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2,500-Year-Old Monument Could Help Crack the Mysterious Etruscan Language
Researchers found the inscribed slab near Florence and believe it might hold secrets behind the language of Italy’s pre-Roman culture
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NASA Scientists Are Trying to Make Medicine Onboard the ISS
Scientists are sending fungi to the space station to see what pharmaceuticals astronauts can brew
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305-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Unravel the Spider’s Evolutionary Web
The spider look-alike shows what separates modern spiders from their ancient eight-legged cousins
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Switzerland Will Host the First Cyborg Olympics
The “Cybathlon” will show what happens when humans and machines collaborate
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How Hearst Tried to Stop ‘Citizen Kane’
The newspaper mogul hated the film more than previously thought
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Amateur Astronomers Capture an Asteroid or Comet Colliding With Jupiter
The object recently exploded in the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet
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Dog Owners Beware, DNA in Dog Poop Could Be Used to Track You Down
A Chicago apartment building is trying out a new scheme to catch four-legged offenders and their humans
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The Library of Congress Will Ditch the Subject Heading “Illegal Aliens”
Student activists are to thank for the change
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Genetically Pure Bison Will Return to Montana After 100 Years in Exile
Next week, the Blackfeet Tribe will receive 89 buffalo calves that descended from Montana stock in a Canadian National Park
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Syrian Troops Find Palmyra’s Ancient Ruins In Better Shape Than Expected
The “Jewel of the Desert” is out of the hands of people who would see its wonders demolished
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New USGS Map Shows Man-Made Earthquakes Are on the Rise
This updated earthquake hazard map shows seven million more Americans are at risk of quakes
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Future Moon Bases Might Be Built in Underground Lava Tubes
Caverns carved out by ancient lava could shelter astronauts from the hazards of moon life
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This Transgender Archive’s Oldest Artifacts Tell a Story of Courage and Community
The Digital Transgender Archive was born out of two researchers’ frustration with finding materials by and about transgender people
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Competitive Book Collecting Is a Thing
Young bibliophiles duke it out in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest
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Tesla vs. Edison Is a Video Game That Will Literally Shock You
Fight the ‘War of the Currents’
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An AI-Written Novella Almost Won a Literary Prize
A short novel co-written by humans and AI passed the first round of a Japanese literary contest
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Rhinos Will Be Airlifted to Australia to Avoid Poachers
A new project is flying rhinos from South Africa to Australia to create a “biological insurance policy” against increased poaching
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The Secret Behind Your Favorite Coffee Could Be Yeast
Researchers find three unique strains of yeast that help ferment coffee and cacao beans and may give the treats their unique flavors
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Genes of Ancestral Peanuts May Help Feed the World
Researchers have sequenced the genome of peanuts and its ancient cousins, which could lead to disease and drought-resistant varieties
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Alaska’s Most Active Volcano Is at It Again
Pavlof Volcano spews ash 20,000 feet into the air, and scientists warn pilots to steer clear
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