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A wild boar and her little squeakers explore in Duisburg Forest, Germany.

Weird Animals

Radioactive Boars Rampage Around Fukushima

A boom in the wild boar population is causing problems for farmers near the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster

Romp with Ramona, Ribsy and Henry Huggins at Grant Park in Portland.

Cool Finds

Celebrate Beverly Cleary’s 100th Birthday With a Trip to Her Sculpture Garden

Ramona’s creator is even more timeless thanks to Portland’s tribute in bronze

During World War II, Anne O’Hare McCormick wrote an editorial in the New York Times that urged people to pay attention to Hungary's Jews.

Trending Today

New Project Uncovers What Americans Knew About the Holocaust

You can help historians learn how newspapers in the U.S. documented the persecution of European Jews

Rust Belt cities like Detroit had the greatest disparities in life expectancy between rich and poor.

Trending Today

The Poor’s Life Expectancy Varies Based on Where They Live

The life expectancy gap between New York and Gary, Indiana is over four years

Major construction: Coming to an art museum near you.

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Museum Building Is Booming in the United States

In a seven-year period, museums in the U.S. spent around $5 billion

New Research

After Decades of Decline, Tiger Populations Could Be on the Rise

Though the latest numbers seem hopeful, the majestic creatures are not out of the woods yet

A recipe for an ingredient to make a Philosopher's Stone handwritten by Isaac Newton.

Cool Finds

Isaac Newton Used This Recipe in His Hunt to Make a Philosopher’s Stone

The recently publicized document was kept in a private collection for many years

Trending Today

The Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Entered Emergency Mode

The probe suddenly went into a safe mode for unknown reasons last week

Two watercolors by Egon Schiele, "Self-Portrait With Red Hair And Striped Oversleeves" and “Seated Boy With Folded Hands,” are being returned to the family of their original owner.

Trending Today

In “Solomonic Solution,” Museum Returns Two Nazi-Looted Artworks to 95-Year-Old Descendant

After nearly 20 years of fighting, the Leopold Museum in Vienna has agreed to return the watercolors

Researchers Piece Together Ancient Plesiosaur Attack

After examining bite marks on a 70-million-year old diving bird, researchers figure out who tried to have it for dinner

New Research

Humans and Neanderthals May Have Had Trouble Making Male Babies

The Neanderthal Y chromosome hasn’t persisted in modern humans

Galaxy NGC 1600

New Research

Supermassive Black Holes May Be More Common Than Previously Thought

Astronomers have found a huge black hole in a “cosmic backwater,” opening the possiblity there could be many more in the universe

The three volumes of the newly-discovered copy of Shakespeare's First Folio.

Cool Finds

A New Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Found in a Scottish Library

Only a few hundred copies still survive

New Research

Pig Heart Beat for Over Two Years in Baboon’s Belly

Researchers take big step forward in the quest to develop cross-species organ transplants

This Booker T. Washington stamp was part of a series depicting influential educators.

Cool Finds

How Booker T. Washington Became the First African-American on a U.S. Postage Stamp

At the time, postage stamps usually depicted white men

The remnants of a supernova.

New Research

Radioactive Isotopes in The Oceans May Be Remnants of Ancient Supernovae

Cosmic dust may have altered life on Earth as we know it

Kronborg Castle, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, is known as the setting of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

Cool Finds

Celebrate Shakespeare’s Legacy at Hamlet’s Castle

Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! A bed awaits at “Elsinore”

Cool Finds

An Italian Senator Wants Kids to Learn About Wine in School

A bill would add wine classes to elementary school curriculums

Cool Finds

This Mural Honoring Garbage Collectors Covers More Than 50 Buildings in Cairo

An enormous painting brightens up one of Cairo’s poorest neighborhoods

An illustration of the excitation of a spin liquid on a honeycomb lattice with neutrons.

New Research

Three Things to Know About the Newly-Discovered State of Matter

There’s more to matter than just solids, liquids and gases

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