For Centuries, Know-It-Alls Carried Beautiful Miniature Almanacs Wherever They Went

The story of the dacoit who spread violence to influence India’s first general elections

How cherry blossoms came to the United States

When a massive Caribbean volcano erupts, the island’s residents flee, leaving their beloved animals behind

Here’s why a system designed to stabilize the 737 Max may have caused two deadly crashes in five months

By finding two galaxies severely lacking in dark matter, researchers have made a compelling case for the existence of the mysterious material

How the Little Ice Age Changed History

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Ghost Villages Are for Sale in Spain

There’s a Troubling Link Between Believing Conspiracy Theories And Petty Crime

Proof Finds That All Change Is a Mix of Order and Randomness

3D-printed material is designed to treat difficult bone injuries

What Happens When a Meteorite Hits a House?

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body’s ‘tuft cells’ do

4 things we’ll learn from the first closeup image of a black hole

Military Tries Out Fish as Underwater Spies

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‘The Most Wonderful Map in the World’: Urbano Monte’s Planisphere of 1587

NASA’s Cassini Finds Saturn’s Rings Coat Tiny Moons

NASA Wants to Place Calls to Deep Space With X-Rays

Last of the giants: What killed off Madagascar’s megafauna a thousand years ago?

The Salton Sea is a disaster in the making. California isn’t doing anything to stop it

The Lost History of One of the World’s Strangest Science Experiments

Portugal baby born to woman brain dead for three months

NASA proves its space helicopter can fly on Mars

On this day in 1951 a pipe bomb exploded in Grand Central Terminal. It was merely the first of many.

A Magician Explains Why We See What’s Not There

Seven ways the world is not designed for women

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

Plagiarism, ‘book-stuffing’, clickfarms … the rotten side of self-publishing

Casino Screwup Royale: A tale of “ethical hacking” gone awry

To seize power in Spain, Queen Isabella had to play it smart

Canadian film made in language spoken by just 20 people in the world

The Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought

How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings turned baseball into a national sensation

How mosquitoes smell human sweat (and new ways to stop them)

The surprising (and Long) story of the first use of ether in surgery

Study: Rivers raged on Mars late into its history

‘Why Don’t You Want Kids?’ ‘Because Apocalypse!’

A study of ethicists finds they’re no more ethical than the rest of us

Teenage psychotic experiences more common in areas with high air pollution

The ‘justifiable paranoia’ of Igor Gouzenko’s life in hiding

‘Metallic wood’ at Penn is as strong as titanium but lighter than water

40 Years After A Partial Nuclear Meltdown, A New Push To Keep Three Mile Island Open

How Big Tobacco uses Big Tech to hook new smokers

Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved after 35 years

The Cult of Homework

‘Like another planet’: Malham salt cave is world’s longest, say researchers

Can AI Be a Fair Judge in Court? Estonia Thinks So

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His family didn’t think it was valuable. It’s a pearl worth up to $90M.

Mission to Europa Gets New Instrument to Look for Signs of Habitability

Bangladesh mother discovers twins in second uterus days after giving birth

‘Swat the Kaiser’ and Sprinting in Combat Boots: The History of Army Physical Fitness

Can we stop robots outsmarting humanity?

The Tiny Poisonous Toads Taking Over Florida Yards

Scientists find genetic mutation that makes woman feel no pain

What to Do When the Russian Government Wants to Blackmail You

How America’s Biggest Theater Chains Are Exploiting Their Janitors