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How Shaving Brushes Gave World War I Soldiers Anthrax
A new paper looks back on an old epidemic—and raises fresh questions about antique shaving brushes
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Scientists Found a Sweet New Way to Measure Pee in Pools
A common food additive reveals how much urine lurks in the lanes
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Project Is Making 3D Scans of Ancient Handprints
The Handpas Project is looking to unlock who made the prehistoric art and why
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Why Morning Glories Could Survive Space Travel
The seed of the common garden flower could survive long journeys in space
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UK Appoints First Woman as Official Artist of General Election
Cornelia Parker will create a piece for the Parliamentary Art Collection
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Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square Museum Reopens
For some, the museum is the first time they confront information about the 1989 massacre
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To Protect Allied WWI Soldiers, This Researcher Tested an Early Gas Mask on Himself
John Haldane developed a rudimentary respirator that protected wearers against chlorine gas—at least for a few minutes
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Insect-Based Munchies Coming to Grocery Stores Across Switzerland
The country recently lifted restrictions on selling mealworms, locusts and crickets for consumption
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Cassini Survives Its Daredevil Plunge Toward Saturn
The craft’s first date with the “big empty” went off without a hitch
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Stunning Map Shows Changes in Light at Night Around the World
The satellite images show where the most light is making night skies bright
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Tasmanian Art Festival to Host Controversial Hermann Nitsch Performance
The festival has decided to proceed with the avant-garde artist’s work, despite public outrage
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This Prolific Inventor Helped Give Us The Phrase “The Real McCoy”
There are many stories about how we got this phrase. But there was only one Elijah McCoy
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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Helps Unravel the Inner Workings of Glaciers
A new study maps the path of the water that feeds the falls and explores how water can exist under the ice
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Benjamin Franklin Was the First to Chart the Gulf Stream
Franklin’s cousin, Timothy Folger, knew how the then-unnamed current worked from his days as a whaler
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Museum of Migration Opens in London
The ambitious museum brings new perspective to a city shaped by immigrants
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Music or Animal Abuse? A Brief History of the Cat Piano
In the early 1800s, the katzenklavier was hailed as a treatment for distracted people
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Can Snow Machines Save Swiss Glaciers?
As many as 4,000 could be deployed to insulate ice on Morteratsch
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Why New York Schoolchildren Want to Grow a Billion Oysters
It’s a grand attempt to restore a ravaged estuary
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Endangered Red Wolf Pups Born in Durham
The six puppies are the first born at Museum of Life and Science in 15 years, part of a program to save the wolves which only number about 300
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