From deep-sea squid habits to vanishing coral reefs, here are the ocean stories we couldn’t stop talking about this year.
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde has found a way to create clouds in gallery spaces. In the seconds before they dissipate, he captures beautiful photographs
Some reindeer really do have red noses, a result of densely packed blood vessels near the skin's surface
They haven't received much attention yet, but here are some of the more innovative--and useful--ideas that have popped up this year.
The idyllic scenes of the dreamy holiday tune were painted by a Russian Jewish immigrant named Israel Baline, better known as Irving Berlin
Andre Nemesio and his team just named a brand new orchid bee Euglossa bazinga, after the catch phrase used by Sheldon Cooper
Few beers may so strongly evoke the image of dark winters and frozen European landscapes as Imperial Stout—and a bottle fits nicely in a Christmas stocking
This year's hominid finds illuminate the great diversity and adaptability of our ancient relatives
Learn about the 2009 official apology to Native Americans, talk with an expert at Air and Space and hear some "post-cool" takes on seasonal classics
The pen, inkwell and one copy of the document that freed the slaves are photographed together for the first time
A new report indicates that we have roughly 8 years to cut fossil fuel use without risking catastrophic levels of warming
This weekend, learn about the health history behind tattoos, watch one man's journey to mark the Dakota War and take in the holidazzle at the Zoo
The oceans show holiday spirit with a worm on coral reefs that resembles a fluffy fir tree adorned with colored ornaments.
What were you doing on the web back in the age of Netscape and Gopher?
Thanks to the successful “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!) marketing campaign in 1974, Japan can't get enough KFC on Christmas Day
Turks and Caicos had one of the world's first, and largest, salt industries
From the Higgs Boson to the Curiosity rover, 2012 was a major year for science
From feathers to black market fossil controversies, 2012 was a big year for dinosaurs
At the 150th and 50th anniversary of two historic moments, the African American History and Culture Museum and American History Museum team up
What's behind the holiday tradition of hanging hosiery on the fireplace?
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