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An Abandoned Mall in Bangkok Has Turned into a Gigantic Fish Habitat
Though if it weren’t for the fish, the mall would be overrun with mosquitoes
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People are Traveling to War Zones for Tourism
Because adventure travel just hasn’t gone far enough
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People Really Need to Stop Bringing Giant African Land Snails Into the US
Sixty-seven baseball-sized giant African land snails were confiscated at the Los Angeles International Airport
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You Can Now Riffle Through the Same Library Charles Darwin Used Aboard the Beagle
The digital library includes 195,000 pages of text and 5,000 illustrations
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The Ongoing Drought Will Cost California $2.2 Billion and 17,000 Jobs
California is facing its greatest water loss on record, and it’s not likely to get better any time soon
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We Choose Friends Who Are Genetically Similar to Us
On average, our friends are like the genetic equivalents of fourth cousins
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Archaeologists Are Hunting for the Lost French Fleet That Nearly Conquered Spanish Florida
In 1565 a fleet of French ships was destroyed in a hurricane, effectively ending France’s hopes of territory in Florida
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Boston Dynamics’ Robotic Mule Is Doing War Games With the Marines
This is the first time the DARPA-funded robot has been in the field
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Yet other researchers think that different factors, such as the quality and timing of practice, matter most
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Astronomers Are Doing Real Science With Space Photos They Found on Flickr
Want to help research? Grab a camera and point it to the heavens
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Kiribati’s Climate Change Plan B: Buy a New Island Home
With sea levels rising, Kiribati is planning for the future by investing in a whole new island
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China Finally Came Clean About Its Shady Tiger Skin Trade
Whether or not this will improve the situation for tigers, however, remains to be seen
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Yes, Yellowstone’s Roads Just Melted. No, There’s No Reason to Panic
Yellowstone’s melting roads, while neat, aren’t as unusual as you’d think
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There’s No Laundry in Space, So NASA is Trying to Make Clothes That Don’t Get Smelly
Astronauts got a shipment of fresh, hopefully odor-resistant gym clothes
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Revenge of the Polar(esque) Vortex
Questions remain as to whether the coming cold snap is a true polar vortex, but either way, the eastern U.S. is about to get much colder
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We Know Physics is Largely White and Male, But Exactly How White and Male is Still Striking
Most current physics students will likely never have an African American physics teacher, says a new survey
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The Wrecked Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Is Finally Being Towed Away
The ship’s remains will be broken down for scrap metal
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The North Pole Could Soon Drift Over to Siberia
Earth’s magnetic field seems to be weakening and potentially migrating
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Some Ancient Assyrians Ignored the Advent of Writing for Thousands of Years
It took thousands of years for Assyrians to finally give up primitive record-keeping methods
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With A $10,000 Kit Your Car Could (Kind of) Drive Itself
Instead of waiting to buy a self-driving car, why not give the car you already own an update?
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