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This Infamous 19th-Century Birth Control Pamphlet Got Its Writer Imprisoned
Charles Knowlton did three months hard labor and was fined $50
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Historical Pressed Flowers Accidentally Destroyed in Australia
The flowers are “literally irreplaceable”
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Tomatoes Have Legally Been Vegetables Since 1893
Okay, so it’s technically a fruit. But we don’t eat it like one
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“Lost” 18th-Century Garden Found at Scottish Castle
Archaeologists believed that the garden had been demolished and buried during renovations of the sprawling estate
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Study Challenges the Supremacy of Stradivarius Violins
A French researcher set out to solve a long-standing fiddle riddle: do these infamous violins project sound better than new ones?
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Ancient Human Cousin May Have Lived Alongside Early Homo Sapiens
Homo naledi may have been much younger—and more advanced—than previously thought
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The Eurovision Song Contest Rocks Europe This Week. Here’s How It All Got Started
It was the idea of the European Broadcasting Union, who wanted to put the relatively new technology of television through its paces
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Found: Pages From One of the First Books Printed in England
A librarian at the University of Reading discovered the 15th-century text buried in a box
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Google Maps Glitch Sends Tourists to the Wrong Norwegian Town
Preikestolen is not in Fossmork
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Pricey Graphing Calculators Could Be Headed for Extinction
Major testing companies are adopting embedded web calculators instead of freestanding devices
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Minnesota Town Gets Veterans Memorial Covered With Satanic Imagery
It’s America’s first satanic monument on public grounds
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Thousands of Bodies Rest Under the University of Mississippi Medical Center Campus
The University hopes to remove the bodies and build a memorial and laboratory to study the former insane asylum patients
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Crayola to Debut Crayon Inspired by New Shade of Blue
The YInMn pigment was accidentally discovered by a chemist in 2009
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Deer Caught Gnawing on Human Bones
For the first time, researchers spotted a white-tailed deer chewing on a rib bone at a body farm
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British Parliament Ditches Parchment for Paper
But the debate between traditionalists and modernists isn’t over
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A Beach Disappeared in Ireland 33 Years Ago—Now It’s Back
Dooagh Beach is sandy once more
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Two New Species of Googly-Eyed Tarsiers Discovered in Indonesia
The tiny tree dwellers are the 80th and 81st primates discovered since 2000
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These Groceries Are Made of Felt
And artist Lucy Sparrow is opening an entire bodega full of them
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Activist Will Not Be Jailed for Giving Water to Pigs
Anita Krajnc was charged with mischief after she offered water to pigs being transported to a slaughterhouse
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Humans Are Making Too Much Noise—Even in Protected Areas
Turns out that protecting natural areas doesn’t give animals much peace and quiet
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