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Japanese Traders Believe Showings of Studio Ghibli Movies Augur Terrible Job Numbers

When beloved films like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke or My Neighbor Totoro air on television, the traders know to gear up for a loss

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This Strange Suit Simulates the Weight of Old Age

The Age Explorer gives an idea of what it’s like to age

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Take a Tour Through the Computer Museum of 1983

In 1979, the MIT Computer Museum was founded, and in 1983 the television show Computer Chronicles TV went to visit

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Why Can’t Accident Victims Remember What Happened to Them?

Memory blanks, flashbacks and an eventual distortion of the traumatic event are all normal reactions to experiencing a disaster

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Sail-Powered Ships Are Making a Comeback

New pressures have engineers turning to old ideas, and Rolls-Royce is working on a sailing ship

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Small Airplanes of the Near Future May Run on Natural Gas

In the near future, it may become both cheaper and greener to fly small planes

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The Hedgehog Is Britain’s New National Emblem

Could-be contenders - the brown hare, the little owl, the horse chestnut tree - are all invasive species in Britain, so don’t qualify as a national emblem

Mexico City And Washington, D.C., Are About Equally Safe

Mexico has its share of dangerous spots. But some parts of Mexico are just as unsafe as some parts of the United States, and some parts are safer

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Soap And Clean Water Make Kids Taller

By staving off childhood illnesses, basic sanitation makes children grow taller

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What Queen Elizabeth II Would Have Said If Nuclear War Started in the 1980s

Undelivered speeches give a glimpse into alternate realities that never came to pass

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Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Maria Mitchell, America’s First Female Professional Astronomer

Today would have been Maria Mitchell’s 195th birthday, and if she were still around she’d probably celebrate it by looking at the stars

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Energy Innovation

People Had To Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity

When electricity came around, it wasn’t immediately seen as a necessity

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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome

Now We Know Just How Herpes Infects Human Cells

Figuring out a way to stop the viral explosion could take out not only herpes, but a whole host of other ailments

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This Artist Wants to Print Out the Internet

In honor of internet activist Aaron Swartz, this artist is trying to print out the entire internet

How Loudly Does a Snail Slither?

What if you could block all that sound out, and listen to the tiniest sounds?

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No, Really, the Government Can Read Your Email

More than just metadata, the NSA’s systems can track ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’

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This is Bad: ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Are More Common Than We Thought

“Nightmare bacteria” are here, and they’re more common than we thought

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Is Your City Doomed To Be Submerged Sometime After 2100?

If we do not curb our greenhouse gas emissions over the next century, 1,700 cities, including New York and Miami, will be “locked in” to an aquatic fate

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This Is What It Feels Like To Be Left in a Hot, Parked Car

Every summer, news reports roll in of people leaving their pets, or even worse, their children, in parked cars. Here’s what that feels like

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Tomb Raiding Is Still a Huge Problem

A huge proportion of archaeological sites have been ransacked

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