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Meet the New National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
The Library of Congress’ decision to appoint graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang to the post reflects a growing acceptance of comic books
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Hawaii’s Humpback Whales Have Gone Missing
Scientists expect about 10,000 whales to visit Hawaii’s tropical waters this winter—but they’re taking their time
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Four New Elements Are Added to the Periodic Table
Superheavy elements round out the seventh row of the periodic table
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Get Excited for This Year’s Space-Themed Stamps
The Postal Service honors NASA’s New Horizons Mission and Star Trek’s premiere
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An Expert Has Figured Out the Real-Life Location of Vermeer’s “Little Street” Painting
The painter probably had a personal connection with the house that figures prominently in the painting.
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Here’s Why New York Celebrates New Year’s Eve by Dropping a Ball
New Year’s Eve wasn’t always a riotous party
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Ring in the New Year by Dressing Up as a Bear
Romania’s famed bear dance scares away winter
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West Coast Drought Uncovers Remnants of a Long-Sunken Oregon Town
Historic low water levels revealed remains of a town beneath Detroit Lake
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Explore America’s History With These Richly Interactive Maps
“American Panorama” delves into the social, political and economic movements that define this country
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Long-Lost Photos of Eclipses and Stars Found in an Observatory Basement
The stash of old negatives includes a 97-year-old copy of the photo that helped confirm the Theory of Relativity
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Introducing the First Dengue Fever Vaccine
Three countries have already approved the vaccine
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Night Sky Wonders to Ring in the New Year
The star Sirius is high in the sky, and comet Catalina is at its brightest
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This Year’s El Niño Looks Menacingly Familiar
The world is bracing for record rains and droughts
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Caffeine Junkies, Rejoice! Coffee Just Got Cheaper
A global surplus of coffee is causing bean prices to bottom out
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Copenhagen Has a Cemetery for Homeless People
But proper burials for indigent individuals remain few and far between
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Replicas of a Temple Nearly Destroyed by ISIS Are Coming to New York and London
A surviving archway from Palmyra will be recreated as a symbol of defiance
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Adult Coloring Books Were Popular (and Subversive) in the 1960s
Coloring books made fun of corporate culture, conspiracy theorists and Communist fears
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Gonorrhea Is Developing Antibiotic Resistance
And public health officials are scared of what comes next
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