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Cougars Survived the Pleistocene Extinction Because They’ll Eat Just About Anything Meaty
Eating everything that’s in front of you is key to eking by when times are tough
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The Earth Is Pummeled By Asteroids All the Time; That They’re Not Causing Damage Is Just Luck
Most asteroids explode high up in the air or crash into the ocean, but some don’t
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Sales of Gun Silencers Have Shot Up Nearly 37 Percent Last Year
Proponents argue that they make firearms safer; others say it’s just the opposite
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America’s Best Bread Recipe Is 38 Pages Long
Simple ingredients and lots of patience combined make this bread rise to the top
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L.A. Needs Water, And for a Century, the “Mother Ditch” Supplied It
Built in 1781, the “Mother Ditch” supplied water to the early city
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Facebook Users Most Often Unfriend People They Knew From High School
And how does that make the victim of the unfriending feel? Surprised, usually
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Everything at This 4,500-Year-Old Site Was Removed—And Then Reburied
An unprecedented trove of artifacts and burials found at a development site were recently removed and reburied
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Pavement Cracks And Chain-Link Fences Are the New Ecosystems of the Anthropocene
The “natural” world is gone, and it’s not coming back
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China’s About to Have the World’s Fastest Elevator
The elevator will ascend 95 floors in 43 seconds
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Elvis’ First Big Vegas Show Was a Total Flop
Playing to the middle-aged crowd at the New Frontier Hotel, Elvis’ first Vegas show didn’t go over so well
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When Museum Specimen Get Infested With Bugs, Curators Have to Freeze Them
Freezing and heating can oftentimes keep invertebrate enemies at bay
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Americans Are Living Longer, Healthier Lives, But Suicide And Drug-Induced Deaths Are on the Rise
Heart disease and cancer are still the big killers, but digging deeper into death statistics reveals some alarming trends
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Easter Island’s Monumental Garbage Problem
As tourism increases, so does the trash on this remote island
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Antarctica Was Once As Warm As Sunny California
Nearby polar regions got up to Florida-level temperatures
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Scientists Confirm That Cats a) Are Pretty Smart, b) Don’t Really Care What You Want
Cats’ impressive individuality makes it hard to study their smarts
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Lewis Carroll Hated Fame So Much He Almost Wished He’d Never Written His Books
At least, that’s what he said in a letter, now in the University of Southern California library
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The Mississippi River Carries More Than Enough Sand to Rebuild Its Sinking Delta
The mighty Mississippi carries enough sand and silt to rebuild Louisiana’s disappearing marshes for the next 600 years
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Preserving Antarctic History Means Chipping Out Tons of Ice From Between Floorboards
Built by Robert Falcon Scott, Discovery Hut is one of several historic structures being preserved in Antarctica
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Sound Experts Want to Record One Full Day of Human Noise From All Over the Earth
The project could help scientists better understand the human soundscape and quantify how it changes over time
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This Week Is National Park Week
It’s spring, and the National Park Service wants you to visit
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