Can We Use Umami to Get People to Eat Better?

Research into umami has unlocked answers about our preferences, our recipes, and perhaps how to correct our crash course with obesity
April 10, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Spelling Bee Champs Will Actually Have to Learn the Meaning of the Fancy Words They Spell

This is the first time kids will have to define words in addition to spelling them, which the competition hopes will help speed along the process of identifying finalists
April 10, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Decoding the City: The Fire Diamond

Just what are those red, blue, and yellow diamonds hanging outside warehouses and factories?
April 10, 2013 | By Jimmy Stamp

Bean Leaves Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite by Using Tiny, Impaling Spikes

Researchers hope to design a new bedbug eradication method based upon a folk remedy of trapping the bloodsuckers as they creep
April 09, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Old Ebbets Field Opens One Hundred Years Ago Today

Revisiting a few pieces of baseball's past
April 09, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Two Musicians Make Historic Donations to Kick Off Jazz Appreciation Month

Two donations from living legends to the American History Museum represent the genre's global reach
April 09, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

Unhealthy Eating And Not Enough Sleep—Not Genes or Laziness—Driving Surge in Childhood Obesity

Child “obesity is not a disease of inactivity," and the fixes won't be simple
April 09, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

All the Conditions Required for Life to Appear Are Here, in Antarctica’s Amazing Ice Stalactites

Brinicles, more than ice fingers of death, may have driven the formation of life
April 09, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

How Women May Have Shaped Men’s Penises

Whether women's preference is indeed solely responsible for driving the way penises look today remains an open-ended question, however
April 09, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Hurricane Katrina Kicked Off a Startup Renaissance in New Orleans

Within three years after Katrina, the rate of new start-up launches in the city doubled,
April 09, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

The Story Behind Smithsonian Castle’s Red Sandstone

Author Garrett Peck talks about uncovering the stone's history for his new book, The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry
April 09, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Lilly Pulitzer: Remembering the ‘Queen of Prep’

Her tropical slashes of color enlivened the old-money crowd
April 09, 2013 | By Emily Spivack

How to Turn a Paper Image of a Record Into a Beautiful Music

You can't make sounds from books, except when you can
April 09, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Pay No Attention to the Spies on the 23rd Floor

For years, the KGB secretly spied on visitors to the Hotel Viru in Estonia. A new museum reveals the fascinating time capsule and all the secrets within
April 09, 2013 | By Andrew Curry

Anti-Vaccine Tweets Spread Faster Than Pro-Vaccine Messages

Not all messages are created equal, and when it comes to Tweets about vaccines it's the anti-vaccine messages that spread the fastest
April 08, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Going the Distance on the Pacific Crest Trail

One of America's great long-distance hiking trails, the PCT meanders 2,650 miles through three states, from Campo, California, to E.C. Manning Provincial Park, in British Columbia
April 08, 2013 | By Alastair Bland

Can a Computer Really Grade an Essay?

One company is developing an essay grading computer program that can take the load off professors and standardized test graders
April 08, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

The World’s Oldest Photography Museum Goes Digital

From 19th century daguerrotypes to photos of Martin Luther King Jr., some of photography's history goes online
April 08, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Thieves Break Into Safe to Steal $3 Million Worth of Rhino Horns

Right now the going rate for rhino horn (just about $30,000 a pound) is higher than for gold
April 08, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Climate Change Means More Adélie Penguins

Climate change seems to be giving an unexpected boost to this penguin species
April 08, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

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