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Aboriginal Rangers Uncover Trove of Rock Art in Northern Australia
Hundreds of examples of art dating back centuries were found by rangers while they were conducting burn offs
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Lost Play By J.M. Barrie Discovered in Texas Archive
The newly published Reconstruction of the Crime features comedic detective exploits and audience participation
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Can the ‘Textalyzer’ Stop New Yorkers From Texting and Driving?
The device would allow police to check if phone usage could be to blame for a car crash, but critics have raised privacy concerns
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What Did the Ancestor of All Flowers Look Like?
Tracing back the genetic tree of flowering plants millions of years, scientists recreate the predecessor of Earth’s flowers
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Aging Chimps Show Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
Long been thought unique to humans, a new study suggests that our close ancestors exhibit some of the hallmarks of the illness
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Dig Uncovers Artifacts From One of “Europe’s Lost People”
A archaeological excavation in Burghead Fort has uncovered a longhouse from the Picts, a late Iron Age and early Medieval powerhouse
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New Archival Donations Put Edward Hopper’s Life in Sharp Focus
Thousands of drawings, letters and more are coming to the Edward Hopper House and the Whitney Museum
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Why JFK Kept a Coconut Shell in the Oval Office
During this week in 1943, a 26-year-old Kennedy and his crew were marooned on a deserted island and then rescued thanks to two daring men
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The First US Census Only Asked Six Questions
America’s founders agreed that the census was important, but it wasn’t long
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19th-Century Londoners Walked Under the Thames in This Creepy Tunnel
The Tower Subway tunnel was only seven feet in diameter
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New Study Gives Hope to Victims of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Immune system imbalances may lie behind this crippling illness—a discovery that could lead to more effective treatments in the future
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Gen Xers and Millennials Out-Voted Older Generations in 2016
It’s the first time the younger generations have beat out Baby Boomers, Silent Generation voters and Greatest Generation voters
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Berlin Exhibit Confronts Hitler’s Rise to Power
Asking ‘Hitler—how could it happen,’ the exhibit warns the dangers of dictatorship
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This Tiny, Bulbous-Nosed Shark Glows in the Dark
After 17 years of study, scientists finally confirm that the oddball creature is a new species
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The World Wide Web Was Almost Known as “The Mesh”
The inventor of the World Wide Web had a few different name ideas
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Why Salmon Sperm DNA Could Revolutionize Sunscreen
A thin layer of the genetic material seems to effectively block the sun’s rays and becomes more effective over time
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This Dachau Survivor’s Harrowing Art Is on Display for the First Time
Georg Tauber’s paintings detail medical experiments, beatings and eventual liberation
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Telegraph Recovered from the Wreck of the ‘Lusitania’
After a botched salvage effort last year, the artifact used to communicate with the engine room has now been brought to the surface
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Thieves Steal Solid Gold Lunar Lander Model From Armstrong Museum
The five-inch model was created by Cartier as tribute from French newspaper readers to the Apollo 11 astronaut
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Medieval Manuscripts Are a DNA Smorgasbord
Researchers are finding animal DNA in the parchment pages as well as genetic fingerprints from humans (like kissing priests)
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