This ancient sea creature fossilized in tree resin. How’d that happen?

The Oldest-Surviving Porsche Will Probably Fetch $20 Million at Auction

Atmospheric carbon dioxide hits the highest point in human existence

A Truly Remarkable Spider

The Real Story of the Dutch Tulip Bubble Is Even More Fascinating Than the Myth You’ve Heard

A Cisco Router Bug Has Massive Global Implications

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Beekeepers hit hard by thefts of hives

Death of a close friend ‘can impact health for years’

How we endured the McCarthy purges in US

Germany: 2 more bodies found in Passau crossbow deaths case

The Art of Building Artificial Glaciers

Here’s Why We Cannot Just ‘Nuke’ Hurricanes

This House Is Built to Stare Down a Hurricane

A Casino Card Shark’s First Time Getting Caught

Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger?

Out of a Magic Math Function, One Solution to Rule Them All

Hiroshima’s sands contain atomic bomb glass

NASA’s Voyager and Pioneer Probes Launched Decades Ago and Are Still Out There. Here’s Where They’ll End Up.

Archaeologists Discovered a Hidden Chamber in Roman Emperor Nero’s Underground Palace

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Los Angeles Fire Season Is Beginning Again. And It Will Never End.

The medical professor who beat the roulette table

The Ice Block Expedition of 1959

The Squishy Robots That Could Save the World

The moon may be tectonically active, and geologists are shaken

Striking study reveals how dietary fats enter the brain and cause depression

Why the Next Black Hole Image Will Be Incredible

This Carnivorous Plant Evolved to Also Be a Rodent Toilet

On this day in 1960 NASA launched its first ‘satelloon’

Accused of ‘Terrorism’ for Putting Legal Materials Online

Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag

Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild

Apollo rocks showed how the moon was made, and now they’re about to solve more mysteries

Library stink: smell of durian prompts evacuation at University of Canberra

Australian man finds 624g gold nugget worth $37,000 while walking dog

The Soviets’ Unbreakable Code

Movie-Prop Cash Is Fooling Cashiers

‘Never Forget Why We Started’

The Wild Story of ‘Rock Doc’ Jeff Young, a Reality TV Wannabe Accused in Pills-for-Sex Scheme

Ants, Humans, and the Lessons of War

Aultsville: The Village That Was Burned To The Ground for Science

Race for potassium batteries hots [sic] up

Your 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.

Science of anger: how gender, age and personality shape this emotion

How to Clean Up After a Nuclear Disaster

An Entire 3D-Printed Neighborhood Will Be Constructed in 24 Hours

The Many, Many Theories About Leonardo da Vinci

When a reporter would not betray his source, police came to his home with guns and a sledgehammer

The surprising history of the word ‘dude’

Female Spies and Their Secrets

Germany: Three Bavaria hotel guests found dead from crossbow bolts

North, South Korean musicians hold rare joint performance

100 years on: the picture that changed our view of the universe

‘It could change everything’: coin found off northern Australia may be from pre-1400 Africa

Many Americans Will Need Long-Term Care. Most Won’t be Able to Afford It.

The schoolgirls who defied the Stasi: ‘Someone said, “What if we take him across the border?”‘

The Evidence Is Strong: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

Why the World’s Richest Man Wants Humans To Live on Floating Space Cities

Conan O’Brien: Why I Decided to Settle a Lawsuit Over Alleged Joke Stealing