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Europe Applies Strict Regulations to CRISPR Crops
A court has ruled that plants modified with CRISPR technology are subject to the restrictions of the 2001 GMO Directive
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Black and Female Circus Artists Take Center Ring in New Museum Show
“Circus! Show of Shows” at the U.K.’s Weston Park Museum reveals how the circus was shaped by diverse groups of performers
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Scientists Baked a “Fossil” in 24 Hours
The simulation could help researchers gain new insight into the fossilization process—without having to wait 10,000 years
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Black Panther Co-Founder Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard Dies at 80
Howard was a key Panther organizer and played an important role in community activism
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Rosa Parks’ Detroit Home Is Now Up for Auction
Parts of the tiny home where the civil rights activist lived with 17 family members are expected to sell for between $1 and $3 million
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Most of Mars’ Dust Comes From One Place
Erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation has, over billions of years, likely covered the entire planet in 10 feet of volcanic dust
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Why a Female Duck Was Spotted with a Huge Brood of 76 Ducklings
Think of it as ducky day care
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Library of Congress Puts Spotlight on 440 Snapshots Culled From Archive of 14 Million
About 300 of the images have been newly digitized, and 200 of these are free for public use
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Compelling Evidence Suggests There’s a Liquid Lake Beneath Mars’ Surface
But do the findings hold water?
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Scientists Give New Particle Accelerator the Thumbs Up
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine endorses the $1 billion Electron-Ion Collider
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1,000-Year-Old Handprint From “Europe’s Lost People” Discovered In Scotland
The mark was left by a Pictish coppersmith at Swandro, a site in the Orkney Islands that is quickly washing into the sea
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Sold: A Rare Copy of Ada Lovelace’s Groundbreaking Computer Algorithm
The manuscript includes Lovelace’s translation of an Italian paper, her copious notes and a formula that is often recognized as the first computer program
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‘Amazing Dragon’ Fossils Unearthed in China Rewrite Story of Long-Necked Dinosaurs
The dino family emerged 15 million years earlier than previously thought
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People Were Messing Around In Texas at Least 2,500 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Pre-Clovis projectile points and other artifacts at the Gault Site date back 16,000 years ago or even earlier
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Waves of Garbage Are Washing onto a Beach in the Dominican Republic
The trash was pushed onto Montesinos Beach by a recent storm, but environmentalists say the scene is becoming all the more common
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Art Dealer Discovers Six Alleged Willem de Kooning Paintings in New Jersey Storage Locker
Boxes labeled with artist’s name were found among the 200 abandoned works
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David Bowie’s First Studio Recording Discovered in a Bread Basket
The demo failed to impress recording executives in the early 1960s
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The Andromeda Galaxy Ate The Milky Way’s Lost Sibling
New simulations show Andromeda absorbed the large galaxy M32p about 2 billion years ago
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You’ll Soon Be Able to Stay in This Historic California Ghost Town
Cerro Gordo was once a lively mining town. Now its new owners have plans to refurbish it in hopes of attracting visitors to the relic of the Wild West
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Claude Monet’s Glazed Biscuit Kitty Cat Returns to the Artist’s Home
The terracotta feline was believed to have gone missing after the death of Claude Monet’s son Michel
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