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Why Don’t Balancing Boulders Fall During Earthquakes?
The interaction of nearby fault lines may lessen ground shaking around some balancing rocks
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What’s Next for the Animas River?
Cleanup efforts are underway at the river, which turned a bright orange-yellow after a catastrophic chemical spill
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This is the First Known Photo of the Smithsonian Castle
On the Smithsonian’s 175th birthday, a glimpse into the iconic Castle’s construction
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Bats and Balloon Bombs: The Weird Weapons That Could Have Won WWII
World War II’s lesser-known weapons were ingenious, indeed
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The Washing Machine of the Future May Use Beads Instead of Water
A new washing machine cuts down on water use with deep-cleaning polymer beads
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Could This Video Solve One of History’s Greatest Art Mysteries?
Footage shows an unknown man entering the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum the night before the infamous robbery
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These Academics Are Outracing (and Outwitting) ISIS
Historians, archaeologists and librarians scramble to save precious cultural capital before it can be sold or destroyed by militants
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Americans Have Always Loved to Hate Presidential Debates
Audiences are ambivalent — but they still tune in
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The Nagasaki Bombing Almost Didn’t Happen
What really happened on the mission to drop the second atomic bomb
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Swiss Troops Stormed France in the Name of Cheese (and Cows)
Thirsty cows + torrid heat = trouble between nations
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The Health Effects of the Atom Bomb Are Still Being Studied
Studies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors influence worldwide radiation standards, even 70 years later
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The world’s commercial blueberries all have their roots in New Jersey
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He Designed the Sydney Opera House…But Wasn’t Even Invited to its Opening
Somehow, an inexperienced architect and a mismanaged project still produced one of the world’s most iconic buildings
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Astronauts Fill Out Customs Forms, Too
Read Buzz Aldrin’s expense report and customs form from his Apollo 11 mission to the moon
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This Renaissance Painting of Fruit Holds a Modern-Day Science Lesson
Hint: it’s in the watermelon
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Breathtaking Space GIF Gives Earth a New Perspective of the Moon
NASA’s EPIC camera took the image a million miles from Earth
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Why This Chicken is Black From Comb to Feathers to Muscles
The Ayam Cemani is the Goth of the chicken world
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