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Why We Can’t Shake Ambergris
hakaimagazine.com

How Big Can the Quantum World Be? Physicists Probe the Limits.
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

The Sopranos of Berlin: A Brutal Crime Family and a Billion Dollar Jewel Heist
gq.com

The Beauty of Crossed Brain Wires
nautil.us • (see also)

Video: The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets [19:57]
youtube.com

Homo Longi: Extinct Human Species That May Replace Neanderthals As Our Closest Relatives Found in China
discovermagazine.com

Video: The Bizarre Life of John McAfee [14:22]
youtube.com

Lab-grown mini brains develop basic eyes that can “see”
newatlas.com

How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood
lithub.com

Saving the Ozone Layer Also Helped Buy Us Time to Address Climate Change
gizmodo.com • (see also)

The Incredible Brains of Cuttlefish Hold Memories That Never Seem to Fade
sciencealert.com

For a Brief, Shining Moment, These Bioluminescent Squid Are Sushi Stars
atlasobscura.com

Sugar: here’s why some people experience negative side effects when they quit
theconversation.com

Images From a Changing Iceland
theatlantic.com

Video: How The US Stole The Philippines [19:15]
youtube.com

Video: NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Finds A Changing Landscape [2:52]
youtube.com

The Milky Way has a ‘broken’ arm that could reveal its galactic history
space.com

Rare embryo from dinosaur age was laid by human-size turtle
livescience.com

Counter-spinning turbine design draws double the energy from ocean waves
newatlas.com

Rewilding death: The plan to restore the necrobiome
bbc.com

The perils of a trip to Mars: Low gravitation and high radiation
astronomy.com

Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion
physicstoday.scitation.org

What nematodes laying eggs tells us about how cocaine affects the brain
massivesci.com

Video: Atlas | Partners in Parkour [1:05]
youtube.com

Where’s the edge of the observable Universe? And what’s beyond?
sciencefocus.com

Human remains in tomb are best-preserved ever found in Pompeii
theguardian.com

The ancient symbol that was hijacked by evil
bbc.com

The Beautiful Impossibility of the World’s Largest Pearl
lithub.com

Video: Did the CIA Actually Sell Crack in the 1980s? [11:26]
youtube.com

Secret FBI Watchlist Leaks Online, and Boy Do the Feds Think a Lot of People Are Terrorists
gizmodo.com

Non-hormonal contraceptive supercharges antibodies against sperm
newatlas.com

How Do New Organs Evolve? A Beetle Gland Shows the Way.
quantamagazine.org

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression
atlasobscura.com

Video: Surfside Condo Collapse: What We Know So Far [14:18]
youtube.com

‘Likes’ and ‘shares’ teach people to express more outrage online
news.yale.edu

Video: The small Italian village that can’t be reached by car [09:40]
bbc.com

A Well Fixer’s Story of the California Drought
theatlantic.com

Space junk collision: Chinese satellite got whacked by hunk of Russian rocket in March
space.com

What If You Could Become Invisible to Mosquitoes?
nytimes.com

The longest living animals on Earth
livescience.com

Saturn’s core is a big, diffuse, rocky slushball
arstechnica.com

New poo, new you? Fecal transplants reverse signs of brain aging in mice
sciencemag.org

Weird, noodle-like amphibian discovered in U.S. for the first time
studyfinds.org

Swiss researchers calculate pi to new record of 62.8tn figures
theguardian.com

How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned Goodreads Into Many Authors’ Worst Nightmare
time.com

Micro marvels: Levon Biss captures seeds close up – in pictures
theguardian.com

‘Freezer burn’ is a serious problem – preventing ice recrystallization may alleviate it
theconversation.com

Why a theory of everything may never be possible – or any use
sciencefocus.com

Do Animals Commit Suicide?
discovermagazine.com

The Five Big Ways the James Webb Telescope Will Help Astronomers Understand the Universe
smithsonianmag.com

Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life, Explained
discovermagazine.com

‘Why Don’t Black Holes Swallow All of Space? This Explanation Is Blowing Our Minds’
sciencealert.com

How a volcano and flaming red sunsets led an amateur scientist in Hawaii to discover jet streams
theconversation.com

Trove of Nazi Artifacts Found Stashed in Wall of German House
smithsonianmag.com

An immense mystery older than Stonehenge
bbc.com

Give Fungi the Respect They’re Due
theatlantic.com

Why Is It So Hard to Be Rational?
newyorker.com

Interoception: the hidden sense that shapes wellbeing
theguardian.com • (see also)

‘Mind blowing’: Grizzly bear DNA maps onto Indigenous language families
sciencemag.org

Video: Why did NASA Pour Dirt on their Mars Lander? [13:56]
youtube.com