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‘I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it’
inputmag.com

Grigory Perelman, the maths genius who said no to $1m
theguardian.com

Photos: Lava Reaches the Sea on La Palma
theatlantic.com

A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
noaa.gov

Ancient Americans made art deep within the dark zones of caves throughout the Southeast
theconversation.com

How Science Conquered Diphtheria, the Plague Among Children
smithsonianmag.com

Remarkable Trees Throughout The World
mossandfog.com • (see also)

French Cop Leaves Suicide Note Unmasking Himself as Notorious ‘Grele’ Serial Killer
thedailybeast.com • (see also)

Some Paleontologists Think They’ve Found Fossilized Dinosaur DNA. Others Aren’t So Sure
gizmodo.com

Remembering a Daring Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Radiation to the heart corrects arrhythmia by reactivating younger state
newatlas.com

Ancient Cave Sealed For 40,000 Years May Have Been Hideout of The Last Neanderthals
sciencealert.com

Cold showers are said to be good for you
theconversation.com

Video: Your DNA is already in a database [27:34]
youtube.com

Creatures of the dawn: How radioactivity unlocked deep time
bbc.com • (see also)

This is what a solid made of electrons looks like
nature.com

Fast and Furious Floods From Overflowing Craters Shaped the Surface of Mars
scitechdaily.com

New Microscope Technique Provides Real-Time 3D Views
directorsblog.nih.gov

Rounding Out the Story of Three Legendary Boulders
hakaimagazine.com • (see also)

Walt Disney’s radical vision for a new kind of city
theconversation.com

The Rise of RNA Therapeutics
nautil.us

Searching for Mr. X
magazine.atavist.com

North Korea’s Mysterious Cryptocurrency Ambitions
thewalrus.ca

Statisticians Reveal the Number of Serial Killers That Were Never Caught During The 20th Century
discovermagazine.com

Physicists may have cracked the case of “Zen” stones balanced on ice pedestals
arstechnica.com

Photo/Video: Gigantic Jet Lightning captured in Puerto Rico
apod.nasa.gov

An autonomous robot may have already killed people
theconversation.com

Injecting dead bacteria into tumors points to promising cancer treatment
newatlas.com • (see also)

One of the largest comets ever seen is headed our way
nationalgeographic.com

A shocking new report suggests that in Los Angeles County, sheriff’s deputies make up some of the most dangerous crime syndicates of all
nationalreview.com

How binary stars’ planets are born
massivesci.com

The Real-Life Political Scandal That Inspired Jean-Patrick Manchette’s First Thriller
crimereads.com

New species of dinosaur unearthed by Isle of Wight fossil hunters
bbc.com

A Fast-Moving Star Could be as Good as a Spaceship
supercluster.com

All Identical Twins Appear to Carry a Hidden Chemical Signature on Their DNA
sciencealert.com

On this day in 1957 a nuclear cooling tank in the Soviet Union disastrously exploded
damninteresting.com

Who was James Clerk Maxwell? The greatest physicist you’ve probably never heard of.
space.com

These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life
theatlantic.com

Evidence Indicates There’s Another Planet the Size of Mars in Our Solar System
interestingengineering.com

This May Be the First Planet Found Orbiting 3 Stars at Once
nytimes.com

How the CIA Actually Recruits an Agent to Spy on His Own Country
crimereads.com

The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioartificial kidney
pharmacy.ucsf.edu

Amateur Divers Discover Trove of 53 Roman Gold Coins in Spain
smithsonianmag.com

Bacteria can live without food for over 1000 days
massivesci.com

Self-replicating protocells created in lab may be life’s “missing link”
newatlas.com

The Accidental Invention of the Color Mauve
daily.jstor.org

Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it
technologyreview.com

Quantum computing hits the desktop, no cryo-cooling required
newatlas.com

Video: The forgotten queen of Egypt [4:31]
youtube.com

How the Mafia Is Pivoting to Cybercrime
vice.com

Humans Can’t Be the Sole Keepers of Scientific Knowledge
wired.com

Why did this man have copper-colored rings in his eyes?
livescience.com

Mars on the cheap: Scientists working to revolutionize access to the Red Planet
space.com

Lead Contamination Found in Blood of Half of Young Kids in U.S.
bloomberg.com • (see also)

Australia has lost one-third of its koalas in the past three years
reuters.com

Scientists have solved the mystery of why these asexual animals haven’t gone extinct
euronews.com

Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea
theguardian.com

‘In love with the Resistance: My mother-in-law’s war’
bbc.com • (see also) • (see also)

‘Impossible’ Particle Discovery Adds Key Piece to the Strong Force Puzzle
quantamagazine.org

A Tour of China’s Future Tiangong Space Station
nytimes.com