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Have Something Rude to Say? Put it on This 2300-Year Old Statue in Rome
A cardinal started the tradition of decorating this statue with snarky poems and insults
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This Mockumentary Explains the Appeal of Skateboarding to Scared Parents
“The Devil’s Toy” looks “an epidemic from which no one was secure”: having fun on skateboards
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Lakes on Saturn’s Moon are Really Sinkholes Filled With Liquid Methane and Ethane
Strange and changeable lakes might form just as certain water-filled lakes do on Earth
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Did an Auction of Hitler’s Art Go Too Far?
A collection of Hitler’s paintings just sold for $450,000
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People Used to Wear Dunce Caps to Shower
“Extinguisher caps” were nineteenth-century shower caps
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An Art Dealer Just Found a Forgotten Monet Pastel Hidden Behind Another Drawing
The pastel depicts a lighthouse and jetty near Monet’s childhood home
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These Are the Most Threatened Historical Places in America
The Grand Canyon, The Factory and the A.G. Gaston Motel are just a few of the 11 names on the list
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In Sweden the Blood Bank Will Text You When Your Blood is Used
Stockholm’s blood bank uses text messages and Facebook posts to remind donors to give again
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Catch and Release: This Device Could Help Accidentally Caught Fish Survive
The SeaQualizer returns fish safely to the depths of the ocean
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A Genetically Modified Sheep was Sent to a Slaughter House and Sold for Meat
The lamb came from a agricultural research lab and was equipped with a jellyfish gene
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In Egypt, There Was Once a Tomb Full of Eight Million Dog Mummies
Devotees of the Ancient Egyptian deity Anubis buried dogs at the necropolis of Saqqara
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Is This a Photograph of Vincent Van Gogh?
Some scholars think the camera shy artist can be spotted in an image taken by an amateur photographer, while others disagree
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Maybe. But we need to learn a lot more about them before they hit pharmacy shelves
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Poachers Are Killing Andean Camels for Their Wool
To meet a growing demand for vicuña wool in Europe and Asia, gangs are massacring herds of the animals in South America
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16 Million Years Ago This Giant Bat Walked the Jungles of New Zealand
A new fossil gives clues to just how long ago bats arrived on the islands
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The Demand for Sand is so High There are Illegal Sand Mining Operations
Only certain kinds of sand can be used in construction and mining it causes problems
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The Creators of Super Mario Drafted The Game on Graph Paper
The levels were originally planned out one at a time by hand
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The Mystery of the Failed Chlamydia Vaccine
In the 1960s, a vaccine for chlamydia made patients more susceptible to chlamydia. Now scientists know why
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Here’s What People Are Asking Google About Climate Change
The visualization reveals what people want to know about the environment
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