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Climate Change’s Latest Victim: Canada’s Outdoor Ice Rinks
A new project asks citizens to monitor their backyard rinks, helping to track how a warming climate is affecting Canada’s skating tradition
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How Does McCormick Pick the Top Flavors of the Year?
Ten years ago, the spice company identified chipotle as a taste on the rise. They’re back at it again with new predictions for 2013
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The Drones of the Future May Build Skyscrapers
Innovative architects are experimenting with small unmanned aerial vehicles to prove that drones can do more than cause destruction
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“Freakish Absurdities:” A Century Ago, An Art Show Shocked the Country
The Armory Show provoked reactions of love and hate; today it is recognized as changing American art forever
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A Valentine for Sci-Art Lovers
A clever print by designer Jacqueline Schmidt pays homage to 12 different species with one thing in common—they mate for life
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When Cane Juice Meets Yeast: Brewing in Ecuador
The sugarcane trail takes the author across the Andes, into liquor distilleries and from juice shack to juice shack as he pursues fermented sugarcane wine
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Flushing Your Anti-Anxiety Pills Down the Toilet Could Affect the Behavior of Wild Fish
A study shows that wild perch are less fearful, eat faster and are more anti-social when exposed to a common pharmaceutical pollutant
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Events February 15-17: Sketching Lessons, Arabian Jazz and Lincoln’s Dream
This week, indulge your creative side, hear Arab music, and meet a children’s book author
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Jane Jetson and the Origins of the “Women Are Bad Drivers” Joke
What happens when a comedy staple of mid-century sitcoms reappears as a late-century Saturday morning tradition?
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Outrageous Taxidermy, the Subject of a New Show on AMC
Former Smithsonian taxidermist Paul Rhymer is a judge on “Immortalized,” a TV competition that pits up-and-comers against superstars in the field
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The Origins of Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Valentine’s Day can be an occasion for quirky expressions of love
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Study Predicts Political Beliefs With 83 Percent Accuracy
Scans show that liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain when they take risks, helping to pinpoint the political party a person prefers
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Meet Indonesia’s New Owl Species
The new species of owl makes a distinctive “pwok” call and is unique to just one island in Indonesia
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10 Fresh Looks at Love
Don’t understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
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Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life
A look at the mating systems of some monogamous ocean animals show that finding life partners helps species protect themselves and their young
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Poetry Matters: Phillis Wheatley, The Slave Girl Who Became a Literary Sensation
Enslaved at age 8, America’s first black woman poet won her freedom with verse
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Korea’s Black Day: When Sad, Single People Get Together And Eat Black Food
Each year on April 14, singles in South Korea drown their sorrows in a bowl of black noodles
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Critter Cupids: Animals in Love
Ever wonder how a giant panda says I love you? Or how a sea lion bonds with a best friend?
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This Sea Slug Discards Its Penis After Sex and Grows Another
Chromodoris reticulata, native to the Pacific, engages in mating behavior previously unknown in the rest of the animal kingdom
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Trash Threatens Fragile Antarctic Environment
Decaying field huts, open pits of trash and oil-slicked beaches mar King George Island, a logistical hub for Antarctic research
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