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Found: One Missing Mars Probe, Still Intact
High-res images of Mars’ surface identify a long-missing probe and suggests that bad luck—rather than human error—caused the loss
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What the SpaceX Rocket Crash Really Looked Like
New images show Falcon 9’s dramatic crash landing
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Beavers Once Parachuted into Idaho’s Backcountry
Strange things can happen when you combine WWII military surplus, innovative thinking and a bunch of beavers in need of a new home
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Read Through Early Drafts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speeches
One website gives you a peek into the mind of one of America’s most powerful orators
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Not Exercising Is Worse for You Than Being Obese
A large-scale study estimates that twice as many deaths can be chalked up to lack of exercise than can be blamed on being obese
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Fish Sperm Might Be the Secret to Recycling Rare Earth Elements
Japanese scientists have uncovered an unlikely source to aid in the extraction and recycling of rare earth metals
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Emphasizing Natural Brilliance Might Keep Women Away From Certain Fields
Disparities in science prompted researchers to look into other fields — such as philosophy and economics — as well to find a cause
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Two New Studies Posit At Least Two New Planets Out Beyond Pluto
We may not be done learning about our own solar system
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World’s Loneliest Wolf Is No Longer So Lonely
As conservators work to restore and protect America’s gray wolf population, one wide-ranging male has finally found a pack to call his own
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Toystory the Bull Fathered 500,000 Cows Before He Died
Toystory, a Wisconsin “dream bull,” had more than half a million offspring at last count and is the stuff of legend.
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Two Climbers Made It Up El Capitan Via an Impossibly Vertical Wall
It took just three weeks for Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgensen to make free-climbing history
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The Doctor Who Introduced the Virtues of Hand Washing Died of an Infection
A sad fate: Ignes Semmelweis, a maternity doctor who fought for hospital sanitation, died of sepsis
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These Photos From a Lunar Orbiter Could Be Abstract Art
Our distant view of the Moon from Earth is nice, but these close-ups are amazing
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Twelve volunteers were supposed to one whole GMO banana each — but so far they have eat zero
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What’s the Best Place to Live? It May Depend on Your Personality
Why you’ll thrive in some neighborhoods (and feel miserable in others)
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One Orangutan Has Learned to Sound Just Like Us
This defies scientists’ former assumption that great apes just couldn’t learn new calls
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Save the Voices of Tolkien, Joyce And Tennyson
The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings
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Listen to Newly Discovered Bowhead Whale Songs
Bowhead songs have been elusive, but researchers managed to record 12 unique songs using hydrophones
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Some Bat Colonies Might Be Beating White-Nose Syndrome
A few recent discovering on the strange fungus wiping out North American bat colonies give reason to hope
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