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Breeding Pandas Is Incredibly Hard
The National Zoo’s newborn panda twins are practically miracles.
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Execution Ballads Once Spread the News of Punishment to the Public
The grisly tunes deliberately pull on emotions to discourage crime
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Putting Eyeballs on Billboards Might Help Stop Crime
The feeling of being watched makes human change their behavior, even if it comes from a poster.
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Utah Has the First Tar Sands Mine in the U.S.
The mine will operate on land in the Book Cliffs area
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A Manhattan-Sized Glacier Chunk Just Broke Off in Greenland
Glacial calving creates monster icebergs
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Psychopaths Might Be Immune to Contagious Yawning
The less empathetic someone is, the less likely they are to yawn back.
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“Full Blood Resurrection” and Other Gaming Terms Are Entering Chinese Vernacular
As online gaming is so popular in China, it’s changing the way people talk.
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3D Printing Molten Glass Is Beautiful
The innovation comes out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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ISIS Recently Blew Up an Ancient Temple in Palmyra
The temple of Baalshamin was over 2,000 years old
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How a Single Wedding Ring Led to a $6 Billion Gold Hoax
People really wanted to believe there were 13 million pounds of gold there for the taking
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Two Men Say They’ve Found a Mythical Train of Nazi Gold
Treasure hunters have searched for it since the end of World War II, but it may have never existed in the first place
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Fossilized Poop is Rare, Fossilized Poop Inside a Fossilized Dinosaur is Even Rarer
Fossilized feces are always interesting, and researchers may have just found an extra special example
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Utah’s Winged Monster Rock Painting Isn’t A Monster at All
The picture shows a collection of figures, none of which have wings
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There’s a Conference in the U.K. All About Werewolves Next Month
Wolf-to-human transformations in literature and history and their significance take the stage
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See, in Slow Motion, how Ladybugs Fit Wings Inside Their Spotted red Shells
A view of the insects that is rarely seen
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Biologists Have Spotted the First Wolf Pack in California in 100 Years
Two adults and five pups make up the newly-named Shasta Pack
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A 15-Foot-Tall, 250-Pound Inflatable Ball Got Loose in Toledo, Ohio
Sounds like the inspiration for a Pixar movie.
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Over 14,000 Miles of America’s Coastline is Covered in Concrete
14 percent of America’s coastline is coated in concrete — and that could actually be really bad
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Japan’s Subways Now Have Drunk-Spotting Cameras
A pilot program seeks to save drunken passengers from the dangers of busy train tracks
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