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Ok, Now There’s an Actual, Official Contest to Name New Exoplanets
The International Astronomical Union is throwing their own exoplanet naming contest
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It’s a Sad Day for ISEE-3, As the Bid to Save the Long-Lost Satellite Fails
We can’t help but feel bad for the little lonely satellite
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In U.S. High Schools, Full-Time International Students Now Outnumber Exchange Students
Public schools are actively recruiting tuition-paying foreign students
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Machine in the Netherlands Collects Plastic Waste, Turns it into Floating Parks
The effort aims to prevent plastic waste from going into the North Sea
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Fake Clothing Drop Bins Use Your “Charity” Donations To Make a Profit
From Tampa to Charlotte to New York City, non-legit Goodwill boxes are proliferating
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This Tiny Implant Could Provide Remote-Control Birth Control for 16 Years at a Time
Microchip implants under the skin could last for 16 years
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Forget the Fastest Route. Why Not Use Digital Maps to Plan the Most Beautiful Instead?
Yahoo is developing an algorithm that will allow you to choose the scenic route
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Chopping Down African Forests Increases Human Exposure to Ebola
Habitat loss brings humans and animals into closer contact, increases the spread of disease
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Watch the Unnerving Gait of This 410 Million-Year-Old Arachnid
Working from well-preserved fossils, paleontologists reproduced the trigonotarbids’ walk
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How One 1930s German Photographer Successfully Trolled the Nazi Party
A photograph of a young Jewish girl won a contest to find the “perfect example of the Aryan race.”
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A Quarter of Americans Are Stressed Out—And That’s Probably a Massive Underestimate
Health, family and monetary problems are top causes of stress, as are raising a teenager or being a single parent
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Could There Be More Smallpox Samples Still Out There Somewhere?
The FDA found mysterious old vials labeled “variola” and determined that they did indeed contain the smallpox virus
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Archaeologists in Greece Find Some of the World’s Oldest Erotic Graffiti
About 2,500 years ago, ancient Greeks were boasting of their sexual conquests in long-lasting graffiti
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Astronauts Took Pictures of Typhoon Neoguri—And It Looks Huge, Even From Space
Even from space, Neoguri looks huge
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You Could Visit Dubai And Never Step Outside
The proposed Mall of the World features temperature-controlled walkways
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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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