London’s First Celebrity Dog Was Accused Of Witchcraft

Raising eyebrows: how evolution gave us expressive faces

Shell predicted dangers of climate change in 1980s and knew fossil fuel industry was responsible (autoplay video)

An over-abundance of toys may stifle toddler creativity

Either the Sun Is Getting Smaller or Gravity Is Getting Weaker

Hearing loss study at USC, Harvard shows hope for millions

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Massive Galaxy Cluster

UCLA scientists pioneer new method for watching brain cells interact in real time

It’s weirdly hard to steal Mark Zuckerberg’s trash

An Inordinate Fondness for Wasps

European grid dispute resolved, lost 6 minutes returned to oven clocks

An elite U.S. school once sold slaves – now, it wants to make amends

Czechs discover hidden film record of Stalin’s antisemitic show trial

Rare owl given the gift of flight after a double wing transplant

Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea

The puzzling case of two women who lost their hair after eating bitter squash

Before cancer kills, it cheats

The Dark Cult With Billionaires, Stars And Sex Slavery Allegations (autoplay video)

Menendez brothers reunite nearly 30 years after killing parents

Anna Chennault: ‘Steel butterfly’ who charmed US and China

Glass: Humankind’s Most Important Material

The Bloody Family History of the Guillotine

RNA-based vaccines could replace traditional pesticides

24 years ago today a FedEx employee boarded a plane with a case full of weapons and a diabolical plan

The Germs That Love Diet Soda

What makes a tree a tree?

Black Ice, Near-Death, and Transcendence on I-91

A Brief History of Bridges From Stone to Suspension

My Childhood on the Run From the FBI

Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins

This Is (Probably) the Only Way Dark Matter Interacts with Ordinary Matter

Space scientists have big plans to avert an asteroid apocalypse

Samuel L. Jackson: How I Became an Usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral

How the Fencing Reflex Connects Life and Death

Why Whales Got So Big

The life and death of Homaro Cantu, the genius chef who wanted to change the world

The unsolved mystery of who owns Sherlock Holmes’s original £130 million home

Study: Doing Dishes Is the Worst

Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”

Scientists harvest 1st vegetables in Antarctic greenhouse

New Brain Maps With Unmatched Detail May Change Neuroscience

The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete. Here’s What’s Next.

Footprints of World’s Largest Dinosaur Found in Scotland (autoplay video)

Are Water Worlds Habitable?

Ancient origins of viruses discovered

When Terrorists Run City Hall

Human Planet: Tribe’s treehouses not real home, says BBC

Paucity of phosphorus hints at precarious path for extraterrestrial life

The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head

Sea snail venom could be ‘the holy grail’ in pain therapeutics

What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

“The Clock Is Ticking”: Inside the Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades

Resisting Technology, Appalachian Style

40 years ago, 14 gay men were killed in Toronto. Half those cases are unsolved.

How English-language pronouns are taught around the world

Brain-stimulation trials get personal to lift depression

New study suggests tens of thousands of black holes exist in Milky Way’s center

75 years ago today, the Lady Be Good crashed in North Africa’s harsh Libyan Desert

Viking seafarers may have navigated with legendary crystals

‘Zombie raccoons’ are freaking out residents with bizarre behavior, Ohio police say