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This App Puts a Museum in Your Phone
Get out and get some culture with a newly released app that gives art a smart spin
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An Artist Will Slice Up a Peninsula to Remember Norway’s 2011 Massacre
“Memory Wound” will evoke the brutal losses of the July 22 tragedy
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War Correspondents Are No Longer Spies in the Eyes of the Pentagon
Updated Law of War manual removes references that equate journalism to participation in hostilities
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Researcher Discovers First Written Evidence of Laws of Friction in Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebooks
A scientific breakthrough was dismissed as a useless doodle—until now
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Common African Union Passport to Allow Free Movement Across the Continent
The African Union unveiled a new passport earlier this week that will allow citizens to cross between its 54 member states without visas
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Police Request 3D-Printed Copy of a Dead Man’s Fingers to Unlock His Smartphone
No more guessing passwords
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The Media Village at the Rio Olympics Is Built on a Mass Grave of Slaves
As Brazil looks forward to an Olympic future, it buries its past
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Why the Turtle Grew a Shell—It’s More Than Safety
Its armor may have developed for more than safety
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Horrifying Sculpture Depicts a Human Evolved to Survive a Car Crash
Once you’ve seen it, you can’t unsee it
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New Brain Map Doubles Number of Known Regions
Neurologists have found 97 new areas in the brain and expect to add even more
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Museum Unveils Henry VIII’s Flagship
The Mary Rose sank almost 500 years ago, but following more than 30 years of restoration, the remains of the warship are open to the public
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Cave Graffiti Shows Natives and Europeans Had Early Dialogue in the Caribbean
Cave art from both Taíno people and Spanish explorers in a cave on Mona Island shows the two had some early cultural understanding
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Lucifer Has Long Had His Hands in Politics
Since the earliest days of Christianity, people have accused their political rivals of being in league with the Devil
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This Classical Mandolinist Makes Music With…Instagram?
“InstaConcerto for Mandolin and Orchestra” plays with a genre known more for its selfies than its chamber music
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Study Shows Primates Prefer a Little Booze With Their Nectar
Two prosimian primates, the aye-aye and slow loris, show a preference for sugar-water with a higher alcohol content
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Explore the Apollo 11 Command Module in 3D
For the first time, you can peek inside the craft that enabled “one giant leap for mankind”
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After 6,000 Years of Farming, Barley Is Still (More or Less) the Same
Talk about an ancient grain
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Alexander McQueen Is Being Turned Into Leather
The late designer’s DNA is part of a bizarre experiment in fashion ethics
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Physicists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Knuckleballs Are So Hard to Hit
All with the help of a ball-throwing robot
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Likely Norovirus Outbreak Strikes the GOP Convention
It’s a short-lived bug with explosive—and contagious—results
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