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According to This 1919 Writing Guide, There Are Only 37 Possible Stories
From love and disaster to “a miracle of God,” the 96-year-old manual outlines every known plot
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Weak Skeletons May Have Spelled the End for Mammoths
New results suggest that weak bones made the beasts more susceptible to human hunters
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Orion’s Return, Falling Fireballs and Other Treats in November’s Night Skies
A constellation rises as the Leonid and Taurid Meteor Showers return
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Amazon Just Opened An Actual Bookstore in Seattle
And just like its online marketplace, Amazon’s brick-and-mortar shop aims to shake up the industry
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What is Happening to Antarctica’s Ice Sheets
While parts of Antarctica get icier, others are on the verge of collapse
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Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America
Coywolves are not ‘shy wolves’—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions
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The World of Competitive Curling Has Its Very Own Scandal
Is new technology too dominant for the Olympic sport?
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A Black American’s Guide to Travel In the Jim Crow Era
For decades, The Green Book was the black traveler’s lifeline
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How Computers Learned to Play Nintendo
Super Mario World is a great test for artificial intelligence
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Why the Sands of Many Dunes Sing, Boom, and Even Burp
Contrary to Marco Polo’s tales, it’s not because they’re full of mysterious spirits
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This Extremely Slow Rube Goldberg Device Lasts More Than Six Weeks
The whimsical invention uses molasses, a tortoise, and sprouting grass to move a golf ball
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The Modern Cost of Cattle Rustling
Why the Old West crime is still a multimillion-dollar problem
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Tiny Ancient Skeleton Redefines the Split Between Monkeys and Apes
The last common ancestor of all apes may have been smaller than previously thought
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NASA is Helping Study These Massive Earthworks from Space
Could satellite photographs decipher the meaning behind Kazakhstan’s mysterious geometric designs?
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Pink Gumdrops Are Solving a Sticky Crisis in London
The receptacles are part of the world’s first chewing gum recycling program
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Wyoming Has a Crack Problem (And It’s Not What You Think)
A mysterious tear in the ground is the state’s new social media star and a testament to the fast fury of Mother Nature
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Mexico’s Navy is Battling Seaweed Along the Caribbean Coast
Mountains of seaweed are blanketing beaches around the Caribbean Sea and the government is calling everyone to arms
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Russia Wants to Send Monkeys to Mars and Women to the Moon
The Russian space agency has announced plans for space missions through 2029
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African Vultures Could Go Extinct Within the Next Century
Poachers, poison and collisions with wind turbines are killing these important scavengers
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Candy Corn Hasn’t Changed Since the 19th Century
The Halloween sweet was invented in the 1880s
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