Great Britain Still Has Significant Debt From World War I
The U.K. is committing itself to paying off a small fraction of that debt next year by issuing new debt
Get Down With This Year’s "Dance Your PhD" Winners
Acrobatic human tornadoes and pair-dancing inertial confinement fusion implosions are among this year's favorites
Rovers Disguised as Baby Penguins Can Quietly Infiltrate Penguin Colonies
Normally wary penguins seem unfazed when there's a smartly dressed robot in their midst
Someone Just Bought an Entire Connecticut Ghost Town for $1.2 Million
Johnsonville was once a 62-acre mill village
Scientists Who Traveled to Ebola-Infected Countries Are Being Asked to Skip a Big Tropical Medicine Meeting
Researchers from the frontline of the fight against Ebola must cancel their plans to attend an upcoming conference in New Orleans
Aircraft Hunters Think They’ve Found a Scrap of Amelia Earhart’s Plane
This isn't the first time a seemingly game-changing piece of evidence about Earhart's disappearance has arisen, however
Artists In Search of Inspiration Can Now Find Their Muse On a Cargo Ship
Container ships now join Amtrak trains, dune shacks and remote islands in the Arctic circle as sights dedicated to artistic pursuit
New Leopard Frog Found in New York City
The unique species, discovered near the Statue of Liberty, is the first amphibian found in the region in 150 years
A Couple’s First Two Kids Make Them Briefly Happier; the Third Not So Much
Older couples get the most joy from their new addition to the family, teens the least
Giant Tortoises Have Made a Comeback From 15 to 1,000
Española giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Galapagos National Park and are breeding on their own
You’ll Soon Be Able to Talk to London And Manchester’s Statues
Just scan a tag near the statues with your cell, and they'll call you with a quick first-person history lesson
What Appears to Be a Complete Mammoth Skeleton Was Discovered in an Idaho Ditch
A nearby reservoir has just covered the fossil in water, however, postponing the excavation
Lava Is Poised to Consume Some Homes in Hawaii
Lava is creeping across the Big Island's Puna district at a rate of about 10 to 15 yards per hour
We're Terrible at Distinguishing Real And Fake Schools of Fish
You can test your fish school savviness in a free online game created by scientists
When Becoming a Man Means Sticking Your Hand Into a Glove of Ants
Young men must subject themselves to a ritual involving bullet ant-filled gloves not once but 20 times
Newsflash: Technology Cannot Guarantee a Baby
The unregulated egg freezing industry is profitable for those involved, but prone to failure for those looking to get pregnant
Invaders From Cuba Force Florida Lizards to Quickly Evolve (Or Get Out)
In just 15 years, green anoles changed their behavior and evolved bigger, stickier toes to escape alien competitors
Male Great Bustards Eat Poison to Look Sexier for the Ladies
The toxic compound can kill mammals - including humans - but helps the birds rid themselves of pests
Lose Ice in Alaska, See Temperatures Spike By 7°C
This puts the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2°C to shame
Wreckage of a Nazi U-Boat Was Found Off the Coast of North Carolina
A freighter lost in that skirmish was also discovered in the "graveyard of the Atlantic"
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