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How to Pose Like a 1980s Model
A collection of clips from real videos proves to be silly — and not just due to the fashion of the 1980s
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Mark Twain Was not a fan of the Mona Lisa
“The complexion was bad; in fact it was not even human,” he wrote of Da Vinci’s mysterious smiling lady
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How to Give a Robin an IQ Test
Testing whether individual animals are smarter than others of their species is tricky
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A Brief History of Awareness Ribbons
Emmy Awards attendees sported green ribbons this year. But can ribbons really affect climate change?
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This Tower Scrubs the Air of Smog
The project is intended to draw attention to the problem of air pollution
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Celebrating a quarter-century of the goofiest work in science
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How to Build a Seven-Mile-Wide Scale Model of the Solar System
It takes three-and-a-half miles to get from the Sun to Pluto
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Preserving Old Computer Games Is Harder Than it Seems
There’s an art and a science to resurrecting now-defunct PC games
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The World’s Largest Aircraft Might Lose its Title to a Blimp
This despite having a wingspan almost as long as a football field
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The Arctic Now Has a Big Mosquito Problem
The bugs are growing bigger and living longer thanks to climate change
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Flour Was Part of the Human Diet 32,000 Years Ago
A stone pestle inside an Italian cave bears traces of starch from wild oats
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Making a Sandwich From Scratch Took This Man Six Months
The chicken sandwich also racked up a total cost of $1,500
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It Is Officially Legal to Ritually Kill Chickens on the Streets of New York City
A judge ruled that there was not enough evidence that the practice was a public nuisance
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This Camera Refuses to Take Clichéd Photos
An art project demands a unique perspective of its user
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Reaching the End of a Task Makes People More Likely to Cheat
A study shows that when given a repetitive task and the ability to get away with cheating, people will be sneaky
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Archaeologists Recreate 4,000-Year-Old Hittite Feast to Better Understand Their History
The chef crushed buckwheat on stones and used no kitchenware other than a knife
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