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The National Spelling Bee Ended With a Tie For the First Time in Half a Century
One champion later said he and his co-winner were competing against the dictionary, not each other
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Japanese Scientists Have Figured Out the Ideal Way To Eat a Hamburger
Picking up your food any-which-way is just so inefficient
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Prehistoric Rock Art Defaced in Utah
Visitors to Nine Mile Canyon decided to leave more than footprints at the longest art gallery in the world
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I Think, Therefore I Am a Fruit Fly
Researchers found that even fruit flies seem deliberate over decisions
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Visit a Glass Labyrinth in Kansas City
The Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo., has a new interactive sculpture in the sculpture garden
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Irwindale City Council voted to end their public nuisance complaint against the makers of Sriracha hot sauce
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Too Many Classroom Decorations Can Distract Young Students
Elementary students perform better when walls are left relatively bare
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A Third of All People on Earth Are Overweight Or Obese
Obesity rates are rising across the board
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Zebras Make the Longest Migratory Journey of Any of Africa’s Land Animals
Zebras travel twice as far as North America’s migratory champion, the mule deer
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More Than 200 Hidden Paintings Were Discovered on the Walls of Angkor Wat
Researchers discovered the images by digitally enhancing photos of the temple’s walls
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The latest innovation in spaceflight: new rodent enclosures
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40,000 of Detroit’s Buildings Could Be Torn Down
Detroit’s Blight Removal Task Force is urging the city to tear down thousands of vacant buildings
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Humans Gave Up Our Strength to Support Our Big Heads
Evolution may have traded muscle mass for big brains
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When Gay Men Become Parents, Their Brains Act Like Both Straight Mothers’ And Fathers’ Brains
In the absence of a mother, gay men’s brains become blind to gender and step up to the full task of parenthood
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“Reading Rainbow” Is Trying to Raise $1 Million on Kickstarter to Bring the Show to the Web
The beloved show “Reading Rainbow” is seeking funding to expand to the web
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Maya Angelou Was One of the Most Influential Voices of Our Time
Maya Angelou was poet, novelist, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker, dancer and civil rights activist
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Using GIS to Factcheck Julius Caesar’s Account of the Gallic Wars
Scientists are using modern technology to check whether Julius Caesar’s accounting of Roman history was accurate
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Female Pigs Respond Differently to Batches of Sperm Carrying Mostly X Or Mostly Y Chromosomes
In an experiment, mother pigs’ gene expression changed depending on the sperm type they were fertilized wtih
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York has come up with a new tourism stunt: smell like a Viking
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Watch This Adorable Mammal Hatch From an Egg
A 1974 nature video shows a spiny anteater hatching
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