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What Is a Pentaquark and Why Are Physicists so Excited About It?
For fifty years scientists have thought they existed, and now they finally have proof
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A Deadly Fungus is Eating the Scales off Snakes in the Eastern U.S.
Researchers are still not sure why the fungus, usually content to live on dead animals, is now infecting living snakes
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The Statue of Liberty Arrived in New York in 350 Pieces
Luckily, she also came with an instruction manual
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In Some Ways, Human Hands Are More Primitive Than Chimp Hands
Study suggests our common ancestor had humanlike hands
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These Worms Hitchhike in the Belly of Slugs To Get Around
New study shows that worm their way into slug guts and feces to travel long distances
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How Feeding Prairie Dogs Peanut Butter Could Help Save Ferrets from the Plague
The recovery of black-footed ferrets is threatened by plague
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Public Drinking Fountains Are Disappearing, and That’s a Bad Thing
Bottling water divorces people from caring about keeping public water supply clean
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Australians Are Building a Skyscraper Inspired by Beyoncé
Architects envision a rippling structure that takes a page from the singer’s famous look
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What Makes Day Old Water Taste Funny?
It might be full of microbes and carbon dioxide, but a leftover glass of water is still (probably) safe to drink
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Explore This Map of 13 Centuries’ Worth of English Metaphors
How long ago did English speakers start linking chickens with fearfulness?
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Could This Shrub Overthrow the Mighty Rubber Tree?
Researchers are working to make a shrub found in southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico a viable natural rubber alternative
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Here’s Why Some People Have More Bellybutton Lint Than Others
The secret is on your stomach
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How Did Nobody Notice Five Million Pounds of Rock Fall Off Half Dome?
The park is always changing, but this time nobody realized it
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What to Expect From Harper Lee’s Long-Lost Second Novel
Controversy still surrounds the release of Go Set a Watchman
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New Horizons carries an instrument named for Venetia Burney, the 11-year-old girl who named Pluto
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San Diego’s First Comic-Con Was Held in a Basement
The original fan gathering only attracted 145 people
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Here’s What the First Lady Has to Do if She Wants to Redecorate
A few throw pillows and a touch of new paint? No way.
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New Horizons Probe Reveals That Pluto is Bigger Than Expected
But so far it still won’t be considered a “planet”
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A Squirrel Virus May Have Killed Three Squirrel Breeders in Germany
A mysterious set of deaths seem to be linked to the rodents
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