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One Artist Has a Monopoly on the World’s Blackest Black Pigment
Artists are up in arms over Anish Kapoor’s exclusive rights to “vantablack”
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Alaska Is Shipping in Snow for This Year’s Iditarod
Could a warm winter make the famous sled race go to the dogs?
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Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar Is Getting a Makeover
The bazaar has withstood at least seven fires and several major earthquakes
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The FDA Will Ban a Common Pesticide
Flubendiamide is used in about 200 crops like almonds and soybeans
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“Baby Hands” on Rock Paintings Were Probably Lizard Prints
The prints could have held symbolic meaning for Stone Age humans
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The Nazis Planned to Bomb Britain With Forged Bank Notes
But Operation Bernhard never made it rain
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Hamburg Is the First City to Ban Single-Use Coffee Pods
You won’t find coffee pods in its government buildings
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Google’s New A.I. Can Tell Exactly Where a Photo Was Taken
A new neural network is better than humans at sussing out the location of a picture
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How to Tell if Fluffy Is in Pain, According to the Experts
A new study identifies 25 ways to tell if your kitty isn’t feeling well
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It’s Way Too Hard to Find Statues of Notable Women in the U.S.
Only a handful of the country’s sculptures honor women
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Happy Leap Day! Brought to You by Julius Caesar
The leap year has a long history, stretching all the way back to 46 B.C.E.
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Pluto’s North Pole Is Streaked With Canyons
Enormous pits and frozen valleys straddle Pluto’s northern hemisphere
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Rosa Parks’ Papers Are Now Online
Read about everything from her meditations on the Civil Rights Movement to her recipe for “featherlite” peanut butter pancakes
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As Oceans Warm, Little Penguins Are Left Hungry
The world’s smallest penguin is struggling to find fish in warmer waters
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Thanks to Sneaky Scanners, Anyone Can 3D Print a Copy of Nefertiti’s Bust
Scans of the famous sculpture are free for the taking
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These Are 10 of China’s Strangest Buildings
Chinese officials want to ditch the country’s bizarre architecture
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Astronomers Finally Tracked a Strange Radio Wave Burst to Its Source
With new insights into radio waves, scientists may be able to measure the mass of the universe
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Elizabeth Hamilton Once Posed for a Portrait in a New York City Prison
There was a dire need for painters to immortalize America’s elites
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Historians Finally Figured Out What Was on Shackleton’s Bookshelf
The brave explorer likely found solace in his library
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This Sound Might Mean Dinnertime in the Deep Sea
Researchers record a chorus of deep sea animals as they migrate through the ocean
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