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Most Lithium in the Universe Is Forged in Exploding Stars
The recurring explosions of white dwarf stars produce the vast majority of this important element
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This Is What the World Looked Like the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series
Here are 10 ways life was different in 1908
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Stunning Images Capture the Carina Nebula’s “Pillars of Destruction”
Caught by ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the ten pillars of gas and dust are a hazy star nursery 7,500 light years away
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Aboriginal Australians Lived In Country’s Interior 10,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Excavations at a rock shelter in the Flinders Range shows people were there 49,000 years ago, hunting megafauna and developing new tools
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Astronomers Just Watched an Asteroid Skim Through Earth’s Shadow
The short video was tricky to shoot
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How Experts Are Digitizing Ancient Manuscripts
Digital preservation is more work than it might seem
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Six-Lane Highway Threatens Nigeria’s Last Rainforests
A proposed project in Cross River State would cut through protected areas and threaten endangered species like the Cross River gorilla
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What to Make of Renewed Claims That Amelia Earhart Died as a Castaway
Reexamination of data from a 1940 skeleton, suggests that the long forearms may match those of the missing aviator
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Four Stunning Exhibitions From Scotland’s Recently Closed Inverleith House
After 30 years, funding cuts caused one of Edinburgh’s most popular public art galleries to shut its doors
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Demand for Coffee Hits Record High as Global Supply Tightens
Millennials have led the surge in java consumption
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An Artist Is Building a Parthenon of Banned Books
More than 100,000 books will become a monument to intellectual freedom in Germany next year
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Oil Drilling Could Be to Blame for Devastating 1933 California Quake and Others
Human-induced earthquakes could be much older than once thought
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Visually Impaired People Can Now Explore Andy Warhol’s Work With Their Ears and Fingers
“Out Loud” adds depth to an artist obsessed with the surface of things
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Canary Islands Selected as Alternative Spot for the Thirty Meter Telescope
This alternate fate could help smooth tensions over the embattled instrument
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Britain’s First Robot Lives Again
A recreation of the spark-spitting Eric the Robot is once again delighting audiences
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Spinach: The Superfood That Could Help Detect Bombs
Now more than Popeye’s favorite food, carbon nanotubes are turning the leafy green into a bomb detector
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Why We Call the Axis Powers the Axis Powers
On this day in 1936, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared an axis between Berlin and Rome, coining a term that would be used by both sides in WWII
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Pope Francis Isn’t Using His Summer House, so the Vatican Is Letting the Public in
Get a rare look at the pope’s luxurious vacation home
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The Oldest-Known Carving of the 10 Commandments Is Going up for Auction
But the buyer won’t be able to take it home
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