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A Little History of American Kindergartens
Songs, blocks and snack time (and don’t forget a nap)
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New Drone Footage Shows One Way Narwhals Use Their Tusks
The narwhals were observed using their signature appendages to hit and stun prey
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Street Art Will Soon Take to the Skies with Graffiti-Painting Drone Swarms
Paint-loaded quadcopters can turn any vertical space into a canvas
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This Remote Island Is Covered with 37 Million Pieces of Your Trash
Immaculate no more, the island now looks more like a dump than a pristine paradise
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Dust May Help, Not Harm, Air Pollution in China
When it comes to some of Earth’s smoggiest cities, less dust isn’t necessarily better
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Walt Disney’s Original Map of Disneyland Is Headed to Auction
Disney created the map with the artist Herb Ryman while trying to secure funds for his theme park
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The MP3 Format is Music History’s Latest Casualty
The Institute that licenses MP3 tech recently stopped, but the format that began the digital music era may live on indefinitely
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Newly Digitized Archives Reveal the Inner Lives of Artists
The Delaware Art Museum just put 500 rare documents online
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Spectacularly Detailed Armored Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Makes Its Debut
A nodosaur found in Alberta includes some of the best preserved dino skin and armor ever found
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The 400-Year-Old Mystery of These Bullet-Shattering Glass Drops May Finally Be Solved
The tadpole-shaped glass structures can survive a hammer blow but explode if their tail is squeezed
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How a German Mathematician Took Responsibility for an Ancient Peruvian Artifact
Maria Reiche lived in a shack in the desert with the Nazca Lines for 40 years
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Chinese Tomb Murals Paint Colorful Picture of 1000-Year-Old Fashions
Racks of vibrant clothing and tables laden with fineries are depicted on the walls of the Liao Dynasty tomb
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What Is Bears Ears National Monument?
The Department of Interior will make a recommendation about the land’s fate in early June
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Did Peckish Christians Make Chickens More Social?
Religious dietary laws in the Middle Ages could have helped make the fowl less aggressive
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The First “Chocolate Chip” Was a Molasses Candy
The name “chocolate chip” goes back much farther than the Toll House cookies
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Download 200 Free Art Books, Courtesy of the Guggenheim
Titles devoted to Picasso, Rothko, Lichtenstein, Klimt and more are now available for your reading pleasure
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Latest Fast Radio Burst From Space Adds to Their Mystery
Researchers trained 11 telescopes on a recent burst’s aftermath, but could find no traces of what caused the high energy signal
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With This One Quotable Speech, Teddy Roosevelt Changed the Way America Thinks About Nature
In a speech at the start of the 1908 Conference of Governors, Roosevelt changed the national conversation about resource use
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Is Australia’s Dingo-Proof Fence Changing the Ecosystem of the Outback?
A new study says yes, but it’s complicated
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An Upcoming Art Exhibition Caters to Canine Critics
Touching (and licking and sniffing) the art is allowed
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