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Check Out New Pictures of Saturn From Cassini’s Latest Orbit
New images of the ringed planet herald the spacecraft’s demise
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Thousands of Snow Geese Die at Abandoned Pit Mine
Despite attempts to scare them away, thousands of geese landed on the acidic Berkeley Pit, which is full of toxic heavy metals
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This 99-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tail Trapped in Amber Hints at Feather Evolution
The rare specimen provides new insights into how feathers came to be
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Only One Person Voted Against the United States Entering World War II
Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin’s dedication to pacifism sprang from her personal brand of feminism
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Help the BBC Close Wikipedia’s Gender Gap
The Beeb’s hosting an edit-a-thon to improve the online encylopedia’s coverage of women
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How a Goggle-Wearing Parrot Could Help Future Robots Fly
By flying through a haze and lasers, Obi the parrotlet helped researchers figure out how much lift birds produce
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The Ancient Origins of Apple Cider
The classic fall drink has a boozy history going back thousands of years
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Scientists Discover Cosmic Dust in the Grime of City Gutters
Usually only found in remote locations, a dedicated amateur scientist combed through pounds of urban debris to recover these space specks
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Bare Down There? New Study Suggests You’re More Susceptible to STIs
Your pubic preferences could be linked to your sexual health
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Sleep-Deprived Drivers Can Be as Dangerous as Drunk Ones
Getting by on even slightly less sleep could put you at risk
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Thirty-four Years Ago, the First Person Died by Lethal Injection. It Was Controversial Then, Too
It was seen as more humane and relatively painless, but that’s not certain
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Historic Photos of Baltimore Show the Real-Life “Hairspray”
Hairspray Live! fans, learn the history behind the beloved story
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Oldest Community of Monks in U.K. Discovered
The find was thanks to a community training dig
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Why There Won’t Be Any Monuments to Fidel Castro in Cuba
El Comandante had one last dictate
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People at the 1904 World’s Fair Paid Half the Price of Admission for a Box of Cotton Candy
Celebrating cotton candy’s sugary, innovative goodness
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Scientists Finally Spot Giant, Slimy Sea Blob First Found Over a Century Ago
Discovered in 1899, the creature recently popped up in Monterey Bay
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This Artist Wants to Send a Sculpture of Your Laughs Into Space
#Laugh is on orbit to become the first art piece created in space
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The Washington Monument Looks Like an Obelisk Because of Egyptomania
In the 1800s, America was desperate to look like it had been around for a while, so it was adopting old styles. Really old
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Ever Wonder Why Encylopedia Is Sometimes Spelled Encyclopædia?
Scribes added the ash to the Roman alphabet so they could phonetically spell sounds that Latin didn’t include
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What Happened to America’s Most Precious Documents After Pearl Harbor?
Librarians and archivists made sure the nation’s records didn’t become casualties of World War II
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