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1970s Children Draw Robot Presidents and Nuclear Apocalypse

Kids predict the darndest things
February 23, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Honeymoon on the Moon

Newlyweds who didn't want to visit the cliched destination of the time, Niagara Falls, dreamt of one day spending their first days as a married couple on the moon
February 15, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Romance Against the Odds

Where marriage is a form of defiance and matchmaking is a game of chance
February 13, 2012 | By Susan Spano

What to Look for on the Train Ride From New York to Washington

Sure, the view along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor has its share of grime. But there are also sights that'll make you want to put away your smart phone
February 02, 2012 | By Susan Spano

Hunting Dinosaurs on Venus

Why bother with cloning and time travel, when your dream safari awaits on a nearby planet?
February 01, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Anna Matuschek

The Mystique of Route 66

Foreign tourists and local preservationists are bringing stretches of the storied roadway back to life
February 2012 | By David Lamb

Sunday Funnies Blast Off Into the Space Age

When Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus met President Kennedy in 1962, JFK told him, "The only science I ever learned was from your comic strip."
January 27, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Koalas, kangaroos and wallabies are abundant on the island

Evolution World Tour: Kangaroo Island, Australia

Mammals come in three types and the best place to see them all in one place is this small island off the southern coast of Australia
January 2012 | By Laura Helmuth

Foraminifera

Evolution World Tour: Foraminifera Sculpture Park, China

Some of the world's oldest organisms left behind fossilized shells that, when translated to a large sculpture, bring an artistic edge to evolution
January 2012 | By Karen Larkins

Isle Royale

Evolution World Tour: Isle Royale, Michigan

Moose and wolves face off in the world’s longest-running study of predators and prey
January 2012 | By T.A. Frail

Whales evolved from mammals that adapted to hunt in oceans. Skeletons of Basilosaurus, a whale ancestor, reveal the leviathan still retained tiny hind legs.

Evolution World Tour: Wadi Hitan, Egypt

In Egypt's Western Desert, evidence abounds that before they were the kings of the ocean, whales roamed the earth on four legs
January 2012 | By Abigail Tucker

Sterkfontein

Evolution World Tour: The Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

The world's greatest source of hominid fossils is among dozens of caves just hours from Johannesburg
January 2012 | By Erin Wayman

saddleback giant tortoise

Evolution World Tour: Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

The exotic locale, home to tortoises, cacti, iguanas and finches, was a source of inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution
January 2012 | By Laura Helmuth

Spirit Lake 1982

Evolution World Tour: Mount St. Helens, Washington

Over thirty years after the volcanic eruption, plant and animal life has returned to the disaster site, a veritable living laboratory
January 2012 | By Lyn Garrity

The Jurassic Coast

Evolution World Tour: Jurassic Coast, England

The best opportunity to play paleontologist is on the southern coast of England, a site rich with marine reptile fossils
January 2012 | By Sarah Zielinski

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Cormohipparion occidentale

Evolution World Tour: Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska

Prehistoric rhinoceroses and horses died of volcanic ash inhalation 12 million years ago – their fossils are studied now as a perfect example of natural selection
January 2012 | By Megan Gambino

Burgess Shale Canada

Evolution World Tour: Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada

Located in the Canadian Rockies, the fossil-rich dig site provides clues to scientists investigating how animal life began
January 01, 2012 | By Jeanne Maglaty

La Brea Tar Pits

Evolution World Tour: La Brea Tar Pits, California

Just a short drive from the mansions of Beverly Hills lies a site where paleontologists have found over three million fossils
January 01, 2012 | By Marian Holmes

Traveling Light in the New Year

Don't overpack is a rule to live by. So why not declutter on New Year's Eve
December 29, 2011 | By Susan Spano


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