The Tragic Story of Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse

https://historicaldigression.com/2015/10/30/the-tragic-story-of-minots-ledge-lighthouse/

A computer called ‘the Beast’ is untangling religion

http://www.futurity.org/computer-simulations-religion-1458492-2/

An Artificial Intelligence Developed Its Own Non-Human Language

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-non-human-language/530436/

Into the Woods: This Drone Goes Where No GPS Can

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2017/06/09/drone-navigates-without-gps/

Why being ignored can become a turn on for some women (and why attention can become a turn off)

https://www.reddit.com/r/niceguys/comments/6fisnl/could_be_wrong_but_i_get_the_feeling_this_wasnt/diinvwk/

ELI5: Why are the majority of boundaries between US states perfect straight lines?

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6emer6/eli5_why_are_the_majority_of_boundaries_between/dibo0wt/

Why criminals should always use combination safes

http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/2012/01/05/why-criminals-should-always-use-combination-safes/3343/

[WP] You are a supervillain, but every single one of your plans of world domination has somehow collapsed into a harmless flirtatious encounter with the superhero by accident. Today, the superhero has come to propose to you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/6e9jel/wp_you_are_a_supervillain_but_every_single_one_of/di8tq4x/

USA vs Ireland

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/6evubl/walmart_is_accused_of_punishing_workers_for_sick/didxu2s/

Microsoft has built a chamber so quiet, you can hear the grind of your bones – and it’s helping to fine-tune the next-generation of electronic goods.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170526-inside-the-quietest-place-on-earth

There are bots. Look around.

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/23/there-are-bots-look-around/

ELI5: I get the war on drugs in the USA, but how did marijuana become illegal in almost every other country in the world as well?

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6dtq8x/eli5_i_get_the_war_on_drugs_in_the_usa_but_how/di5ao9z/

How did the "heart shape" come to be when it is so massively different from a real anatomical heart?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5eedlt/how_did_the_heart_shape_come_to_be_when_it_is_so/

Grocery supply chains

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/6djx11/this_american_produce_shelf_in_a_finnish/di3lsw1/

Orbital Speed

https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/

Post Scarcity won't happen.

I see a lot of posts on reddit, and occasional articles claiming that robots and AIs will lower the cost of goods and services to the point where everything is free. There is one major problem: Land will always be limited. As the cost of goods and services decline, housing will rise.

Teaching Machines to Draw

https://research.googleblog.com/2017/04/teaching-machines-to-draw.html

Curious AI learns by exploring game worlds and making mistakes

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2132916-curious-ai-learns-by-exploring-game-worlds-and-making-mistakes/

Sana Health aims to stop insomnia with smart goggles

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/26/sana-health-raises-1-3-million-to-hack-insomnia-with-smart-goggles/

Google’s New AI Is Better at Creating AI Than the Company’s Engineers

https://futurism.com/googles-new-ai-is-better-at-creating-ai-than-the-companys-engineers/