Mary Beth Griggs

 

Mary Beth Griggs is a freelance science journalist based in New York City.

Last Call For Metro-North’s Bar Car!

The last bar cars left in America ride the rails for the last time tonight

Someone Had to Build the Terracotta Army—Archaeologists Just Found Their Humbler Grave Sites

Forty-five grave sites were found only kilometers from the emperor's tomb

Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken by Josse Lieferinxe

The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health

Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results

A view in Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

An Expansive, Privately Funded Park in Patagonia Will Open to Visitors This Winter

This beautiful park—which foreign conversationists love—is putting wild animals and local gauchos at odds

These Are All the Places in the United States Where Nobody Lives

There are still plenty of empty census blocks out West

France Is Spending 3 Million Euros to Save the Great Hamster of Alsace

There are only a few hundred left!

A page from Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau

This 300 Year Old Book Is a Guide to Every Paint Color Imaginable

Browse through color swatches from the 17th Century

Far View House, Mesa Verde

This "Lake" at Mesa Verde Is Actually a Ceremonial Structure

The old theory, that it was a reservoir, didn’t hold water

The Area Around Stonehenge Has Been Inhabited for More Than 10,000 Years

That makes this area the oldest inhabited place in England

Stroll Along A Glass Walkway 918 Feet Above the Ground

Glacier Skyway is Jasper National Park’s newest attraction

Yosemite National Park Bans Drones

The Park says that the use of drones can disturb other visitors and wildlife

Michelangelo’s David Has Weak Ankles

The iconic statue may be in danger of collapse

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Coastal Cities Don't Just Need to Worry About Rising Seas; They're Also on Sinking Land

Some cities are facing a future of rising sea levels while the ground under their feet is sinking

Watch This Bear Cub Rock Climb!

You have time for one too-adorable-for-words video

Maple Syrup Farmers Can Now Vacuum Sap Out of Trees

A new technology helps sugarmakers get every last drop

Santa Barbara Church, built in the late 16th century.

Mompox Does Exist: A Town Captured by Garcia Marquez Isn't Just a Dream

Once a center of commerce, Mompox is now an isolated city in Colombia

On These Book Tours, the Author Acts as a Tour Guide

Authors are literally bringing their readers along for the journey, by leading tours of places their books are set

These Cold War Satellite Images Revealed 10,000 Undiscovered Archaeological Sites

Images of the Middle East from the 1960s showed thousands of archaeological sites—some of which have already been destroyed

Trout River, Newfoundland, Canada

This Dead Whale Could Explode at Any Minute

The 81-foot whale hasn't exploded...yet

Monument to Cervantes in Madrid

Spain Begins to Search for Cervantes’ Bones

Experts use ground-penetrating radar to search for the author’s bones

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