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80-Year-Old Agave Plant About To Bloom
The 25-foot-tall plant is finally ready to bloom after 80 long years
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When Trees Are Cut Down, Angkor’s Temples Begin to Crumble
People usually think of trees’ destructive impacts on Angkor, but they also protect those iconic temples
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Scientists Think These Creepy Wasps Are Going to Save Oranges
Biological control—importing predators to fight an invasive species—has a nasty track record
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“Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business
What amazing Holmes fan fiction will you create?
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Other teams, however, are all in favor of pre-game sex
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Archaeologists Find Jobs in Oil Boomtown
The oil boom in North Dakota has lead to a lot of job openings, including jobs for archaeologists
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For Some American Women, It’s Become the Norm to Have Babies Without Being Married
Women who don’t complete college are much more likely to have a child outside of wedlock than those who hold a bachelor’s degree
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Watch The Top of A Mountain Be Blown Up Live
The future site of the European Extremely Large Telescope will be leveled this morning
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This Guy Shredded One Million (Worthless) Dollars for Art
A new artwork made of one million shredded dollars has people pondering the value of money
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This July, a Robot Will Hitchhike Across Canada
HitchBOT will attempt to travel from Halifax to British Columbia, relying on the kindness of strangers
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The Jihadists That Just Attacked Iraq’s Oil Fields May Already Have More Than $2 Billion in Assets
ISIS is an incredibly well-financed terrorist organization
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“Trophy Wives” Are Rare in Real Life
Most people marry someone who has a similar degree of attractiveness and success as they do
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Redskins’ Trademark Cancelled by U.S. Patent Office and This Time, It May Hold up in Court
The agency ruled against the NFL team, saying the name was “disparaging to Native Americans,” but an appeal is likely in the offing
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Just Let Detroit’s Vacant Lots Run Wild
Neglected and overgrown lots are, it turns out, a boon to Detroit’s allergy sufferers
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Londoners Are Fighting Back Against “Hostile Architecture”
From spikes in the ground to benches designed to be uncomfortable, hostile architecture is pushing already fringe groups further away from the public eye
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Kids Trust Written Words More Than Spoken Ones
Learning to read seems to make information conveyed in written form seem more authoritative
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This Electric Bus Can Charge in 15 Seconds
A new method for charging buses is an attractive alternative to having unsightly wires strung across the street
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Spending Too Much Time in Space Basically Sets You Up for Type 2 Diabetes
Being an astronaut is not a healthy lifestyle choice
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President Obama Could Create the World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary
The protected zone would make a large area in the Pacific Ocean off limits to fishing and other environmentally harmful human activities
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Double Tornadoes Aren’t Particularly Rare, But Yesterday’s Was Remarkable
Double, triple, quad and quintuple tornadoes are more common than you’d think
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