Mary Beth Griggs

 

Mary Beth Griggs is a freelance science journalist based in New York City.

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Cuckoos Don't Sneak Into Other Birds' Nests—They Barge Right In

Cuckoos don't just make other bird's raise their young, they lay their eggs while the other bird is in the nest

Hammer amulets like these have been found across Viking Europe

Small Viking Charms Really Do Represent Thor’s Hammer

Inscription on a small metal charm definitively states 'This is a hammer'

Male and female parasitic worms of the genus Schistosoma

Mesopotamian Irrigation May Have Helped Out a Parasite That Now Infects 200 Million People

A parasite egg found in a grave in the Middle East gives scientists a window into how disease spread in prehistory

Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot

Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot

See Exactly Where Air Quality in America Has Gotten Better

New maps from NASA show where air quality has gotten better over time

Part of a healthy (neanderthal) diet

Neanderthals Ate Their Vegetables

Traces of feces found in Spain show that neanderthals ate their vegetables

Libraries Are Going to Start Lending Out Internet Hotspots

Libraries in New York and Chicago are planning to start lending out Wi-Fi hotspots to people who don’t have internet access at home

Unattributed photograph of William Howard Taft from 1909

Taft’s Bathtubs Weighed A Ton

Taft might not have really gotten stuck in a bathtub, but he did seem to have a fondness for them

4,500 year old Mesopotamian food offerings found in Bristol

This 4,500-Year-Old Food From Iraq Was Found in a Cabinet in England

Spring cleaning got very interesting for researchers when they found remains of a Mesopotamian tomb offering in a cupboard

Plimoth Plantation, a recreation of what the Plymouth colony might have looked like

Archaeologists Are Trying To Figure Out Exactly Where Plymouth Was

A new excavation is looking into the location of the famous colony

This Is the Sound of Harley's Electric Motor Bike

It's quieter than it's combustion counterparts, but the new, distinctive sound is something Harley-Davidson hopes its fans will like

You're doing it wrong.

A Scientist Figured Out the Perfect Way To Cut a Cake—in 1906

A method from 1906 shows the perfect way to cut a cake—if you don't mind putting rubber bands around your confection

Tea near Yunnan Province, China

Tourists Now Taking Time to See All The Tea In China

Tea tourism is taking off in China, but in a few different forms

Grand Canyon National Park

Drones Are Now Banned From All National Parks

Drones are now prohibited in all national parks, not just Yosemite

The Federal Government Now Has an Official Save-the-Bees Task Force

Unfortunately, it's not a task force made of bees, but it does have bee welfare in mind

The Most Abundant Mineral in the World Finally Gets a Name

It's so far underground, you've probably never heard of it

Amelia Earhart and her plane

Another Amelia Earhart Is Trying to Fly Around the World

Amelia Earhart (no relation to Amelia Earhart) is trying to follow in her namesake's flight path

Agave plants blooming in Mexico

80-Year-Old Agave Plant About To Bloom

The 25-foot-tall plant is finally ready to bloom after 80 long years

Archaeologists Find Jobs in Oil Boomtown

The oil boom in North Dakota has lead to a lot of job openings, including jobs for archaeologists

Watch The Top of A Mountain Be Blown Up Live

The future site of the European Extremely Large Telescope will be leveled this morning

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