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In 2015, Lake Michigan Was So Clear Its Shipwrecks Were Visible From the Air
A Coast Guard patrol spotted the wrecks in shallow waters that are only clear after the lake’s ice melts and before summer sediment swirls and algae blooms
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Eau de Death: Perfumer Develops Scents Based on Dead Loved Ones
A French perfumer is attempting to harness the emotional power of scent
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Nepal Struggles With the Loss of Lives, Cultural Treasures After Earthquake
Historic sites were damaged and destroyed in the 7.8 quake
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Hawk Found in Vancouver “Wins” Most Polluted Bird in the World Award
The “flameproof” bird’s liver was full of flame retardant chemicals
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SOS! The FAA Gives the Go-Ahead for Emergency Rescue Company to Use Drones
A Maine-based search and rescue company is the first of its kind to win FAA approval to experiment with drones
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How Settlers Wiped Out the Caribbean’s Rodents of Unusual Size
The eradication of rice rats in the Lesser Antilles was part of a massive mammal extinction event
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The Hubble Space Telescope Has Been In Space for 25 Years, Here’s What it Has Seen
The telescope has sent back some real beauties
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How a Piano Dropped from a Helicopter Paved the Way For Woodstock
The Piano Drop set the stage for the outdoor rock festival
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The Mystery of Colorado’s “Book Tosser” Has Been Solved
The litterbug blames Amazon, arthritis for his habit of illegally discarding books
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An Imagined Catalogue of Self-Assembling Furniture
The furniture of the future will put itself together
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Japan Plans a Trip to the Moon by 2018
The lander will use information from Japan’s moon-orbiting satellite to stick the landing
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Gene Editing in Human Embryos Ignites Controversy
Chinese researchers have published the results of using a new gene-editing tool on human embryos
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Scientists Clash Over Stegosaurus Sexing
A new paper is causing controversy with claims that dinosaurs’ sex can be determined by their bones
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Recently Translated Papyrus Details 1,900-Year-Old Hangover Cure
Those disappointed by the effectiveness of this 1,900-year old remedy can instead peruse the eye surgery techniques in other ancient texts
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Watch A Dangerous Yet Lovely Volcano Erupt in Chile
Calbuco volcano springs to life after more than 40 years of dormancy
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Vinyl Presses Struggle to Keep up with the Resurgent Demand for Records
Only a handful of pressing plants can make records in the U.S. and their machinery is finicky
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Even an Isolated Amazonian Tribe’s Microbes Are Antibiotic Resistant
The finding of antibiotic resistance in people who have never taken antibiotics highlights how hard it will be to combat superbugs
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A Record-Breaking Clock Won’t Lose a Second For Another 15 Billion Years
Strontium atomic clocks could eventually help scientists map the Earth’s shape
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Busted: A Years-Long Bourbon Conspiracy
Rogue distillery employee suspected to be at the center of a huge bourbon theft ring
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FBI Admits Pseudoscientific Hair Analysis Used in Hundreds of Cases
Nearly 3,000 cases included testimony about hair matches, a technique that has been debunked
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