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Now the Danes Have Staked a Claim for the North Pole, Too
The ultimate decision over who controls the North Pole will come down to the United Nations
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Pollution Is Turning the Taj Mahal Brown
Workers must periodically cover the Taj Mahal in clay to remove the pollutants stuck to its marble walls
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You Wobble Like No Other Person on the Planet
Analysis of the frame movements in footage from head-mounted cameras is just as unique as a fingerprint
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A Better Way Than Torture to Obtain Information: Acting Friendly
Friendly methods get information from suspects faster and more reliably, oh and they don’t violate human rights
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If You Looked Out the Window While Returning From Space, Here’s What You’d See
The bright glow of friction in Earth’s atmosphere
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There Are Probably Just Five Northern White Rhinos Left
The death of a captive rhino at the San Diego Zoo brings the species closer to imminent extinction
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China Just Opened the World’s Largest Water Diversion Project
An unprecedented engineering project sends water to China’s parched North
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Bad Hangover? Blame It (Partly) On Your Parents
Susceptibility to hangovers is partly due to genetics
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Killing Wolves Actually Leads to More Livestock Deaths
On the surface, killing wolves that kill sheep and cattle seems like a way to control predation, but the data paints a not-so-simple picture
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Found: The Wreckage of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, the “Bay Area’s Titanic”
The maritime disaster was the worst in Bay Area history
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NASA Could Actually Get a Budget Boost Next Year
The pending budget will give NASA even more money than they asked for
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The Library for Magicians Is Taking Appointments
The Conjuring Arts Research Center in New York City houses some of the world’s rarest books on the art of deception
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Chances Are Your Supermarket Tomatoes Were Picked By Mexican Workers Living in Terrible Conditions
An investigation reveals practices in Mexican farm labor camps that resemble slavery
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Christmas Research Papers Tackle Goofy Problems in Medicine
The British Medical Journal’s holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots
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In the Past 40 Years, 105 City Neighborhoods Gentrified; 2,000 Slipped Further Into Poverty
America’s Move Toward Concentrated Poverty
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Scientists Finally Figure Out the “Big Bang” of Bird Evolution
The genomes of 45 birds contributed to the most in-depth bird evolutionary tree ever created
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Backpackers Walk Across a Completely Clear Frozen Lake
A cool video raises the question: Why is most ice cloudy?
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More Americans Are Pro-Gun Than Pro-Gun Control
Americans prioritize gun rights over gun control for the first time in at least 20 years
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Superbugs Could Become a Top Cause of Death by 2050
If left unchecked, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill more people than cancer by 2050
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Conserving Tigers Could Hurt Leopards
When one predator returns, another can be displaced
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