Dine 21 Stories Underground in This 345-Million-Year-Old Cavern
Cavern Grotto, a new restaurant in Arizona, opens inside the largest dry cavern system in the country
Scientists Make Food From Bacteria, Water, Electricity, and a Whole Lot of Patience
You may have heard that Finnish scientists had made food from electricity, but the truth is more complicated
Watch as This Life-Size Elephant Ice Sculpture Melts in NYC
The melting mammal was part of Amarula and WildlifeDIRECT’s “Don’t Let Them Disappear” campaign
The Big Unsexy Problem With Tiger Selfies
Why drugging and caging the cats for Tinder photos is even more messed up than it sounds
The “Quaker Comet” Was the Greatest Abolitionist You’ve Never Heard Of
Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation’s first radicals to argue for an end to slavery
Why Eleanor Roosevelt Visited Active War Zones During WWII
Eleanor Roosevelt’s war time travels to support U.S. soldiers were considerable: in the Pacific theater, she would meet with 400,000 troops
The Fuzzy History of the Georgia Peach
Once a feral resource for planters, the stone fruit got a marketing makeover in the late 19th century—and a boost from the segregated labor market
A Brief History of Traveling With Cats
Fierce felines of history sailed the world, survived Europe’s crusade against them and made it all the way to Memedom
What Does an Eclipse Sound Like?
A new app will allow blind and visually impaired users to experience the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21
The Devastating 1926 Hurricane that Halted the Growth of Miami
In 1926, the Miami economy was soaring, fueled by wealthy northerners attracted to the tropical climate and beaches
This Newly Excavated Underground Tunnel Reveals How 83 German Officers Escaped a World War II Prison Camp
The POWs burrowed to freedom from a Welsh encampment in 1945
Scientists Are Using This Collection of Wood Samples to Combat Illegal Logging
Archie F. Wilson loved wood enough to amass the country’s premiere private collection. Now scientists are using it as a weapon against illegal logging
Bomb Threats Didn’t Stop Lady Bird’s Fight for Civil Rights
Lady Bird Johnson was a committed supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, in word and deed, touring the country to speak against racism
Underwater Robot Labs Monitor Toxins
The labs have been deployed in Lake Erie, where blooms of toxic algae have made water undrinkable in past years.
How This Tiny Town Drew World-Class Artists Into the Forests of Finland
Fiskars, Finland — an hour west of Helsinki — was a knife-making village on the decline. Now it’s one of the world’s most successful artist havens.
How James Smithson’s Money Built the Smithsonian
In 1838, 104,960 sovereigns from the bequest of a learned Englishman were reminted in the U.S. to fund the “increase and diffusion of knowledge”
The Deadly Grizzly Bear Attacks That Changed the National Park Service Forever
Visitors to Glacier National Park had long conditioned the predators to seek food from humans, making the maulings somewhat inevitable
How a Tree and Its Moth Shaped the Mojave Desert
The partnership between the Joshua tree and the yucca moth may be key to understanding how plants and insects co-evolve
Benjamin Franklin Mocked Eclipse Astrology to Elevate Science
The founding father used his almanacs to promote a scientific understanding of celestial events—often with withering humor
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