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Flu Skies: How Influenza Might Spread On a Plane
A new study suggests the chances of contracting a sick passenger’s flu virus is surprisingly low
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Why Some People “Hear” Silent GIFs
This week, researchers published their findings on the largest study to date on the phenomenon, which is called visually evoked auditory response or vEAR
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Kids Are Drawing Women Scientists More Often Than They Did Decades Ago
But analysis of studies over the past 50 years show that sketches of male scientists still dominate
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Investigators on Lookout for 314 Items Stolen From Carnegie Library’s Rare Books Room
A first edition of Isaac Newton’s “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica” was among the items taken
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Tennessee Votes to Keep Polk’s Grave Where It Is. For Now
A resolution to move the grave from the capitol grounds in Nashville to one of his boyhood homes failed by one vote
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Become a Nicer, Gentler Neighbor With This Trailer for a Documentary About Mister Rogers
To mark the late children’s television visionary’s 90th birthday, Focus Features teases a clip of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
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2,000-Year-Old Mosaics Unearthed Under Florida Art Museum
The relics came from ancient Antioch and were buried by museum officials in 1989 for storage purposes
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Monument to a Historic Black Woman Will Replace Racist Statue in Pittsburgh
A city task force is asking the public to help decide who should be honored
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Found: 30,000 Photographs by the ‘Russian Vivian Maier’
The photographer’s daughter stumbled upon the photo-films in the family attic
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Artifacts Stolen in Massive Archaeological Theft Recovered in Canterbury
Police have recovered most of the 2,000 coins, bones, beads and other items lifted from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in January
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Nearly 9-Hour Rainbow in Taiwan Sets New Guinness Record
Last November, researchers recorded more than 10,000 photos and videos documenting the long-lasting weather phenomenon
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Investigators Crack Down on Fraudulent Native American Jewelry
In April, Albuquerque jewelry dealer Nael Ali is set to be sentenced under the 1935 Indian Arts and Crafts Act
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See Classic Sculptures Reimagined With Prosthetic Limbs
The aid organization Handicap International outfitted statues in France with prosthetic limbs to raise awareness about the global need for prostheses
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The womanizer and Enlightenment polymath will be memorialized with an interactive museum in Venice opening April 2
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Britain’s Prehistoric Coastline Uncovered in West London
Excavators found a black clay-like material that formed about 56 million years ago, marking the location of an ancient coastline
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Hear the Sounds of Volcanic Thunder Recorded For First Time Ever
The sounds were captured twice during two eruptions of Alaska’s Bogoslof volcano in 2017
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15th-Century Pot of Gold (and Silver) Found in the Netherlands
Archaeologists say the coins can shed light on a little-known period of Dutch history
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UN Report Finds Finland Is the Happiest Country in the World
In the 2018 World Happiness Report, Finland scored high on six key variables
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The Super-cute Eastern Quoll Returns to Mainland Australia
Wiped out by a mystery disease and non-native foxes, the spotted, cat-sized predator is being reintroduced in Booderee National Park
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Study Finds Microplastics in More than 90 Percent of Tested Water Bottles
But the effects of microplastics on human health are far from clear
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