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Watch Corals in Action With New Underwater Microscope
The Benthic Underwater Microscope opens up a whole new age of ocean exploration
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Mice Watching “Touch of Evil” Teach Scientists About the Mind’s Eye
By tracking mice neurons, scientists hope to understand consciousness
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Did Rembrandt Have Help With His Most Famous Paintings?
A new study suggests the old master also knew his optics
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No, China’s Tiangong-1 Will Not “Rain Molten Metal Down Onto Earth”
It’s not spiraling out of control, and even if it was, it wouldn’t enter the atmosphere until 2017
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Meet Your New Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden will make history as the first African-American in the role—and the first woman
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Researchers Travel to the Amazon to Find Out if Musical Taste is Hardwired
Members of the Tsimane tribe showed no preference between consonant and dissonate tones, meaning Western music is probably not biologically based
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Meet William Merritt Chase, the American Master Coming Back into Fashion
At the turn of the century, Chase was one of the most well-known painters and teachers in the United States. A new exhibit revisits his revolutionary skill
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The Girl Scouts’ Newest Badges Bring Art Outside
Scouts designed and voted on the new badges
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10 Downing Street’s “Chief Mouser” Is Keeping His Job Despite Brexit
Larry the Cat will outlast David Cameron at the Prime Minister’s residence
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The Revolutionary Infographics of W.E.B. Du Bois And Booker T. Washington
Data visualizations shed light on the living conditions of black people decades after the end of slavery
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New Zealanders Just Crowdfunded a New Addition to this National Park
Over 40,000 people donated to buy Awaroa Beach and gift the site to Abel Tasman National Park
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Breathtaking New Images Capture Failed Stars and Planet-Sized Objects Inside the Orion Nebula
It’s the deepest look into the nebula ever seen before
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After 45 Years, the FBI Has Officially Stopped Looking for D.B. Cooper
The mysterious skyjacker got away clean
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Britain’s Most Famous Plundered Art Could Finally Go Home
There’s a new attempt to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece
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Impatient Islanders Create Google “Sheep View”
Ewe won’t forget this unique look at the Faroe Islands
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The World’s Oldest Working Library Will Soon Open Its Doors to the Public
After renovations wrap up in September, the library at Morocco’s al-Qarawiyyin University will debut an exhibition section for non-scholars
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Did Ancient Pacific Islanders Use Obsidian to Make Their Tattoos?
A team of Australian researchers think they may have found tools used to ink the ancients
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New Discoveries Double the Size of Ancient Greek Shipwreck Graveyard
Researcher in the Fourni archipelago found 23 ships dating between 525 B.C. and 1850
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