158 years ago today, the largest geomagnetic storm in history wrought havoc on electrical and telegraph networks

The first social media suicide

Hot Spots in a Freezing Ocean Offer Lessons in Climate Change

Dr Con Man: the rise and fall of a celebrity scientist who fooled almost everyone

Plumbing discovery reveals the rise and fall of the Roman Empire

How marriage changes people forever

Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster

Voyager 40th anniversary posters

Clues to why leaves come in many sizes

The last Nazi hunters

How NASA kept the ISS flying while Harvey hit Mission Control

Patient Plays Saxophone While Surgeons Remove Brain Tumor

Hubble delivers first hints of possible water content of TRAPPIST-1 planets

The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana

Pompeii Hero Pliny the Elder May Have Been Found 2,000 Years Later

Scientists feed carbon nanotubes to spiders, producing webs that are strong enough to hold a human

Abandoned States: Places In Idyllic 1960s Postcards Have Transformed Into Scenes Of Abandonment

Moon’s tidal stress likely responsible for causing deep moonquakes, new study confirms

Explore the Early Years of Technicolor Film in 40,000 Documents

Nanomachines drill holes into cancer cells

We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

On this day in 1939 Nazi SS agents took over a Polish radio station and broadcasted anti-German sentiments

Famous 600-Year-Old Nova Pinpointed in Modern Day

Molecules Chilled Close to Absolute Zero Just Smashed a New Physics Record

Cassini hints at young age for Saturn’s rings

‘The police knew another girl had died in his bed’: one family’s pursuit of their daughter’s killer

Yes, That’s a Huge Floating Mass of Live Fire Ants in Texas

How Horses Got Their Hooves

What We Get Wrong About Technology

Cassini’s Last Moments, in Gory Detail

Inside an Epic Hotel Room Hacking Spree

As Oceans Alkalized, Life Developed Bones and Shells

James Webb Space Telescope Surrounded by Rising Floodwaters

Cassini Snaps Saturn’s Strange Polar Vortex During Daring Dive

How Concrete Cemented Its Place in History

A Game You Can Control With Your Mind

How cheese changed the shape of the human skull

The Air Force Uses Ex-Nuclear Missiles to Loft Satellites Into Space

Video: Aluminum and Mercury

Why have Americans stopped eating turtle?

A Nobel Doesn’t Make You an Expert: Lessons in Science and Spin

The ocean is a strange place after dark

Minerals found on Mars suggest crater once contained right elements for habitability

Hurricane Harvey in Photographs

Cassini’s ‘Inside-Out’ Rings Movie

Why Voyager probes are the most important spacecraft ever launched

High Achievers in Competitive Courses More Likely to Cheat on College Exams

Collection of letters by codebreaker Alan Turing found in filing cabinet

What’s Making These Dogs In Mumbai Turn Blue?

Wine War in Southern France Has Streets Running Red

The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami

For the First Time Tiny Robots Treat Infection in a Living Organism

How Police Cracked Canada’s Largest Child Pornography Ring

On this day in 1980 a mysterious device and a threatening letter appeared in Harvey’s casino in Lake Tahoe

New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains

Ancient Parasite Found in Mummy Autopsy Tells a Timeless Horror Story

Is Texas Ready for Hurricane Harvey?

Yearning for the end of the world

A Federal Judge Put Hundreds of Immigrants Behind Bars While Her Husband Invested in Private Prisons

Cassini’s Finale: The Last 5 Orbits And How It Will End [Infographic] (warning: autoplay video)