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New Rule Will Crack Down on Fraudulent Fish
The Seafood Import Monitoring Program will require fish to be traced from the ocean to the U.S. in an attempt to stop illegal seafood
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With just the right timing, stargazers could catch a few of the sparkling streaks
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Wisdom the Oldest Known Albatross Is Having Another Baby
Old age hasn’t slowed down the prolific bird
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People Have Spent Years Trying to Diagnose Mary Todd Lincoln From Beyond the Grave
Abraham Lincoln’s wife has been called a “wildcat,” “menstrual” and “bipolar” among other things
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Methane Levels Have Surged, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
As Earth heads toward climate crisis, the pressure is on to learn more about CH4
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Explore the Seedy Reality of a London Long Gone
Charles Booth explored the poorest parts of England’s capital—and changed the way social scientists think about the world
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Reclaiming Nazi-Looted Art Is About to Get Easier
HEAR Act removes legal loopholes that prevented victims of Nazi art plunder to restore what’s rightfully theirs
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Silicon Valley Owes Its Success To This Tech Genius You’ve Never Heard Of
Robert Noyce was one of the founders of Silicon Valley
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The Library of Congress Is Putting Its Map Collection on the Map
A new partnership with the Digital Public Library of America will put three major LOC map collections online
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Japan Testing “Space Tether” to Knock Junk Out of Orbit
The KITE experiment will use a half-mile long cable to guide some of the 500,000 chunks of space junk out of orbit
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Why You Should Know Trailblazing Architect Paul Revere Williams
Almost four decades after his death, the African-American architect whose work came to define Los Angeles gets his due
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The World’s First Motel Was a Luxury Establishment, Not a Dive
The first motel was supposed to turn into a chain, but it was quickly overtaken by cheaper competitors.
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Austria’s Word of the Year Has 52 Letters
Bundespraesidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung isn’t just a mouthful—it tells an annoying political story
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U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for the First Time in 23 Years
While it only decreased by 0.1 percent overall, eight of the top ten causes of death all saw increases in 2015
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Giraffes Silently Slip Onto the Endangered Species List
Years of habitat destruction and poaching have reduced giraffe numbers by 30 percent, placing them in the vulnerable category for the first time
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America’s Only Known Jaguar May Not Be Alone Anymore
Perhaps “El Jefe” isn’t so lonely after all
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Another Weird Facet of America’s Strangest National Park: The Conscience Pile
People mail stolen rocks back to Petrified Forest National Park, but they can’t be returned to their original sites
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Someone Paid $46,000 for a Bunch of Mold
Its discovery was an accident, but this scientific sample changed the course of medicine forever
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Leaded Gas Was a Known Poison the Day It Was Invented
For most of the mid-twentieth century, lead gasoline was considered normal. But lead is a poison, and burning it has had dire consequences
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Canada Will Put Another Woman on Its Currency
An early civil rights heroine makes history (again)
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