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Give Paris its due, but the place has at least its share of unromantic features
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The secret of Glamis Castle—a concealed room, a hidden heir—was one of the great talking points of the 19th century. But will the mystery ever be resolved?
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Oldest Animals Ever Discovered
The sponge-like organisms date back to about 760 million years ago, extending the known time span of animals by 17 percent
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Surprising Chocolate Facts, Just in Time for NMAI’s Power of Chocolate Festival
Attendees will have the opportunity to grind and sample their own chocolate beverages and learn about history and science behind the “food of the gods.”
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Top Ten Demonstrations of Love
The inventor, the celebrity and the royal highness couldn’t resist the draw of making a grand gesture to the love of their life
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Shattered: Christchurch After 10,000 Earthquakes
The abandoned boulevards and blocks of condemned buildings look like a scene from an unhappy future
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How Did the Biggest Dinosaurs Get it On?
Of all the dinosaur mysteries, how dinosaurs like the 23-ton Apatosaurus mated is one of the most perplexing
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How Smart Does a TV Need to Be?
Sure, they’re big and they’re flat. But TVs still aren’t that bright. This, however, could be the year they start acting more like smart phones
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Lab-grown Babies in the Year 2030
A 1930 book argued that women’s “liberation from the dangers of childbirth” would be a crucial first step toward gender equality
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Who Was the First to Discover Dinosaur Eggs?
Despite an immense wave of publicity heralding the discovery of dinosaur eggs in 1923, French paleontologists had discovered them decades earlier
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When Uncle Sam Backs Your Film
How Act of Valor is only the latest in a long history of official military involvement in the film industry
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Charles McIlvaine, Pioneer of American Mycophagy
“I take no man’s word for the qualities of a toadstool,” said the man who took it upon himself to sample more than 600 species
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The Wandering Albatross and Global Warming
The giant oceanic birds are producing more and plumper chicks, at least for now
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Sugar of Lead: A Deadly Sweetener
Did ancient Romans, Pope Clement II or Ludwig van Beethoven overdose on a sweet salt of lead?
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New Zealand’s Darkest, Bloodiest Secret: The Sandfly
Kiwi recommendations for stopping the biting beasts: DEET, geranium leaves, garlic, rancid bacon, Marmite, Vegemite. Does anything really work?
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How Much the Hope Diamond is Worth and Other Questions From Our Readers
From American art, history and culture, air and space technology, Asian art and any of the sciences from astronomy to zoology, we’ll find an answer
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The plot to kill Michael Malloy for life-insurance money seemed foolproof—until the conspirators actually tried it
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What Happens Before a Volcano Blows?
Volcanologists thought that the buildup to an eruption would take centuries. But this report adds to a suspicion that it can happen faster than expected
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