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3-D Scans of Fossil Beaks Show How Modern Birds Came to Be
The early seabird had the sharp teeth of its dinosaur relatives but a bird-like body
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DNA From Ancient Latrines Reveal What People Ate Centuries Ago
By digging in ancient toilets, researchers uncovered genetic material that tells of past diets and diseases
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Researchers Identify How Much Radiation Hiroshima Victims Were Exposed to
The scientists say their research is the first to use a human bone to precisely measure the radiation absorbed by an atomic bombing victim
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Five Things to Know About NASA’s InSight Mission to Mars
This Saturday, the craft will launch on its mission to search for clues about the Red Planet’s interior
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Pakistan’s Searing April Temperatures Set New Global Record
On Monday, the city of Nawabshah reached 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit, causing heatstroke, power outages and general misery
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1,500-Year-Old Massacre Unearthed in Sweden
Archaeologists have so far uncovered the bodies of 26 men and children on the coastal village of Sandby Borg, possible victims of a local power struggle
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Some of Hobby Lobby’s Smuggled Artifacts May Come From Lost Sumerian City
Among the 3,800 artifacts being repatriated to Iraq today include pieces believed to be from Irisagrig, a site archaeologists have yet to find
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Experience Some of the World’s Most Polluted Cities in This Exhibit
The art installation was recently on display in London
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This Is the Longest Straight-Line Ocean Path Around the Earth
But don’t go hauling your boats out just yet
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Yellowstone’s Biggest Geyser, Steamboat, Has Trio of Eruptions
It’s the first triple eruption in 15 years—but don’t worry, it’s not a sign the Yellowstone volcano is ready to blow
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Archaeologists Discover Site of One of History’s Largest-Recorded Incidents of Child Sacrifice
The excavation uncovered the remains of more than 140 children and 200 llamas, who were sacrificed some 550 years ago in Peru’s northern coast
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This Kangaroo Rat Was Just Spotted For the First Time in 30 years
A native to Baja California, the San Quintín kangaroo rat hopped back into researchers’ lives last summer
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Londoners Beware: These Toxic Caterpillars Cause Rashes and Asthma
The caterpillars were accidentally introduced to Britain in 2005
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Scholar Finds New Isaac Bashevis Singer Story
“The Boarder,” which is published for the first time in the New Yorker, was discovered while going through the prominent writer’s vast archives
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Exhibition to Bring Winslow Homer’s Long-Lost Camera—and Photography—Into Focus
After four years of research, the new medium’s impact on Homer’s art will be explored this summer at Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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The World’s Oldest Known Spider Has Died at Age 43
The female trapdoor spider ruled over her burrow in the Australian outback until a parasitic wasp attacked
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Victims of Rwandan Genocide Identified in Newly Discovered Mass Graves
The discovery comes almost a quarter century after the genocide occurred
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Comet “Snowstorm” Swirling in This Stunning GIF Is a Tricky Illusion
“Things are not quite as they seem,” explains astronomer Mark McCaughrean
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Watch Cells Move Within Living Animals in This Breathtaking Footage
The new microscope technique incorporates cutting-edge technology to capture spectacular imagery of cellular activity
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Contest Judges Rule Wildlife Photography Winner Used Taxidermic Creature
Brazilian photographer Marcio Cabral has been disqualified and can not enter the competition in the future
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