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Prions - the infectious proteins that cause illnesses in humans and other animals such as mad cow disease - can pass through the digestive systems of crows
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Blanchard was said to be afraid of riding in a carriage, but she became one of the great promoters of human flight
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Sediments and ancient leaves recovered from the bottom of a Japanese lake will help scientists around the world more precisely date ancient objects
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Hear from an astrophysicist who danced her PhD thesis, watch a classic Civil War film and start celebrating Day of the Dead a little early
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It sounds funny, but when Google created a huge computer network that was able to identify cats from YouTube videos, it was a big leap forward for artificial intelligence.
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Researchers may have pinpointed neurons responsible for that "special connection" feeling associated with first making eye contact
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What caused Australia's dinosaur stampede? A short musical performance suggests an answer
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Today marks the 161st anniversary of Moby Dick, the epic seafaring tale by Herman Melville, and Google is celebrating with its own Doodle
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From designer appliances to bigger floorplans, Americans love kitchens, just not cooking in them
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Japanese singer-dancer Nobuko Miyamoto will speak about her role in making a place for Asian Americans in music October 19th
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Good, locally made wines can now be found in such unlikely locales as equatorial Kenya, the Texas Hill Country, and temperate and rainy Japan
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A new type of evidence found in lunar rocks indicates that an enormous collision between a young Earth and a Mars-sized object formed the moon
But at least two of the last three puzzles in the grid (including today's!) may be among the hair-pullingest yet. I'm not a sadist, mind you. I genuinely think you'll have fun with them.
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These frightening creatures defend themselves with slime and chow down on animal carcasses
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Scientists disagree over whether a 3.5-million-year-old skull is a flat-faced species of hominid or just a distorted example of Australopithecus afarensis
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A new company called Epic Frequency turns historic audio files into artwork
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A newly discovered planet circling Alpha Centauri is only four light years away and could point the way to habitable planets nearby
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The weird alvarezsaurs look perfectly-adapted to eating termites, but how can we find out what they really ate?
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Marking the historic Cold War confrontation, photograph analyst Dino Brugioni will discuss his role gathering intelligence during the crisis
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Mountain of Dinosaurs, from 1967, uses extinction as a metaphor for Soviet oppression
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