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As the Ice Melts, Spying in the Arctic is Hitting Cold War Levels
The prospect of resources and shipping lanes has sparked tensions in the Arctic
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See Samuel Beckett’s Doodles of James Joyce And Charlie Chaplin
The six-notebook handwritten manuscript has been in private hands since the 1960s
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When People Are Stressed Financially, Their Racial Biases Escalate
White study participants view biracial faces as “more black” when times are tough
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Europe Was Probably Colonized By Island Hoppers
New genetic research shows that people and agriculture likely spread across the Mediterranean by going from island to island
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Chile Sides With Environmentalists and Communities, Rejects $8 Billion Dam Proposal
Environmentalists are calling the decision “a land-mark”
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Who Does Wikipedia Think Is Bigger Than Jesus?
Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus is Wikipedia’s most influential person, according to one measurement
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Thousands of Lovers’ Locks Collapsed Part of an Overloaded Bridge in Paris
The trend affects bridges throughout Europe and in some places in the U.S., too
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Americans Actually Want to Pay More Money If It Will Help Stop Climate Change
Nearly two thirds of Americans are willing to pay more for their electricity if it means cutting carbon emissions
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Google Is Documenting the World’s Street Art
The Street Art Project already includes some 4,000 images of street art, some of which no longer exist
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The Snowy, Barren Arctic Actually Contains a Sophisticated Network of Inuit Trails
Compiled from accounts over the past 200 years, a new atlas documents a network of trails stretching across the Arctic
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Are Your Sniffles Really the Flu? This Box Can Tell You
No, it’s not a tricorder, but this new diagnosis technology is a step in that direction
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Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil Two Days Before World Cup Begins
Flooding in southeastern Brazil has killed at least nine
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Here’s What Actually Happens During an Execution by Molten Gold
It’s probably not the gold itself that kills you, but rather the steam
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Beetles Have Destroyed 38,000 Square Miles of Forest
As part of this year’s farm bill, the United States Forest Service will try to rehabilitate beetle-infested forests
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Ikea’s trying to find out how we live, and started by telling us about our mornings
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Rats’ brain patterns and behaviors support the hypothesis that they can reflect on certain wrong choices
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Were Ancient Humans Built for Boxing?
Males may have bigger bones and stronger jaws to better withstand getting hit in the face
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These Researchers Put a Camera on a Polar Bear
In case you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a polar bear
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In Maya Lin’s New Exhibition, a Singing Ring Contains the Sounds of Endangered Worlds
The Sound Ring represents places as diverse as California forests and the Indian Ocean
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The Army Is Testing a Belt That Can Guide Soldiers Through the Dark
The belt could have applications beyond the military from helping blind persons to tourism
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