Continents
Is a Lack of Water to Blame for the Conflict in Syria?
A 2006 drought pushed Syrian farmers to migrate to urban centers, setting the stage for massive uprisings
June 2013 |
By Joshua Hammer
Digging for the Secrets Beneath Antarctica
Scientists have found life in the depths beneath the ice
June 2013 |
By Erica R. Hendry
Octogenarians Compete to Set a New Record on Mount Everest
The drama began when 76-year-old Sherchan beat 75-year-old Miura to the summit by a day back in 2008
May 23, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
The Internet Is Still for Porn—And Parents Are Trying to Figure Out How to Handle That
Welcome to the internet, there will be porn, are you ready for it?
May 21, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
China Is Opening Around 100 Museums Every Year
Since 2008, the Chinese have allocated something like $800 million to building new museums, and the country now has over 3,000 of them
May 21, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
A Bust of Richard III, 3D-Printed From a Scan of His Recently Exhumed Skull
A forensic art team reconstructed Richard III's face
May 17, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Doctors Used to Use Live African Frogs As Pregnancy Tests
Now, those former test subjects may be spreading the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus around the world
May 16, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Mount Everest Climbers’ Waste Could Power Local Villages
If successful, the project will be the world's highest elevation biogas reactor and could be introduced to other high altitude areas around the world
May 16, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Mount Everest Is Not Immune to Climate Change
Over the past 50 years, the snow line has receded nearly 600 feet up the mountain and glaciers in the region have shrunk by 13 percent
May 14, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
You Can Now Get a College Degree in Rock
In Nottingham, England, you can now get a college degree studying Heavy Metal
May 14, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Jury-Rigged iPhone Microscope Can See Parasitic Worms Just Fine
The new contraption detected giant roundworm eggs 81 percent of the time and roundworm eggs 54 percent of the time in village samples in Tanzania
May 14, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Mayan Pyramid Destroyed to Get Rocks for Road Project
The construction company building the road appears to have extracted crushed rocks from the pyramid to use as road fill
May 14, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Curses! The Four-Letter Word Renaissance Speakers Wouldn’t Flinch At
Back in the ninth century, the S-word referred to excrement in a matter-of-fact, not a vulgar, way
May 13, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Scientists Map Britain’s Most Famous Underwater City
Researchers have created a 3D visualization of Dunwich using acoustic imaging
May 13, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
U.S. Gives Mongolia Its Tyrannosauras Skeleton Back
The U.S. government is returning a Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia and the Metropolitan Museum of Art is giving two statues back to Cambodia
May 07, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Is It Ever OK To Euthanize a Baby?
In Holland, some doctors and parents say the answer is yes
May 03, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Game Wardens Helped Poachers Kill the Last of Mozambique’s Rhinos
Mozambique's rhinos have been living on the edge of extinction for more than a century, but now they're finally gone for good
May 02, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
The Only Clouded Leopard Left in Taiwan Is Stuffed on a Museum Shelf
Zoologists call the results of a 13-year-long hunt to find any remaining clouded leopards "disappointing"
May 01, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Oslo Runs on Garbage, And Now It’s Running Out
When you burn garbage for as fuel, you can find yourself in a tricky spot
April 30, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Meet the Woman Who Taste-Tested Hitler’s Dinner
Now 95, Margot Woelk is ready to share her story of life in the Wolf's Lair
April 29, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
