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Newly Discovered Photo May Depict a Younger Harriet Tubman
The late 1860s carte-de-visite comes from fellow abolitionist Emily Howland’s album
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What Is the Congressional Review Act?
The U.S. Congress is wiping away rules and regulations finalized in the last months of the Obama administration through a little-used 1996 law
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Hundreds of Pilot Whales Stranded on New Zealand’s Farewell Spit
Up to 300 have died and volunteers are scrambling to get the remaining creatures back in the water
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Meet the Historically Accurate Mr. Darcy
A team of experts on fashion and social culture offer their take on Jane Austen’s brooding hero
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Computers Are Great at Chess, But That Doesn’t Mean the Game Is ‘Solved’
On this day in 1996, the computer Deep Blue made history when it beat Garry Kasparov
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World’s Largest Refugee Camp Ordered to Stay Open
A Kenyan judge called the government’s plan to close Dadaab “discriminatory”
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New Exhibit Reveals 8,000 Years of London’s History
The Museum of London Docklands highlights 500 finds unearthed by the Crossrail Project
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This Archive Is Digitizing the History of the Circus
In a bid to preserve circus culture, Illinois State University’s Milner Library is making more than 300 circus route books available online
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The Brief 1930s Craze for ‘Tom Thumb Golf’
Miniature golf courses had been around before, but Garnet Carter gave it a roadside attraction spin
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A Quarter of the World’s Saiga Antelope Are Dead
A virus is decimating an already fragile species
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Bison Back in Banff After 130 Years
Parks Canada released 16 of the wooly ungulates in the national park in a pilot project to re-establish the species
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Mark Twain Museum Battles Mold
A malfunctioning HVAC system led to mold contaminating 5,000 artifacts in a storage room, which will be restored over the next four months
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Scientists Discovered a Gigantic, 300,000-Year-Old Landslide Under the Ocean
Long ago, an almost inconceivable amount of sand shifted, changing the surface of the sea floor
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Archaeologists Might Have Found Another Dead Sea Scroll Cave
It could be cave number 12
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A Comet, Eclipse and a Full Moon Will Light Up the Skies Friday Night
There will be a lot going on in the night sky, including a pass by the green comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková
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375,000 Images From the Met Are Now Yours for the Taking
It’s a milestone for one of the world’s most significant art collections
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Fans of Dorothy Parker Can Pay to Wear Her Mink Coat
It’s all in the name of preservation
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These Spectacularly Preserved Trilobite Fossils Come Complete With Guts, Gills and Legs
The 478-million-year-old creatures could help explain a series of mysterious fossilized tracks
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Meet the Cincinnati Zoo’s Three Newborn Malayan Tigers
The adorable balls of fur could help the zoo diversify their tiger gene pool
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The Quest to Save Vincent van Gogh’s Grave
His final resting place is in disrepair, so fans of the tormented artist are pitching in to save it
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