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Netflix Will Finish Orson Welles’ Last Film
Will The Other Side of the Wind live up to its iconic reputation?
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Spiders Eat Up to 800 Million Tons of Prey Each Year
For comparison, whales eat up to 500 million tons annually
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The First Description of Allergies Was Published On This Day in 1844
John Bostock was a British doctor suffering from what he called “summer catarrh”
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Contest Winners Capture the Eerie Beauty of Medical Imagery
From stained mice placenta to an implant in the eye, this year’s Wellcome Image Award recipients highlight the beauty of science
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Researchers Find the First Naturally Fluorescent Frog Species
The polka-dot tree frog emits a blue-green glow under UV light, which is an unusual feature for land-dwelling critters
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Five Things You Didn’t Realize Were Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Since 1965, the agency has bestowed more than 63,000 humanities-related grants
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China Approves Massive National Park to Protect Its Last Big Cats
The 5,600-square-mile reserve along the Russian border will safeguard rare Amur leopards and Siberian Tigers
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This Patent Was the Hallmark of an Aerosol Whip Cream Empire
Aaron “Bunny” Lapin had already made Reddi-Wip a national concern when he finally received the patent for the aerosolizing whip cream nozzle
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Scientists Successfully Grow Potatoes in Mars-Like Soils
Can potatoes grow on the red planet? The International Potato Center is on the case
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The First-Ever Blood Bank Opened 80 Years Ago Today
Its inventor also coined the term “blood bank”
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What Killed Northern Australia’s Mangroves?
Last year’s massive die-off was the largest ever observed
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Thornbury Castle, Honeymoon Spot of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, On Sale for $10.3 million
The property boasts boasts 28 bedrooms, sprawling Tudor gardens and restaurant experience in the dungeons
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Why Did This Australian Lake Turn Bright Pink?
Hot weather, scant rainfall and high salt levels have created a perfect storm for pinkness
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NASA Spots India’s Long-Lost Lunar Orbiter
Chandrayaan-1 had been missing for eight years
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Is Winter Storm Stella a “Weather Bomb”?
The storm battering the northeastern U.S. is expected to undergo “bombogenesis.” Just what does that mean?
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Why South Korea’s National Archive Uprooted 12 Japanese Trees
The kaizuka trees represent a long and complicated history with the country’s former colonial occupier
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The Man Who Dug JFK’s Grave, Twice
Clifton Pollard dug graves in the Arlington National Cemetery for more than thirty years
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Archaeologists Worked Feverishly to Excavate Colonial-Era Graves at Philly Construction Site
The First Baptist Cemetery was supposed to have been moved in 1859, but as it turned out many of the graves were left behind
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Getting Married on Pi Day is a Thing
Unfortunately, there are indications that couples who get married on special dates might not have the same chance of succeeding
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Scientists Spot Hundreds of Humpback Whales Feeding in Massive Groups
The normally solitary creatures gathered off the southwestern coast of South Africa, puzzling researchers
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