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Relive the Great American Eclipse With Art That’s Out of This World
The site-specific Wyoming exhibit uses the occasion of the Sun going dark over a small resort town to reckon with commercial tourism and history
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Why Horses and Their Ilk Are the Only One-Toed Animals Still Standing
Early horses had 15 toes, but life on the plains led to a stronger center toe, leading to life on four hooves
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How Mary Hemingway and JFK Got Ernest Hemingway’s Legacy Out of Cuba
1961, the year Hemingway died, was a complicated year for U.S.-Cuba relations
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Canadian Town’s Swastika-Adorned Anchor Causes Anger and Confusion
The anchor appears to predate the Nazi era, but an activist says it should nevertheless be removed from a public park
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The Father of Modern Chemistry Proved Respiration Occurred by Freezing a Guinea Pig
Where he got the guinea pig from remains a mystery
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Why Amateur Radio Operators Are Watching Hurricane Harvey
Ham radio underwent a resurgence in the United States after Hurricane Katrina
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This Is the Best Image of a Star Beyond Our Solar System (Yet)
A detailed convection map of the red supergiant Antares is spectacular, but it also shows we don’t know everything that’s going on
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Thousands of Invasive Salmon Escape From Farm in Pacific Northwest
Officials are urging fishers to catch the salmon in the waters off Washington
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Interactive Map Tracks Ireland’s Mysterious Naked Sculptures
Sheela-na-Gigs, which appear to depict elderly women exposing exaggerated genitals, have long fascinated scholars and amateur historians
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Could Astronauts Harvest Nutrients From Their Waste?
A new study suggests that modified yeast feeding on human waste can make useful byproducts for long missions in space
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Bite Into the Whys Behind State Fair Food
This American institution has changed a lot, but some things remain just the same
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Australian Zoo Asks For Help Naming Rare White Koala
Among the suggestions thus far are “Tofu” and “Daenerys”
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Woman Wins $417 Million in Lawsuit Tying Baby Powder to Ovarian Cancer
But the association between talc and cancer continues to be debated by the scientific community
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Why the Can Opener Wasn’t Invented Until Almost 50 Years After the Can
The first ‘can opener’ was a hammer and chisel
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PSA: Do Not Place Your Child in an 800-Year-Old Coffin
A sarcophagus on display at the Prittlewell Priory Museum in England was damaged when visitors did just that
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German Abstract Art Pioneer K.O. Götz Dies at 103
His broad strokes and large-scale paintings helped re-establish Germany as post-war cultural hub
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A Decade Ago, the Hashtag Reshaped the Internet
From humble origins, this ancient punctuation mark has gained new life as a symbol to connect us all on social media
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Fannie Farmer Was the Original Rachael Ray
Farmer was the first prominent figure to advocate scientific cookery. Her cookbook remains in print to this day
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This Enzyme Is Why Onions Make You Cry
Figuring out the how the tear-inducing fumes form could give surprising insights into our own human proteins
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This Lab Replicates Weapons to Reveal Stone Age Feats of Engineering
A Kent State archaeologist is testing the innovative engineering of the Clovis people, one of the earliest communities to inhabit North America
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