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One-Fifth of Americans Are Online Almost Every Moment
Admit it. You’re among their ranks.
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Is Stonehenge a Hand-Me-Down Monument?
New research suggests the monument was first built in Wales then dragged 180 miles to its current location
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Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft May Finally Be Orbiting Venus
The five-year wait is over (almost)
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Legendary Shipwreck May Have Been Found off the Colombia Coast
The sunken treasure on the Spanish galleon San Jose could be worth up to $17 billion
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Tardigrades Stir Up Controversy and Showcase Science in Action
Rival scientists quickly challenge recently published research about water bears’ mysterious genomes
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Finally There’s a Scientific Theory for Why Some Words are Funny
The science behind Dr. Seuss
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NASA Needs Your Help Snapping and Processing Images of Jupiter
The public will help direct JunoCam as it twirls past Jupiter next July
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Beijing Just Issued Its First “Red Alert” for Smog
Will the city’s latest smog crisis spur international action on climate change?
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View a Rare Seaplane Lost Just Before the Pearl Harbor Attack
The plane was a casualty of the first phase of the raid that took place on December 7, 1941
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Watch Mount Etna and Momotombo Erupt in All Their Glory
Photos and video catch the spectacular events in action
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A Buddha in Japan Is Missing Half of Its Curls
What happened to the Buddha of Nara’s famous ‘do?
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The CIA Won’t Reveal What’s in its Secret Art Collection
An art installation questions why the CIA is keeping mum about a series of abstract paintings
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There’s a Philly Sign Language Accent
The unique signs used by people in Philadelphia hint at the history of sign language in the U.S.
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How Twitching Frog Legs Helped Inspire ‘Frankenstein’
Galvanism sought to reanimate the dead—and in doing so provided the impetus for one of literature’s most famously frightful books
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It Can Take More Than 10 Years of Work to Get a Christmas Tree Ready for Market
Helicopters can speed along the harvest, however
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An Unexpected Effect of Ultra-Marathons: Brain Shrinkage
Don’t worry, it isn’t permanent
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Catch a Glimpse of the Comet Catalina and the Geminid Meteor Shower
The meteor shower peaks next week as comet Catalina gets closer throughout the month
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A Space-Based Physics Lab Could Help Scientists Study How Gravity Warps Spacetime
The LISA Pathfinder Probe could help reveal the ripples caused by black holes and supernovae
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Does This Carving Depict a Paleolithic Campsite?
A chunk of stone may be marked with one of the oldest drawings of a human campsite
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Visit Machu Picchu With Google Street View
Armed with a backpack and 15 high-res cameras, Google just tackled one of the world’s wonders
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