It Will Take Nine Years to Clean the Taj Majal
“Mudpack therapy” will help the iconic monument clean up its act
Japanese Universities Are Shuttering Social Sciences and Humanities Departments
Just how valuable is that degree in literature?
If You Die in This Video Game, You Can Never Play Again
How do people play when dead means dead?
The Oakland A’s Hire the First Woman to Coach Major League Baseball
Justine Siegal will be a guest instructor for the team
American Women in the 1900s Called Street Harassers ‘Mashers’ and Stabbed Them With Hatpins
These are the turn-of-the-century women who fought back when men tried to grab them
An Oregon Brewery Is the First Ever to Go “Salmon-Safe”
Hopsworks Urban Brewery is the first in the United States to be certified Salmon-Safe
What Fingerprints Can Reveal About Ancestry
Clues as to whether people have European or African lineage may show up in the fine details of their fingers
How Helen Keller Experienced Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
“I could actually distinguish the cornets, the roll of the drums, deep-toned violas and violins singing in exquisite unison”
The Secret to Better Biofuels May Lie in Panda Poop
Microbes in the panda’s guts might help make biofuels cheaper
Researchers Devise Way to Determine Color from Fossils
Researchers now know how to tell what color an ancient animal was from its fossils
Scientists Just Found a Sea Turtle That Glows
The turtle is the first biofluorescent reptile ever found in the wild
Yet Another Highly-Venomous Snake Discovered in Australia
The Kimberley death adder is one of the most venomous snakes in the world
Climate Change Is Turning 500-Year Floods Into 24-Year Ones
Rising sea levels and an increase in large storms will continue to threaten the Atlantic coast
In Honor of Banned Books Week, Here Are the Most Challenged Books of 2014
The American Library Association reported 311 formal, written challenges to books
Babies Time Their Adorable Smiles to Manipulate Adults
By timing their grins, babies can get adults to grin
Spain Has Turned a Ghost Town Into an Off-Grid Eco-Village
A photographer documents the remote, self-sufficient lifestyle
How Mason Jars Went from Thrifty to Hip
One jar that can be used to store pickles, serve cocktails and, with some craftiness, light up a room (just not all at the same time)
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