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Archaeologists Just Found a 5,600-Year-Old Pre-Dynastic Egyptian Tomb
This newly discovered Egyptian tomb is even older than hierogylphs
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Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Caused At Least 117 Uncounted Deaths, of Stillborn Babies
Higher rates of stillbirths overlapped with the most devastated areas in the aftermath of those 2005 natural disasters
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Last Call For Metro-North’s Bar Car!
The last bar cars left in America ride the rails for the last time tonight
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Why Don’t Chimpanzees Have Long, Luscious Locks?
Why doesn’t animal fur grow like human hair?
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Someone Had to Build the Terracotta Army—Archaeologists Just Found Their Humbler Grave Sites
Forty-five grave sites were found only kilometers from the emperor’s tomb
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One More Way Cities Might Mess With Birds—By Throwing Radio Waves at Them
Radio waves disrupt birds’ migratory patterns, but birds may have a natural work-around
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To Save the Apples We Love Today, We Need to Save Their Ancient Ancestors
Apples aren’t set to cope with our changing world. To help them, first we’ll need to protect the past
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This City in California Voted in Favor of Making Bullying a Crime
Bullying can seriously harm kids, for years. But should it really be punished by law?
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The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health
Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results
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An Expansive, Privately Funded Park in Patagonia Will Open to Visitors This Winter
This beautiful park—which foreign conversationists love—is putting wild animals and local gauchos at odds
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Watch the World Float by the International Space Station’s New HD Webcam
Four HD cameras are streaming amazing, serene views of Earth…back to Earth
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NASA Wants to Build a Greenhouse on Mars
A small greenhouse growing thale cress may be on its way to Mars by 2021
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These Are All the Places in the United States Where Nobody Lives
There are still plenty of empty census blocks out West
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Breathing Deeply May Actually Boost Your Body’s Immune System
The power of the trained mind over the body is truly an amazing thing
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France Is Spending 3 Million Euros to Save the Great Hamster of Alsace
There are only a few hundred left!
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Government Says Oil and Gas Development Have Raised Risk of Earthquakes in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s recent surge in earthquake activity due in part to wastewater injection
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Ancient Birds Avoided Mass Extinction By Shrinking
The shrinkage process was well underway before an asteroid brought doom to the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
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This 300 Year Old Book Is a Guide to Every Paint Color Imaginable
Browse through color swatches from the 17th Century
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The U.S. Is Going to Help Try to Find the Still-Missing Nigerian School Girls
President Obama pledges immediate, on-the-ground support
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This “Lake” at Mesa Verde Is Actually a Ceremonial Structure
The old theory, that it was a reservoir, didn’t hold water
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