How much longer till we all die off? 760 years, give or take.
— Vox

Measurements show that the molten rock in the lava lake is hot: between 1,812 and 2,334 degrees Fahrenheit.
— LiveScience

The tarmac of the country's busiest heliport was taken over by aquatic animals for a brief period on Saturday.
— Mirror Now Digital

Henry Freedland's essay compares the hell of traditions and lore to today's world.
— Lapham's Quarterly

Europe's Mars Express probe has spotted a lot of regional storms lately.
— Space.com

20-year-old Mohammad Furqan was later declared dead after doctors reported that they had been unable to save his life.
— Unexplained Mysteries

We still don't know what the X-37B is doing up there, however.
— Space.com

Exactly what elements John Lennon and Paul McCartney contributed to their joint-credited hits has been a matter of much debate among fans.
— Mail Online

The ancient sea monster was the nearly complete skeleton of a marine reptile known as a mosasaur.
— LiveScience

Earthquake Mountain has been swallowed up by the sea, according to newly released images from NASA.
— FOX News

Apart from the waste, the event is becoming an environmental disaster.
— weather.com

'The attacker has complete access to your senses'
— VICE

'It might not give us lightsabers' but then again, it might.
— Science Alert

...or at least the future of possible scientific breakthroughs.
— Nature

UK man says he has recordings of the worrisome sounds.
— Mysterious Universe

The supermassive star first erupted in the 1840s.
— Space.com

Scientists are attempting to prove the existence of parallel universes by firing neutrons at a solid wall.
— Unexplained Mysteries

Despite trees being nearly everywhere, figuring out just how much tree coverage the planet has is a pretty challenging task.
— Gizmodo

The method that opened the doors for this unprecedented look inside living cells was perfected over a period of six years.
— LiveScience

Trees and other kinds of vegetation have proven to be remarkably resilient to the intense radiation around the nuclear disaster zone.
— BBC Future

Another genetically edited baby is due, but the world may never learn of its birth if the Chinese government decides to keep it a secret.
— MIT Technology Review

A new exhibit in London has 300 years of celestial ephemera on display.
— Atlas Obscura

Footage has emerged this week of an alleged 'poltergeist' causing havoc in a historic pub in England.
— Unexplained Mysteries

Genetic analysis of remains from ruins in Israel hints at the origins of the Levantine people described in the Hebrew Bible.
— NY Times

Also known as Selective Sound Sensitivity, it's described as a strong emotional or physiological response to the presence of certain sounds.
— Oddity Central

The 2,300-year-old royal tomb of a Nubian pharaoh appears nearly untouched—and submerged in rising groundwater.
— National Geographic

One nest in South Carolina was documented with more 250,000 worker insects.
— Science Alert

In experiments on pig organs, scientists at Yale made a discovery that could someday challenge our understanding of what it means to die.
— NY Times

Members of the UK Seti Research Network are to launch what they believe will be the largest ever survey of public attitudes.
— The Guardian

Some Alzheimer’s researchers are proposing the unnerving idea.
— National Post