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India’s town that’s too wet for the British
bbc.com

NASA astronaut reacts to ‘spiders’ on the ISS
cnet.com

The hydrogen economy is about to get weird
arstechnica.com

Video: The method that can “prove” almost anything [5:05]
youtube.com

To Be Popular You Must Already Be Popular: On the Dangers of the Bandwagon Effect
lithub.com

Why Did the Maya Abandon Their Once-Bustling Cities?
discovermagazine.com

Environmental impact of bottled water ‘up to 3,500 times greater than tap water’
theguardian.com

The Mysterious Street Snack That Has Baffled Botanists for Decades
atlasobscura.com

Why Even the Fastest Human Can’t Outrun Your House Cat
wired.com

NASA Curiosity Rover Celebrates Its Ninth Year on Mars Today
autoevolution.com

How giraffes deal with sky-high blood pressure
bbc.com

‘How injury changed my brain’
wellcomecollection.org

Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse
theguardian.com

These Algorithms Look at X-Rays—and Somehow Detect Your Race
wired.com

Detailed look at earliest moments of supernova explosion
phys.org

Astronomers Find Small Rocky Planet – Just Half the Mass of Venus
scitechdaily.com

Video: Why Hitler Was Obsessed With Iceland [13:11]
youtube.com

Long-Lost Fragment of Stonehenge Gives Unprecedented Glimpse Inside Ancient Monument
sciencealert.com

Why do helical seashells resemble spiraling galaxies and the human heart?
publicdomainreview.org

90 years ago today an antiquated submarine set out for the north pole
damninteresting.com

The Doris Duke Cold Case Reopens: The Only Known Eyewitness Speaks for the First Time
vanityfair.com

Neither Star nor Planet: A Strange Brown Dwarf Puzzles Astronomers
quantamagazine.org

Mistaken Identity Sends Wrong Man to Mental Hospital for Two Years
people.com

How Galois Groups Used Polynomial Symmetries to Reshape Math
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history – new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo
theconversation.com

Blood pressure “barometer” cells discovered in the kidney
newatlas.com

Rock varnish, the thin, dark coating on rocks’ surfaces, is an indicator of life
massivesci.com

Alien Dreams: The Surprisingly Long History of Speculation About Extraterrestrials
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • (see also)

One Hundred Years Ago, Northern Ireland’s ‘Unholy War’ Resulted in a Deadly Summer
smithsonianmag.com

New Documents Shed Light on NASA’s Secretive ‘Project Moon Dust’
vice.com

Giant vampire bat remains found deep inside Argentinian cave
theweathernetwork.com

Video: How a 28 Year Old Man Destroyed England’s Oldest Bank [22:52]
youtube.com

Facebook bans academics who researched ad transparency and misinformation on Facebook
theverge.com • (see also)

The collapse of Enron and the dark side of business
bbc.com

Fermented Foods: Japan’s Secret to Good Health?
discovermagazine.com

Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem
theconversation.com • (see also)

This 3,700-Year-Old Tablet Shows The Oldest Known Example of Applied Geometry
sciencealert.com

The ISS Backflipped Out of Control After Russian Module Misfired, New Details Reveal
gizmodo.com

BA flight 149: Was it on a secret ‘military intelligence mission’?
bbc.com

You’ve Never Seen Legs Like These
theatlantic.com

NASA Begins Launch Preparations for Mission to the Trojan Asteroids
nasa.gov

What Animals See in the Stars, and What They Stand to Lose
nytimes.com

What to Know About the Newly Discovered Tetraquark at the Large Hadron Collider
gizmodo.com

Our brains perceive our environment differently when we’re lying down
sciencex.com • (see also)

Why don’t heart muscles get tired?
sciencefocus.com

A Brainless Blob That Can Think Is Being Sent to Space to See What Happens
vice.com

Touring Trinity, the Birthplace of Nuclear Dread
nytimes.com

Video: What causes seizures, and how can we treat them? [5:18]
youtube.com

100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard to be tried
theguardian.com • (see also)

How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
theconversation.com

Levitating glass bead closes in on quantum mechanics’ fundamental limit
chemistryworld.com

Video: The Largest Black Hole in the Universe [13:43]
youtube.com

How Did People Find the Fundamental Charge With Drops of Oil?
wired.com

Dubbed the “food of kings”, the unassuming green gloop called molokhia was once outlawed in Egypt because of its alleged aphrodisiac effect
bbc.com • (see also)

The lost history of the electric car – and what it tells us about the future of transport
theguardian.com

Are we made of math? Is math real?
backreaction.blogspot.com

A Fire in Minnesota. An Arrest in Mexico. Cameras Everywhere.
nytimes.com

Photos: Deadly Wildfires Along Turkey’s Coast
theatlantic.com

Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals, study confirms
theguardian.com

What does the edge of the solar system look like?
livescience.com