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Tour the Theater Where Lincoln Was Assassinated on Google Street View
150 years later, a new view of Ford’s Theatre
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Rover May Have Found a Water Source for Humans on Mars
Data collected from the Curiosity rover suggests liquid water could be harvested from Martian soil
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How Rum Helped the U.S. Win Its Independence
Rum may was a key player in America’s revolutionary days
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These Were 2014’s Most Challenged Books
Native Americans, Iran and gay penguins top the American Library Association’s Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books
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Here Are the Places Most at Risk of a Volcanic Explosion
New research will help countries prepare
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Nine Out of Ten Americans Consider Themselves Middle Class
In a day and age when teens are tasked with picking multimillion dollar dream homes, it’s not hard to see why
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A Smart Algorithm Looked at 16 Billion Emails, And Here Is What It Learned
When you respond to an email, you mirror the sender’s email style
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Sound Waves Could Help Find Elusive Cancer Cells
Researchers have developed a new device that could help determine the presence of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream
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How Much Water Does it Take to Grow America’s Favorite Foods?
From beef to beer, here’s how the numbers stack up
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What Would Closing the Wage Gap Mean?
The effects for single moms and racial minorities would be particularly significant
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Ancient Tech Could Help Solve Lima’s Water Crisis
Turns out Peru’s Wari people were excellent urban planners…and their 1,500-year-old ‘amunas’ could soon bring water to Lima
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Ocean Acidification Could Have Driven Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction
Study shows the world’s oceans were dangerously acidic during the Permian Extinction Event
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Mountaineers Are Taking a New Route Up Everest
They’ll forge their path sans sherpas or oxygen tanks
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Yes, Facebook is Making You Sad
Stop comparing your life to flattering photos and carefully-crafted status updates
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Changes in California’s Roadkill Linked to State’s Drought
The California Roadkill Observation System studies wildlife by mapping out crowd-sourced roadkill sightings
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Here’s Why the Dutch Are So Tall
A new study shows natural selection is alive and well in the Netherlands
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Colorado Lake Teems with Feral Goldfish
Parks and Wildlife thinks a goldfish owner dumped his pets into a local lake. Now a few years later, the fish swarm the water in thousands
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These Mud Figures Fight Injustice
“Figures” challenges British austerity policies—and an artist’s physical endurance
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Hawaiians Are Protesting Construction of the World’s Largest Telescope
Native Hawai’ian activists say the volcano-top project is damaging sacred lands
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Northern Europeans Were Not So Sold on Farming
A new study of ancient beads shows “an enduring cultural boundary” between northern and southern Europe during the Neolithic Age
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