How a Mexican Dictator Helped Invent Chewing Gum

Why it took this man 20 years to prove he didn’t murder his wife

Paralyzed man has sense of touch restored by brain-machine interface

The Strange Tale of Nelson Mandela’s Gold-Cast Hands

Scientists find remnant of strange dismembered star cluster at galaxy’s edge

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The Space Force Has a Space Horse

NASA’s big move to search for life on Mars

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Airbus to build ‘first interplanetary cargo ship’

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When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out of office in the British election of 1945

Lithium in Drinking Water Tied to Reduced Suicide Rates

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World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France

The origin story of Monument Avenue, America’s most controversial street

Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines Linked to Reduced Risk of Alzheimer’s

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The Cold War Bunker That Became Home to a Dark-Web Empire

Huge apparent leak unearths Nintendo’s prototype history

Murder, Inc: The Rise And Fall Of New York City’s Mafia Hitmen

The moons of Uranus are fascinating enough on their own that we should send a flagship mission out there

The mystery of the missing portrait of Robert Hooke, 17th-century scientist extraordinaire

Mobility device for the blind works like a handheld robotic guide dog

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Inside the Quest for Documents That Could Resolve a Cold War Mystery

If language began in the hands, why did it ever leave?

Sea Otter Teeth Are Gross but Really Useful for Scientists

Know sweat: scientists solve mystery behind body odour

An Oral History of Big Mouth Billy Bass

Miners on the Moon

The dying teenager who wanted world peace (and love)

How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future

What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power

‘My Midlife Crisis on a Boat in the Arctic’

An American Tragedy: The Colorful Life and Shocking Death of Ovid Neal III

How Bits of Quantum Gravity Can Buzz

How the world’s smelliest fruit could power your phone

The spectacular tale of a stranded circus—and its great escape from Honduras

The star cluster closest to Earth is in its death throes

Rock from Mars heads home after 600,000 year odyssey across space

Do dreams exist to protect the brain’s visual cortex?

Ancient microbial arms race sharpened our immune system—but also left us vulnerable

A Renaissance masterpiece, Nazi looters, a double murder … and a happy ending

On this day in 1959 Lt. Col. William Rankin survived forty minutes in the Death Zone

The real science behind SETI’s hunt for intelligent aliens

The Surgeons Who Said No to Gloves

The Constant Risk of a Consolidated Internet

Family of Oddball Meteorites Stumped Researchers for Decades

NASA ASTHROS: Stratospheric Balloon the Size of a Football Stadium Will Carry a Cutting-Edge Telescope