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This Music Was Composed by Climate Change
Dying forests make magnificently melancholy listening
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Canada Is Building a Trail That Measures Almost 15,000 Miles
In 2017, the world’s longest trail will finally be complete
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New DNA Analysis Shows Aboriginal Australians Are the World’s Oldest Society
The group was the first to split after a single wave of migration out of Africa took place between 51,000 and 72,000 years ago, study shows
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Scientists Virtually Peek Inside Ancient Biblical Charred Scrolls
A completely burned Biblical text is now readable
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George Washington’s Biracial Family Is Getting New Recognition
The National Park Service is finally acknowledging the first president’s biracial family
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Mexican Police Raid Sawmills to Protect Monarch Butterfly Habitat
Federal authorities closed down seven illegal logging operations near the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán
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Water Bear Genes Could Help Protect Space Explorers From Radiation
A protein produced by tardigrades, a group of microscopic but hardy creatures, protects and repairs DNA damaged by X-rays
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Colombian Statue Heads Home After 80 Years
The slab figure disappeared from Colombia’s National Musuem in 1939
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This Group Celebrates Kenya’s Religious Diversity by Painting Religious Centers Yellow
Painting for pluralism
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Fake Towns Could Help People With Alzheimer’s Live Happier Lives
Model towns meant to spark memories could help patients with dementia
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Extreme Birdwatching Is a Thing, and This Could Be Its Greatest Year Ever
Thank El Niño for a Big Year that’s bashing previous records
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Blind People Can Use Visual Areas of the Brain to Solve Math Problems
The brain is a highly adaptable organ
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France Waves “Au Revoir” to Plastic Tableware
If it doesn’t come from biological sources, the country’s new motto is “just say non”
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Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Pluto Has That Icy Heart
The dwarf planet’s geography, atmosphere and chemistry helped form its most famous feature
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World’s Oldest Fish Hooks Discovered in Okinawa
The 23,000-year-old barbs are made from snail shell. The discovery shows that early people had the resources to survive on the isolated island
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Scientists Puzzle Over Unusual Mammoth Skull Unearthed in the Channel Islands
The well-preserved fossil doesn’t neatly fit in with other examples of the species
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A British Jail Is Paying Artistic Tribute to Oscar Wilde, its Most Famous Inmate
Patti Smith, Ai Weiwei and others envision what it’s like to be Inside
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Skeleton Pulled From the Antikythera Shipwreck Could Give Clues to Life Aboard the Vessel
Archaeologists hope to analyze DNA taken from a skeleton found among the wreckage
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A Brief History of America’s Complicated Relationship With Wild Horses
The iconic symbol of the Wild West has a tangled and controversial story
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Record-Breaking Lightning Strikes Force Redefinition of the Thunderbolt
A 199.5-mile-long streak captured the title for world’s longest and a 7.74-second blast won world’s brightest
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