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Half of Central America’s Coffee Harvest This Year Is in Danger
Thanks to climate change, coffee rust’s ideal habitat seems to be spreading as higher elevations and more northern areas become warmer
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Florence’s Powerful Medici Family Suffered from Rickets Because of Too Much Time Spent Indoors
Study of the Medici’s children shows that they suffered from rickets, or the bone softening affliction caused by a lack of vitamin D from sunlight or food
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San Francisco From the Air, 1938 and Today
This amazing composite photo gives a scrollable, zoomable high-resolution view of 1938 San Francisco
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Where in the World Will the Fracking Boom Visit Next?
Fracking has reshaped American drilling, and shale gas stores are popping up all over the world
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Lego Faces Are Getting Angrier
As LEGOs have gotten more and more varied, they’ve given the little yellow dude more expressions, many of them angry
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Even Astronauts Have Accidents
Peeing in space is way harder than you might think
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Jurassic Park’s Stars Would Be Very Different Animals If the Film Were Made Today
In the past 20 years our knowledge about dinosaurs has grown, meaning that some dinosaur-related points depicted in the film are either outdated or wrong
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This 19th-Century Politician Never Thought He’d Be Outed for Vandalizing an Egyptian Temple
Unlike a Chinese youth shamed for the markings he left on an Egyptian Temple, Luther Bradish got away guilt-free with his sneaky bid at immortality
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So Long Chris Hadfield, Thanks for All the Fish
Chris Hadfield, the 53-year old astronaut superstar, is retiring
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People Don’t Seem to Get What ‘Designated Driver’ Means
A new study found that around 40 percent of designated drivers drink, and almost 20 percent do so to the point that their own ability to drive may be impaired
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Gold Nanoparticles May Be the Future of Male Contraception
A twist in the on-going quest for a male contraceptive
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Prosthetic Pinkies for Former Yakuzas Are a Booming Business
One sign of former yakuza-dom is harder to cover up: missing pinkies
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This New Sperm Bank for Honey Bees Could Help Fight Colony Collapse Disorder
By boosting bees’ genetic diversity, this sperm bank could make American bees stronger
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400 Words to Get Up to Speed on Edward Snowden, the NSA And Government Surveillance
NSA’s PRISM, monitoring the internet, and the recent history of domestic surveillance
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Why Microwaving Water for Tea Is a Bad Idea
Apparently there are a lot of things us novice tea makers are doing wrong. A big one is using the microwave to heat up our water
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E-Readers Don’t Cut Down on Reading Comprehension
Recent research says that reading comprehension on an e-reader and electronic screen is just as good as with paper
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These Little Circles Are Characters in the First Comic Book for Blind People
The project’s story follows the life of three people, represented by dots
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Today Is National Doughnut Day
Yes, this is a real holiday. Yes, it means free doughnuts
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