Grueling Travel through Beautiful Places: the Madness of Extreme Races
The Crocodile Trophy mountain biking race is off-road, meaning gravel, rocks, ruts, puddles, dust and lots of crashing
Fossil Testifies to Pachycephalosaur Pain
A damaged skull throws support to the idea that some dome-headed dinosaurs butted heads
Film vs. Digital: Archivists Speak Out
Pros and cons of “perforated plastic with photographic emulsion”
The Biggest Supermoon in Years is Coming Saturday Night
The moon’s closest approach to earth will coincide with a perfectly full moon
The Snows of…Tenerife?
The white stuff can fall at any time and almost anywhere, from the streets of Rome to the subtropical Canary Islands
Groundwater, Gravity and Graphic Design
An important piece of science recently popped up in Times Square, in the form of a 19,000-square-foot interactive map by a Dutch information designer
Medicine Goes Small
Nanotechnology is taking health care to the molecular level and changing it in profound ways. But is it all good?
The Cost of “No” on Potato Chips
What can snack food marketing tell us about political campaigns?
Trunk Rock: Shanthi the Elephant Jams on the Harmonica
Listen to the latest stylings of Shanthi, the Dylan of elephants
Superior Navigation Secret to Humans’ Success?
Greater spatial intelligence may have given modern humans an edge over Neanderthals, a new study proposes
Dinosaur Cinema Explosion
After a long lull, a stampede of dinosaur films is headed for theaters
24 New Lizard Species Discovered, Half Close to Extinction
The discoverer of the world’s (then) smallest frog, snake and lizard does it again with new species of Caribbean skinks
New Wrinkle to the Story of the Last Dinosaurs
Were the last dinosaurs thriving or declining just before Tyrannosaurus and kin disappeared?
The Nationals’ Bryce Harper Plays Softball on the Mall
The new outfielder for the Nats made some new friends on the Mall last night
Rock, Pedal and Roll: Band Tours the World by Bicycle
“I believe the bicycle is one of the best, if not the coolest, machines ever invented,” says the frontman of the Ginger Ninjas
The Case of the Sleepwalking Killer
The evidence against Albert Tirrell was lurid and damning—until Rufus Choate, a protegé of the great Daniel Webster, agreed to come to the defense
The Mysterious Teeth of Ostafrikasaurus
A pair of enigmatic teeth might hint that croc-snouted spinosaurs had a deeper history than we presently understand
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