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The fourth puzzle is now unlocked. Have at it!
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How Did the Pigskin Get Its Shape?
American football may have evolved from soccer and rugby, but it turns out that the football was never truly designed, it just sort of happened
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As a Matter of Fact: Jockeys, Tartans and Cowboy Glam
The real stories behind some fashion fads and classics hold some surprising twists
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Cutting-edge research in regenerative medicine suggests that the future of health care may lie in getting the body to grow new parts and heal itself.
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A delicately-balanced domino setup replays the end of the Age of Dinosaurs
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Sinfully Delicious Apples That You Should Never Try to Eat
Inspired by the work of Cornell scientists, Los Angeles-based Jessica Rath creates sculptures and photographs of the autumn fruit
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Can You Give the Flu To Your Dog or Cat?
New research indicates that the influenza virus can jump from humans to pet animals, raising the possibility of dangerous mutations
Some good news and some bad news from the Puzzle Master
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British Architects Plan to Build a House Entirely From Waste
England will soon begin construction on its first building built entirely from waste
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What (or Who) Caused the Great Chicago Fire?
The true story behind the myth of Mrs. O’Leary and her cow
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Black Mamba Venom Beats Morphine as a Painkiller
Black mambas’ toxicity turns out to have applications other than rodent-killing
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Predictions From The Father of Science Fiction
Hugo Gernsback’s predictions give us a look at the most radical of technological utopianism from the 1920s
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Haplocanthosaurus–A Morrison Mystery
Without a skull, determining the dinosaur’s relationships is difficult
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New Project Aims to Drill to the Earth’s Mantle, 3.7 Miles Down
Scientists aim to reach the mantle and bring back rock samples for the first time in human history
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Events October 5-7: Mrs. Judo, Staring at the Sun and Chamber Society Music
This weekend, a 99-year old judo legend, a scientist who studies the sun and a season-opener with the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society.
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Fossils Reveal Earliest Known Case of Anemia in Hominids
2-year-old child that lived 1.5 million years ago suffered from the blood disorder, which may suggest that hominids by this time were regularly eating meat
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Revisiting Epcot Center on its 30th Birthday
Has the Disney theme park outlived its purpose as a monument to science and technology?
Here are a few (non-spoiler!) answers to questions we’ve received from a bunch of solvers
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Amazing Photographs of Water Droplets Colliding
See the results of 98-year-old Irving Olson’s kitchen experiments
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Paleontologists have named scores of dinosaurs, but why is T. rex our favorite?
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