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Why Syrian Bakers Are Still Making Bread in Spite of the Civil War
Bakers are going to great lengths to preserve a little bit of normalcy
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Cleaning This Portrait Could Change the Way Historians See Shakespeare
The only portrait of the Bard made while he was alive might be getting touch-ups
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Explore Skulls and Artifacts From a 16th-Century Warship
The Mary Rose was the pride of Henry VIII’s fleet before it sank at sea
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Fuel Your Design Obsession With 200,000 Newly Digitized Artifacts
Explore 30 centuries of design at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum without leaving your computer
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Remembering the Tasmanian Tiger, 80 Years After It Became Extinct
Today, the animal’s memory is alive and well in Australia
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Don’t Miss These Dazzling, Iconic Flower Festivals
No matter the time of year, it’s always time for a flower festival
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This Is the World’s Best Place for Expats
Taiwan wins big in survey of over 14,000 expatriates
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Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered but Are Still in Danger
They aren’t the only ones in trouble: the state of the great apes is more dire than ever
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After Two Years of Searching, Comet Lander Philae Finally Found
Photographs of the small probe come just weeks before the mission ends with Rosetta’s comet touchdown
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Awesome New Maps Show Alaska in High-Resolution Detail
The ArcticDEMs are the first set of detailed elevation maps of the Great White North
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Identical Twin Puppies Confirmed for the First Time
Two Irish wolfhounds from South Africa shared the same placenta and have the same genetic makeup
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Mosquito Sprayers Accidentally “Nuke” Millions of Bees in South Carolina
After reports of four new Zika cases, Dorchester County aerial sprayed insecticide, destroying several beekeeping operations
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Two Pterosaur Finds Are Helping to Untangle Their Family Tree
An intact skull and a pint-sized species offer clues to how these creatures evolved
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See the Marriage License From the Historic Loving Decision
Visitors can see the document that led to the Supreme Court case that overturned laws barring interracial marriage in the U.S. on display
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One in Four Americans Didn’t Read a Book Last Year
But don’t mourn the death of the printed word just yet
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Alabama Library Plans to Enforce Strict Overdue Book Ordinance
You could face a fine or even spend a night in jail for keeping books too long
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Streams Around Baltimore Are Flush With Amphetamines
So many people are sending drugs down the drain, increasing amounts are ending up in waterways
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New Project Pairs Modern News Photos with Old Masters
“Recognition,” winner of Tate’s IK Prize, uses machine learning to match artwork with images coming from the 24/7 news cycle
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What’s With the People With Easels in Art Museums?
Inside the longest-running program at the MET
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Scholars Uncover Secret Message from Mussolini
The dictator’s self-image lives on deep beneath an obelisk he built to commemorate his own greatness
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