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It’s a Good Thing We Have Smokey: These 1940s Fire Prevention Ads Are Something Else
Replacing racially charged and aggressive World War II imagery, Smokey the Bear is an iconic character
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A park employee posted a video of herself cooking an egg in a covered skillet and inspired many park visitors to try their own culinary science experiment.
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NASA and Japan Team Up to Make Anime Mascots
If pictures of the furthest reaches of space bore you, never fear, anime characters are here.
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Science Confirms: American Dogs Are American As It Gets
Researchers used to believe that the dog population in America had been wiped out by European breeds
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Tragic Duel + 209 Years = Comedy Gold
In the centuries since Burr shot Hamilton, the duel has inspired some truly funny pop culture references
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Scientists Just Measured the True Color of a Far-Off Planet
For the first time, scientists have measured the color of a far off planet
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For the First Time, NASA Took a Photo of the Sun’s Tail
Stretched by the interstellar medium, the Sun’s tail stretches far behind us
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Legislators Want to Put a National Park on the Moon
A bill in the House of Representatives wants to protect the Apollo landing sites. But can it?
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This Pink Snow Is Not What You Think it Is
This phenomenon is commonly known as watermelon snow, red snow or blood snow
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This Town Wants to Put Its Deer on Birth Control
In Westchester County, hunting with firearms is prohibited and deer have no predators
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There’s an Underwater Forest Off the Alabama Coast
The trees grew on dry ground over 50,000 years ago, but were covered by sediments until Hurricane Katrina dug them up.
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When the Sun Gets Violent, It Shoots Antimatter at the Earth
When it casts a solar flare, the Sun also launches antimatter
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Italy Gets Its First Spacewalker
Thanks to Luca Parmitano, Italy is now one of just ten countries that can boast about having an astronaut who’s gone on a spacewalk
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Television Channel for Dogs to Launch in August
DogTV, “the first and only 24/7 television channel scientifically developed and tested for dogs,” is a 24-hour channel that will debut on August 1st
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Dogs Have Terrible Eyesight: See for Yourself
Red—green color blind and with awful, awful vision. Life for a dog is kind of a blurry mess
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Maybe Don’t Feel So Bad For the Men Treed by Tigers for Five Days
They may have planned to sell the cub they killed on the black market
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Choir Members’ Hearts Beat in Time With Each Other
According to a new study, choir members may be mimicking not only their fellow choristers’ voices but also their heartbeats
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How Do Doctors Care for Prisoners on Hunger Strike?
With individuals prepared to die for a cause, hunger strikes present difficult ethical questions for physicians whose duty is to care for prisoners
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Worldwide, One Out of Four People Paid a Bribe Last Year
While 9 out of 10 people in the survey say they want to act against corruption, many also reported that they had to pay bribes to get simple services
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