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Surf Legend Builds Artificial Wave That Could Bring Surfing to the Masses
The World Surf League just bought Kelly Slater’s artificial wave technology, a move that could bring surfing to places like Nebraska
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The Longest, Deepest Train Tunnel in the World Is About to Open
It goes straight through the base of the Alps
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Dozens of Rare Documents From American History Just Sold at Auction
Original copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation just sold for millions
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Doctors Diagnose Diseases of Subjects in Two Famous Paintings
The doctor will frame you now
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Poverty Linked to DNA Changes That Could Lead to Mental Illness
Could a better understanding of the biomarkers of lower socieconomic status help raise kids out of poverty?
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Research Reveals More Complete Picture of the Devastation Wrought by the Black Death
By examining pottery remains in over 50 rural settlements, archaeologists now better understand the extent that the population was wiped out by the plague
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A Painting Georgia O’Keeffe Wanted Destroyed Is on Display for the First Time in Nearly 60 Years
O’Keeffe’s watercolor returns to the town where she painted it
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This Startup Wants to Open the 2020 Olympics With a Man-Made Meteor Shower
Could the only thing better than fireworks be fireworks launched from space?
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An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost Histories
Wanted ads posted by slave owners reveal details of life under slavery
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Fake Blood and All, the Next-Gen Veggie Burger Is Set to Debut at Whole Foods
With creations of pea proteins and beet pulp, Beyond Meat hopes to mimic beef as closely as possible
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Gan Bei! Chinese Brewed Beer 5,000 Years Ago
Researchers analyzed deposits on ancient pots and jugs to find out Chinese brewers made sophisticated barley beers 1,000 years earlier than thought
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Young Adults Are More Likely to Live at Home Than With Significant Others
Is Mom’s basement the battlefield for a new social groundswell?
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Bug Poop Is Turning the Taj Mahal Green
To make matters worse, constant cleaning is damaging the monument’s delicate marble
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Five Fascinating Details About the Media Mogul Who May Have Written ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’
Everywhere that Sarah Josepha Hale went, success was sure to go
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Where Red Birds Get Their Vibrant Hues
Two studies identify the same gene that makes red birds crimson—and perhaps helps them shed toxins, too
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Auschwitz Museum Finds Victim’s Jewelry in False-Bottomed Mug
A women’s ring made of gold and a necklace was carefully wrapped in a piece of canvas
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Four People Have Died on Everest in as Many Days
The mountain’s terrible toll has set the 2016 climbing season off to a rocky start
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Houston Opens Up Its Huge “Underground Cathedral” to Visitors
A haunting 1920’s city reservoir full of 25-foot columns and shafts of light is now open to the public
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India’s Space Agency Just Launched a Mini Space Shuttle
One small step towards a cheaper space program
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