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Melting Ice in Yellowstone is Revealing Ancient Artifacts Faster Than Researchers Can Handle
The tools, spears and even baskets from ancient Native Americans are emerging faster than archeologists can collect them
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Argentinian Grandmothers Are Using DNA to Track Down Stolen Children
A national genetic bank and novel identification techniques have helped identify over 100 children abducted during Argentina’s “Dirty War”
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90 Percent of Seabirds Have Eaten Plastic
And plastic pollution will threaten even more birds as production grows
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One Japanese Company Makes Half Of The World’s Zippers
How YKK came to dominate pants around the world.
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Here’s How Victorians “Photoshopped” Photos
Early photographers used pencils to touch up photographic plates — and the results look pretty freaky
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Google’s Driverless Car Got Confused By A Cyclist
It just wants to protect soft, perishable humans.
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Comedy Group Wants To Build a Wall To Keep Burners out of the Bay Area
The ban would apply to people armed with glowsticks and art cars alike.
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See How the Plague Swept Through London
New research shows that during mass burials, bodies were given more respect than previously thought
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Legendary Nazi Gold Train Might Exist After All
Polish culture minister is “99 percent sure” the train has been found
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The History of the Bloody Mary Meat Straw
The straw is one potential upgrade to drink known for its penchant for carrying a little extra protein, among other things
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Pigs Aren’t Quite as Domesticated as People Once Thought
Researchers partially unravel the complexity of domesticated swine genetics
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Scientists Invented Ice Cream That Doesn’t Melt as Fast
It involves a protein that some bacteria use as a kind of protectant coating
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Chicago’s Corpse Flower Is Kind of a Disappointment
After failing to bloom as planned, horticulturists had to force “Spike” open
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Denali, Ongtupqa, and Other Native American Names for Landmarks
Mount McKinley was recently renamed Denali, but it’s not the only one with a Native American name
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U.S. Court Says A Chicken Sandwich Can’t Be Copyrighted
Man claims intellectual property theft for putting chicken on a bun.
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How Glistening Egyptian Blue Pigment Was Forgotten then Lost
It may be the oldest artificial pigment
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The American West is Full of Old Mines Threatening to Pollute Waterways
Lessons can be learned from the recent spill in the Animas River
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Once Again, Thousands of Walruses Have Been Forced Ashore in Alaska
When the animals can’t find sea ice to rest on, they haul themselves ashore in crowded masses
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These Century-Old Stone “Tsunami Stones” Dot Japan’s Coastline
“Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”
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