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The sound that strikes fear into a raccoon’s heart
thestar.com

Study: Leaked data reveals correlation between Ashley Madison users and corporate ethics.
thestar.com

Man-made noise prompting songbirds to change timing of dawn chorus
telegraph.co.uk

Scientists Trying To Clone Ice Age Cave Lion
news.sky.com

Study: Eating peanut products as a baby linked to lower peanut allergies in adulthood.
bbc.com

Scientists develop very early stage human stem cell lines for first time
cam.ac.uk

The gruesome price birds in the Everglades pay for using alligators as bodyguards
washingtonpost.com

Scientists gear up to drill into ‘ground zero’ of the impact that killed the dinosaurs
sciencemag.org

Archaeologists discover a former Anglo-Saxon island in a dry field in Lincolnshire, England.
lincolnshireecho.co.uk

Hubble astronomers spot record distant galaxy from early cosmos
cbc.ca

Citizen scientists reveal tales of tragedy unearthed from centuries-old rubbish dump
independent.co.uk

Study: Learning about struggles of famous scientists may help students succeed in science
sciencedaily.com

Using public Instagram images to identify and study ‘food deserts’
theatlantic.com

‘Baby Hands’ in Cave Paintings May Actually Belong to Lizards
news.nationalgeographic.com

“A load of old rot”: fossil of oldest known land-dweller identified
cam.ac.uk

Using math equations to predict terrorist attacks and other crimes.
washingtonpost.com

Inner Earth Is Teeming With Exotic Forms of Life
smithsonianmag.com

Data viz: Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
graphics.wsj.com

“By the time you read this, I’ll be dead”
torontolife.com

Google says it bears some responsibility for first accident caused by self-driving car
mashable.com

Image: A medieval-style map of Mars
tabletopwhale.com

Exquisitely detailed 520 million-year-old fossil shows individual nerves
washingtonpost.com

How our ancestors drilled rotten teeth
bbc.com

CRISPR-like ‘immune’ system discovered in giant virus
nature.com

Wild gorillas compose happy ‘songs’ that they hum during meals
newscientist.com

Gallery: Photo pairs combined using neural networks
imgur.com

Video: A digital recreation of ancient Rome
youtube.com

Physicists May Have Discovered a New “Tetraquark” Particle
scientificamerican.com

Astronomers finally find source of mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)
washingtonpost.com

Video: Closeup slow-mo of a match lighting.
youtube.com

Culture shapes how leaders smile, Stanford research shows
news.stanford.edu

Audio: Space Jam: Four astronomers discussing interesting things about outer space.
abc.net.au

E. B. White’s 1948 essay ‘Death of a Pig’
theatlantic.com

Monstrous fossils ‘were armadillos’, says DNA evidence
bbc.com

Two Naked Mole Rats, Seemingly Immune to Cancer, Got Cancer
nytimes.com

The man who made ‘the worst video game in history’
bbc.com

Recent studies suggest the primary driver of the Cambrian explosion was rise of predators.
nature.com

Video: Ice stacking on Lake Superior
youtube.com

Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
mnh.si.edu

Marooned Among the Polar Bears
popularmechanics.com

Mantis shrimp evolved polarizers to communicate in private
bristol.ac.uk

Neanderthal woman with human DNA reveals mysterious ancient migration
cbc.ca

When to stop dating and settle down, according to math
washingtonpost.com

Video: A chess Grandmaster plays against a chess hustler in Washington Square Park.
youtube.com

How astronomers are using transit spectroscopy to learn more about exoplanets’ atmospheres.
nature.com

Documentary video: The Brain with David Eagleman: What Is Reality?
youtube.com

Espionage Techniques of Seventeenth-Century Women
nwo.nl

London’s Big Dig Reveals Amazing Layers of History
ngm.nationalgeographic.com

Image: Pablo Picasso’s self-portrait at age 16 versus another at age 72.
i.imgur.com

We Are One Step Closer to Destroying Bedbugs Forever
citylab.com

Study: Wasps fly backwards to make sure they can find their way home
abc.net.au

A short history of underwater firearms
warisboring.com

Mineralogists finish catalog of rarest minerals, some so scarce that only a few grams exist
bbc.com

Video: Spider-like ‘tailless whip scorpions’ (not actually a spider or scorpion, order amblypigi)
youtube.com

Study: Touch typists no faster or more accurate than those who developed their own methods.
thestar.com

Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work?
bbc.com

New photos released of the inside of Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia
blog.nasm.si.edu

Cute and cuddly dolphins are secretly murderers
bbc.com

Why is it so hard to squash a cockroach?
sciencemag.org

Inside Titanic II: Images reveal incredible replica of ill-fated ship
ctvnews.ca