw” is the result of royal inbreeding
zmescience.com

Paleontologists may have found the largest dinosaur of all time
salon.com

Your Cat Isn’t Just Getting High Off Catnip
nytimes.com

Who Invented Chess and When Did it Start Being Played?
historyhit.com

How Americans secretly used Soviet aircraft
rbth.com

Humans could move to this floating asteroid belt colony in the next 15 years, astrophysicist says
livescience.com

Scientists Created Microscopic Mushroom Shapes for Quieter Velcro
gizmodo.com

The International Tempest Over the World’s Most Famous Teapot
thewalrus.ca

‘One of a kind’: calls to protect Alabama’s 60,000-year-old underwater forest
theguardian.com

A brief history of the inaugural ceremonies that set our traditions—and later broke them
nationalgeographic.com

Scientists have finally worked out how butterflies fly
cnn.com

Have We Already Been Visited by Aliens?
newyorker.com

New curio by Alan Bellows: It Makes One’s Head Swim
dam.mn

A reconstruction of the only fossilised dinosaur cloaca in existence may help illuminate how the prehistoric animals mated
newscientist.com

Scientists find amazing 5,000-year-old crystal dagger in Spain
zmescience.com

The definitive story of Wikipedia on its 20th anniversary
onezero.medium.com

A neutron-star crash spotted 3 years ago is still pumping out X-rays. But why?
space.com

Mexico archaeologists reveal tale of cannibalism and reprisal from conquest
theguardian.com

The Epic Hunt for One of the World’s Most Wanted Men
gq.com

How one musician took on the world’s biggest TV network over copyright—and won
arstechnica.com • (see also)

A German Klan in the Weimar Republic
daily.jstor.org

The Careful Work of Breathing Life Into the Corpse Flower
atlasobscura.com

13-foot-long ‘Book of the Dead’ scroll found in burial shaft in Egypt
livescience.com

A Bitter Archaeological Feud Over an Ancient Vision of the Cosmos
nytimes.com