Continents
What to Eat—or Not—in Peru
The roving ceviche carts and meat grills are colorful pieces of street scenery, but eating a creamy cherimoya or a sweet and starchy lucuma could be the truest taste of Peru
January 17, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Brits Are Allowed To Insult Each Other Once More
For the past 27 years, it's been against the law for Brits to insult each other
January 16, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Braving the Pan-American Highway of Death
Along the roadway in Peru, hand-built memorials to accident victims occur almost as regularly as the kilometer markers themselves
January 15, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Romans Did All Sorts of Weird Things in The Public Baths—Like Getting Their Teeth Cleaned
For ancient Romans enjoying a day at the bathhouse, the list of items lost to drains includes jewelry, scalpels, teeth, needles and plates
January 14, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
One Man’s Seven-Year March Along Ancient Migration Routes
This past Sunday, journalist Paul Salopek began his walk from Ethiopia to Patagonia
January 11, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Flores Hobbits Were Sort of Like Humans, Sort of Like Chimps, Sort of Like Tolkien’s Fantasy Beings
Archaeologists are slowly bringing "the Hobbit Human" to light as new bones turn up
January 11, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
No Place Compares to the Unrelenting Lifelessness of Peru’s Sechura Desert
From the lush, tropical mountains, we descended into a landscape of flailing-armed cacti, spiny succulents like giant artichokes and sand dunes as high as mountains
January 10, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Gonorrhea Mutates Into Treatment-Resistant Superbug
The world may be at the brink of an epidemic of drug-resistent gonorrhea, though simply using condoms could save the day
January 09, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Elusive Giant Squid Captured on Film for the First Time
The squid is about 10-feet long and was spotted over half a mile below the ocean surface about 620 miles south of Tokyo
January 08, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Blind Baby Rhino Rescued After Bumping Into Trees
The rescued baby is bringing attention to Lewa's efforts to protect its ailing rhino populations that are being picked off by poachers
January 07, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Sushi Restaurateur Spends $1.76 Million on a Single Bluefin Tuna
A bluefin tuna goes for $3,599 per pound
January 07, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
From the Slums of Lima to the Peaks of the Andes
After unpacking and assembling his bicycle at the airport terminal, the author heads north on the Pan-American Highway toward the mountain town of Canta
January 07, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Here’s How to Get Attention for Your Research About Hookworms
This research may have a silly title, but it does answer an important question of global significance
January 04, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Photo of the Week: Adelie Penguins Take the Plunge
Photo contest contestant Lois Summers captured these penguins mid-dive off the Antarctic Peninsula
January 04, 2013 |
By Lois Summers
Photo of the Week: A Quick Nap, Myanmar
A beautiful image by photo contest contestant Kyaw Zaw Lay captures a sleepy young monk
January 04, 2013 |
By Lois Summers
Photo of the Week: Girl Meets Whale
Photo contest contestant Andrey Antov captured his daughter sharing a moment with a beluga whale
January 04, 2013 |
By Lois Summers
Why Do Rich People Wear Monocles?
Monocles have been the chosen eyewear of our cartoon rich people for a long time now
December 28, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Last Working Copyist in Mali Is Trying To Save Timbuktu’s Manuscripts
180,000 medieval manuscripts are housed in Timbuktu, and only 23,000 of those ancient writings have ever been catalogued
December 27, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Super High Res Photo of Mt. Everest Shows Glacier Melt (But No Bodies)
Photographers from the organization Glacier Works just captured an interactive digital image of Mount Everest in astounding, gigapixel detail
December 26, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
An Edible White House, and the Long History of Gingerbread
The history of gingerbread starts as early as the 11th century
December 24, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
