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“Hidden” Attic in Westminster Abbey Is Opening as a Museum
Visitors can view more than 300 relics from the Abbey’s 1,000-year history and peer out at one of the best views in Europe
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What to Know About This Weekend’s Centennial British Suffrage March
About 45,000 women are expected to participate in four-city procession—projected to be one of the largest collective art events in British history
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Disgusting Things Fall Into Six Gross Categories
Open sores, body odors and other indicators of possible disease transmission top the list of things that gross us out
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Earthquakes Rumble Under East Antarctica Much More Frequently Than Thought
A new study reveals that the region trembled with 27 minor earthquakes in 2009 alone
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What Dogs Really Think of Your ‘Puppy’ Voice
Dog-directed speech may improve animals’ attention skills and strengthen human-pupper bonds
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How Does Your Vision Compare to Other Critters in the Animal Kingdom?
A new review of visual acuity compares the sight of 600 species, from mosquitoes to eagles
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A Mysterious Dinosaur Skeleton Was Auctioned Off to a Private Buyer
And paleontologists are not happy about it
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Tate Britain Confronts the Aftershocks of World War I
The museum’s newest exhibition explores how British, German and French artists struggle to comprehend bloody conflict
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Is the Mysterious Planet Nine Just a Swarm of Asteroids?
Researchers investigate alternative explanations for wacky orbits of objects in our solar system
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Miss America Is Ditching Its Swimsuit Competition
The pageant was founded as a ‘bathing beauty’ contest. But even in its earlier days, contestants did not always conform to the swimsuit portion happily
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Why Delayed Gratification in the Marshmallow Test Doesn’t Equal Success
Socioeconomic status, family background amongst factors accounting for children’s varying levels of self-control
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Whale Dies in Thailand With 80 Plastic Bags in Its Stomach
A five-day rescue effort could not save the animal, which started vomiting up pieces of plastic before it died
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Five Things to Know About Guatemala’s Deadly Volcanic Eruption
The massive blast is affecting nearly 2 million people, and more may still be in store
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New Clues Emerge in Search for Stolen Caravaggio
The nativity scene taken from Sicilian chapel in 1969 may have ended up in Switzerland
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Holey Swiss: Man Breaks Record in British Downhill Cheese Race
Fromage fiends have been participating in this unusual tradition for centuries
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Why Did Most Massive Bony Fish Behemoths Die Out?
Some researchers suggest metabolism might be to blame, but a new study suggests that’s not the case
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This Is America’s Fastest-Growing City
Census data reveals the cities in the United States experiencing population booms
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This 4,000-Year-Old Jar Contains Italy’s Oldest Olive Oil
Traces of oleic and linoleic acid found on a central Italy jar pushes the timeline of the substance in the region back an estimated 700 years
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58 Years Later, Alabama Clears the Records of 29 Black Students Who Protested Segregation
The students sat down at the courthouse lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration
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It’s True—After Giving Birth, Women’s Voices Temporarily Drop
While anecdotal evidence of the phenomenon has existed for some time, this is the first scientific study to look at women’s voices after pregnancy
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