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Chickens Might Lay Your Future Prescriptions
Tests show cancer-fighting and immune-boosting proteins can be produced in the egg whites of genetically-modified cluckers
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Remembering the Forgotten Female Artists of Vienna
New exhibition draws on works by around 60 women who lived and worked between 1900 and 1938
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Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ Is No Longer Cleared for Takeoff
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam’s version has been deemed too fragile to travel
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Earth’s Oldest Known Rock May Have Been Found on the Moon
Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut in space, collected the rock sample during Apollo 14
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Brazilian Mine Disaster Leaves 58 Dead, 200 Missing
Mine waste and sludge have contaminated a huge stretch of the Paraopeba River
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Neanderthals Used Spears to Hunt Targets From Afar
New analysis adds to growing body of literature suggesting these early human ancestors were more advanced than previously believed
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This Spring, Dalí Museum Visitors Will Be Welcomed by AI Version of the Artist Himself
A surreal(ist) encounter, indeed
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CDC Cautions Against Kissing Pet Hedgehogs
The prickly critters have been linked to a recent salmonella outbreak
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Canada Archives Acquire Book That Would Have Guided North American Holocaust
The report details the population and organizations of Jewish citizens across the U.S. and Canada
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How CIA-Backed Spies Detected Soviet Nukes First During Cuban Missile Crisis
A report from Yahoo News lays out how a network of agents detected Soviet operations on the island before a U-2 spy plane snapped the famous photos
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This Ancient Reptile Had a Small Head, Tiny Eyes and a Platypus-Like Bill
Even paleobiologists find Eretmorhipis carrolldongi strange
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Who Will Be Spared in Game of Thrones, According to Science
‘Highborn’ women who have switched sides seem to do best on the fantasy series, while ‘lowborn’ men tend to die violently
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Notre Dame University Will Cover Controversial Columbus Murals
The university’s president said the artworks memorialize a historic ‘catastrophe’ for native peoples
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Decade-Long Restoration of Tutankhamun’s Tomb Finally Concludes
Conservators stabilized famed crypt’s wall paintings, introduced viewing platforms and barriers designed to limit visitor access to fragile areas
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Rocking Isn’t Just for Babies. It Helps Adults—and Mice—Fall Asleep, Too
Two new studies outline benefits including increased sleep quality, improved memory skills
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Greek Lawmakers Approve Macedonia’s New Name
The decision brings an end to a 27-year-old conflict and paves the way for the Republic of North Macedonia to join the NATO alliance
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Newly Discovered Leaf-Tailed Gecko From Madagascar Is Already Threatened by Pet Trade
The master of camouflage is about 4-inches-long and hides amid dead leaves
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Sweethearts Candies Won’t Be Available This Valentine’s Day
Production of the iconic treat ground to a halt after the company that makes them went out of business
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A Meteor Struck the Moon During Sunday’s Total Eclipse
It may be the first time that such an event was documented from Earth
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Gemologist Finds Insect Entombed in Opal Rather Than Amber
The unusual specimen appears to contain an open-mouthed insect complete with ‘fibrous structures extending from the appendages’
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