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Watch One Snorkeler Swim Through a Lake of Pulsating Jellyfish
Jellyfish Lake is a popular tourist destination
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London Adds Special Lanes for Ducks
A city charity has painted pathways for waddlers on Regents Canal walkways
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Scientists Have Finally Figured Out Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes
No, it’s not gas from bacteria
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Should a Colony Where Leprosy Patients Were Once Exiled Become a Tourist Destination?
The discussion gets sticky with concerns over how to respect the largely Native Hawaiian residents past and present
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60 NASA Scientists are Trying to Build a Better Parachute
The Supreme Council of Parachute Experts wants to construct a parachute that can help a heavier craft land on Mars
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Two Factions Are Battling for Control in an Alternate Reality Game
The aliens are here and some want them to stay
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The Independent Bookstore Is Not Dead Yet
Membership in the American Booksellers Association is up
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Here Are Some of the Weird Ways You Could Die in Tudor England
Pole vaulting and bacon are among the odd causes of death discovered by historians
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Archivists Uncover an Unfinished Memoir By Orson Welles
Fragments of “Confessions of a One-Man Band” discovered in a newly-acquired trove of documents
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A New Strain of Canine Flu Is on the Rise
Possible cases of dog flu pop up in 13 states
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Half of the World’s Saiga Antelopes Are Dead From a Mysterious Disease
The already endangered antelope started dying in the thousands this month
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Scientists Just Mummified a Human Leg to Test Ancient Egyptian Techniques
It took 208 days for Swiss scientists to mummify a fresh leg using natron
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Is the Curiosity Rover Behind Weird Methane Readings on Mars?
The debate over methane is causing a stink among scientists
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A Museum Keeps The Fake Noses That Once Replaced Those Missing on Ancient Sculptures
The exhibit is a testament to art restoration’s changing values
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A Heat Wave Has Killed Over 1,100 People in India
Scorching temperatures are having a disproportionate affect on the poor
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What Was Life Like for a Girl in the Bronze Age?
Analysis of a 3,400-year-old burial traces the life story of a Bronze Age female
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3D Copies of Art Let the Blind Experience Classic Works in New Ways
In this museum, touching the paintings is allowed
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The now-iconic game was originally released by Namco in 1980
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Watch a Volcanic Island Form in the Red Sea
Magma troughs and earthquake swarms gave rise to two new islands near Yemen
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