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What Does It Feel Like to Be Told You’ll Be the First Man on the Moon?
A new book describes the conversation when NASA boss Deke Slayton told Neil Armstrong he would lead Apollo 11
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College Students Are Now Paying Extra to Learn Actually Useful Skills
Companies, unaffiliated with universities, are offering courses that provide practical workforce training
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You May Have Been Eating Mushrooms That Were Unknown to Science
Scientists just discovered three new species of mushroom… in a London shop
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Write Like a Thespian With the Manipulus Vocabulorum, a 16th Century Rhyming Dictionary
The Manipulus Vocabulorum, from 1570, was the world’s first rhyming dictionary
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When fighting broke out, 60 women and girls seized the opportunity to flee their terrorist captors
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Watch a 72-Minute Trailer for a Month-Long Film
When it is released in 2020, Ambiancé is expected to be the longest film in the world
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Gliese 581g, the First Exoplanet Found That May Have Been Able to Host Life, Doesn’t Actually Exist
So long Gliese 581g, the potentially habitable exoplanet that never was
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See a Fire-Breathing Dragon Bridge in Vietnam
A bridge in Da Nang breathes fire and water every weekend
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Thousands of Secret KGB Espionage Documents Are Now Available to the Public
The papers contain names of spies, descriptions of secret weapons and detailed plots against the West
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There’s a Cheap And Easy Way to Turn Things Invisible
Real invisibility cloaks are a long way off, but here’s a handy—if somewhat limited—replacement
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New York Could Add Two City Blocks to Manhattan’s Southern End—Just to Stop Flooding
A new study shows that building a massive levee on Manhattan’s Lower East Side could actually be feasible
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Titan’s Ocean Might Be as Salty as the Dead Sea
New data from the Cassini mission shows that the ocean under Titan’s ice shell is likely very salty
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These Amazing Pictures Made the Shortlist For Astronomy Photographer of the Year
The competition, now in it’s sixth year highlights beautiful images of the sky from around the world
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In Lebanon, 1.1 Million Syrian Refugees Are Now a Fifth of the Country’s Population
There are 1.1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, with another 400,000 expected by the end of the year
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The National Archives Wants to Put Its Whole Collection on Wikimedia Commons
The National Archives and Records Administration plans to upload everything it can
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China Now Has Up to 250 Boot Camps to Cure Teens of Internet Addiction
One of these facilities recently opened in the US, too
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British Airways’ New Blankets Pick Up On and Display Your Anxiety
The blankets are only in the experimental phase right now, however
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Buy A Vacant Lot in Chicago for $1
Chicago is selling off some of its vacant lots—but only to current neighbors
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to rejigger Japan’s long-standing commitment to pacificism
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Africa’s Ongoing Ebola Outbreak Is the Worst the World Has Ever Seen
Since February there have been 544 laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
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