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Controversial Statues in New York City Will Remain in Place With Added Historical Context
The J. Marion Sims statue is the only one the Mayor de Blasio task force recommended to be moved. It will go to the Brooklyn cemetery where he is buried
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Arthur Miller’s Vast Archive Comes to the University of Texas at Austin
The collection includes a wealth of material, from theatrical manuscripts to personal memorabilia
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Huge Deposits of Ice Found Just Beneath Mars’ Surface
Erosion has exposed eight sites of enormous quantities of water ice
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New Clues to the Origins of the Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts From Space
New analysis suggests that the bursts originate near massive black holes or neutron stars
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The Oldest Known Butterflies Existed Before Flowers
A new study raises intriguing questions about the evolutionary trajectory of butterflies and moths
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Meet Riley, the Puppy Training to Sniff Out Bugs in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
The Weimaraner will inspect incoming artwork for beetles, moths and other critters that can damage museum collections
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York Minister’s Massive Medieval Stained-Glass Window Restored to Its Former Glory
Conservators spent some 92,400 hours cleaning and protecting the great east window’s 311 panels
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Heatwave Kills Hundreds of Flying Fox Pups in Australia
With temperatures hot enough to melt asphalt, the searing heat “boiled” the tiny creatures
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Scientists Shine New Light on the Blackest Black Feathers
Birds of paradise feathers boast a unique structure that traps 99.95 percent of incoming light
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Researchers Are Trying to Figure Out How to Play This Ancient Roman Board Game
Found in a grave in Slovakia in 2006, it is one of Europe’s best-preserved ancient gaming boards
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What Went Wrong With the Launch of the Secretive Zuma Satellite?
Not all is well for the classified Zuma satellite launched from Florida on Sunday
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Runaway Sprinkles from the Museum of Ice Cream Create ‘Environmental Hazard’ in Miami Beach
Here’s the scoop: officials are worried that the museum’s fake sprinkles will get washed into oceans and eaten by marine creatures
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New York Directive Restricts Inmates’ Literature Options
A pilot directive affecting three New York State prisons stipulates that inmates can only receive packages from six approved vendors
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Climate Change Is Turning Green Sea Turtles Female. That’s a Problem
Over 99 percent of turtle hatchlings in northern Australia are female due to increasing sand and sea temperatures
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Rare Scraps of Paper Unearthed in the Sludge of Famed Pirate Ship
The 300-year-old fragments found in Blackbeard’s flagship show someone on board was likely literate and interested in sea stories
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After More Than 90 Years, Looted Mummy Parts Repatriated to Egypt
The skull and two hands were illegally acquired by a tourist in 1927 and were confiscated from an antiquities dealer
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These Letters Tell the Inside Story of Mary, Queen of Scots’ Imprisonment
A collection of 43 letters relating to the latter years of the queen’s confinement was recently donated to the British Library
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16th-Century Child Mummy Had Oldest Known Case of Hepatitis B
Long thought to suffer from smallpox, the genome of the 500-year-old mummy shows signs of HPB
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250,000 Circus Items Donated to Illinois State University
The donation includes clown props, photos, posters and costumes
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New Website Explores the Women in Architecture Your History Books Didn’t Teach You About
‘Pioneering Women of American Architecture’ features in-depth profiles of unsung architects who made significant contributions to the field
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