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Scientists Recently Realized That 1,240 Miles of Volcanoes Were Connected
Now the Cosgrove Volcano Track is the longest on Earth
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Microbiologists Keep Finding Giant Viruses in Melting Permafrost
Researchers find several new species in a single soil sample.
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Ozone Is Making Flowers Smell Different to Bees
New research shows that ozone-exposed flowers aren’t as delicious to pollinating insects
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As Los Angeles changes its vehicle procurement policies, visions of an all-electric fleet are dancing in Angelenos’ heads
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Dining in the Future: Predictions for Restaurant Eating in 2040
Eateries may include more tech and fewer humans on staff
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Mysterious “Vampire Squirrel” Finally Caught on Camera
The newly discovered squirrel has the fluffiest tail of any animal, may also disembowel deer
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Here Are the Winners of Getty Images’ First-Ever Instagram Grant
The photographers come from Bangladesh, Brazil and Russia
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Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Just Hit a 500-Year Low
The last time California was this dry, European explorers hadn’t yet reached San Diego
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Colorado Once Lost Pikes Peak to Texas in a Bet
A friendly wager raised the stakes to a whole new elevation.
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Here’s What Would Happen if All the World’s Fossil Fuels Burned Up at the Same Time
Nice knowing you, Antarctica
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A One-of-a-Kind Museum Was Just Lost in California’s Wildfires
The JKL Museum of Telephony featured hundreds of old-fashioned phones
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Visit the Giant Galápagos Tortoises Using Google Street View
The 15-sided camera of the Street View Trekker followed migration routes for the giant reptiles
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These Scientists Survey Rainforest Diversity Using Leeches and the Blood They Suck
DNA from their host animals can persist in adult leeches for at least four months
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Meet the 17th Century Female Entomologist Who Illustrated Butterfly Life Cycles
Maria Sibylla Merian’s work fought superstition and societal norms
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Meet the Bear Who Earned the Rank of Corporal in the Polish Army
He had a penchant for cigarettes, booze and arm wrestling
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Detailed Pluto Photos Reveal Dunes, Melted Plains and More
“If an artist had painted this Pluto before our flyby, I probably would have called it over the top — but that’s what is actually there.”
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Japan Is in the Midst of Catastrophic Flooding
The floods are the worst seen in over 60 years
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Here’s How a Crew Survived an 1813 Shipwreck
The Neva’s remaining crew managed to live an entire month in an Alaskan winter with just the wreckage of their ship
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Why Elon Musk’s Idea to Nuke Mars Won’t Happen
Terraforming the planet with thermonuclear weapons: Best idea ever or disaster waiting to happen?
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