One of the World’s Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board

Making the moon: Study details new story for how the moon formed

Image: Pluto in Colorized Infrared

Chimps and bonobos speak the same ‘language’, and we might too

The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’

African elephants are migrating to safety—and telling each other how to get there

The ‘exorcism’ that turned into murder

Malta: an island of secrets and lies

75 years ago today a team of Norwegian commandos sabotaged the Nazi effort to build an A-bomb

Scientists take an atomic clock on the road and use it to measure the height of a mountain

The dangerous downsides of perfectionism

A Murder, a Conviction and a Never-Ending Case

How the sex habits of mammoths and mastodons could help save modern elephants

A staggering number of golf balls wind up in the ocean. What happens to them?

‘Frankenstein’ Manuscript Shows the Evolution of Mary Shelley’s Monster

North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists

International team publishes roadmap to enhance radioresistance for space colonization

New, ‘Exotic State of Matter’ Found Far Below Freezing (autoplay video)

Food for Thought: Was Cooking a Pivotal Step in Human Evolution?

The Afterlife of Pablo Escobar

Life Can Survive in the Most Mars-Like Place on Earth

A 3-D Look Inside the Tasmanian Tiger’s Pouch, Long After Extinction

The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges

There’s bad news for this nearby exoplanet we hoped was habitable

Icelandic language battles threat of ‘digital extinction’

Gallery: Rare photographs that changed lives

The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction

Las Vegas Isn’t Clearing its Homeless Encampment — It’s Making it Permanent

Debussy: the musical genius who erupted out of nowhere

Night Vision: The forgotten theory of dreams that inspired Vladimir Nabokov

Gallery: The tiny village hidden inside the Grand Canyon

Are Hospitals Becoming Obsolete?

Fire Escapes Are Evocative, But Mostly Useless

Forensic Architecture: detail behind the devilry

Scientists Aim To Pull Peer Review Out Of The 17th Century

Inside the CIA’s Plot to Kill Fidel Castro—With Mafia Help

Ancient DNA rules out archeologists’ best bet for horse domestication

These monkeys attract females with their unusually large and floppy noses

China Moves to Let Xi Stay in Power by Abolishing Term Limit

Toxic toad invasion puts ecology of Madagascar at risk

The shadow over Egypt

The bender that began America: Bar tab shows framers celebrated a newly finished U.S. Constitution and a future president

On this day in 1942 Coast Guard anti-aircraft guns in Los Angeles fired upon something. Or nothing.

Why Is There So Much Hate for the Word “Moist”?

Norway to spend $13 million to upgrade ‘doomsday’ Arctic seed vault

AI trained to spot heart disease risks using retina scan

New U of T research shows siblings can make you more empathic

On this day in 1985, the Soviet Union executed KGB agent Vladimir Vetrov for cooperating with the CIA

Fragments of Famed ‘UFO’ Discovered in Archives of London Museum

Lichens are complex and beautiful organisms

Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?

‘M*A*S*H’ Finale, 35 Years Later: Untold Stories of One of TV’s Most Important Shows

How footprints found in Greece could rewrite history of humanity

America’s Most Toxic Town Is Not Where You Think

Robot snake harnesses ancient Japanese paper craft

‘The story of a weird world I was warned never to tell’

This Giant Clock Will Tick for 10,000 Years, But You’ll Never Find It

Neanderthals, the World’s First Misunderstood Artists

The Shape of Ancient Dice Suggests Shifting Beliefs in Fate and Chance

Are IV Bags Necessary to Rehydrate Patients?