1. These Caterpillars Can ‘See’ Colors With Their Skin (science, NYT)

Amy Eacock, Hannah M. Rowland, Arjen E. van’t Hof, Carl J. Yung, Nicola Edmonds, Ilik J. Saccheri, Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception, Communications Biology, 2, 286 (2019).

2. Dating While Dying (NYT)

3. How Does a Think Tank Founder Do His job? podcast with Sean McElwee, co-founder of Data for Progress (startups, Slate)

4. China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific (military, Reuters)