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Sixty-Two-Foot Wave Sets New Record
A sensor in the North Atlantic detected a set of waves averaging over six stories tall, setting a new record for a buoy-measured wave
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Researchers Found a Long-Lost Christmas Song
“Crown Winter With Green” has some serious archival cred—and a sad story to tell
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Fossil Footprints Show Movements of Our Early Ancestors
The trace fossils found in Tanzania spurred a debate about how early hominids lived
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The CIA Is Celebrating Its Cartography Division’s 75th Anniversary by Sharing Declassified Maps
Decades of once-secret maps are now freely available online
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Never Fear, an Oceanic Asteroid Impact Wouldn’t Cause Apocalyptic Tidal Waves
But it could have long-term effects on the climate
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Wonder Woman’s UN Ambassadorship Is Already Coming to an End
The super hero’s tenure as an advocate for empowering women and girls ends after less than two months
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Austria Will Seize the Home Where Hitler Was Born
The government doesn’t want the apartment complex turning into a Neo-Nazi shrine
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Ever Wonder Who Invented the Tea Bag?
Its two competing origin stories are linked by one thing: convenience
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Scientist Warns We’re Unprepared for a Comet Strike
NASA researcher Joseph Nuth proposes that we build and store two spacecraft to deal with potential comet or asteroid strikes
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Why Basketball Is The Perfect Sport for Virtual Reality
James Naismith invented basketball on this day in 1891. He couldn’t have seen VR coming
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75 Years Ago, the Secretary of the Navy Falsely Blamed Japanese-Americans for Pearl Harbor
The baseless accusation sparked the road to the infamous internment camps
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Grab Your Sweaters: The Polar Vortex Is Back
The atmospheric phenomenon will pack a chilly one-two punch this week
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Astronomer and Alchemist Tycho Brahe Died Full of Gold
The shiny element was important to Renaissance scientists. Very important
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Pope’s New Nativity Scene Raises Awareness of Worldwide Refugee Crisis
It’s a lavish display complete with a plea for racial tolerance
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Prize-Winning Videos Capture Mesmerizing, Microscopic World
Everything looks cooler when it’s viewed through the lens of a microscope
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The Paleo Diet May Need a Rewrite, Ancient Humans Feasted on a Wide Variety of Plants
Archaeologists in Israel have counted 55 species of plant foods a an early hominid site on Lake Hula
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One of the First Female Rock Critics Battled Sexism and Obscurity To Document the 1970s
Willis was The New Yorker’s first pop music critic, but to her, everything was open for criticism
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21st Century Cures Act Tackles Postpartum Depression
The new legislation includes grants to help diagnose and treat this prevalent issue
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Thumbnail Reveals the Final Days of Franklin Expedition Explorer
A synchrotron micro-x-ray sheds new light on the cause that led to one crew member’s death
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Preservationists Score Victory at Revolutionary War Battlefield
Most of the Princeton battlefield where Washington’s troops fought will be saved from development
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