Spelling Bee Champs Will Actually Have to Learn the Meaning of the Fancy Words They Spell
Kids will have to define words in addition to spelling them, which the competition hopes will help the process of identifying finalists
Unhealthy Eating And Not Enough Sleep—Not Genes or Laziness—Driving Surge in Childhood Obesity
Child “obesity is not a disease of inactivity,” and the fixes won’t be simple
All the Conditions Required for Life to Appear Are Here, in Antarctica’s Amazing Ice Stalactites
Brinicles, more than ice fingers of death, may have driven the formation of life
How Women May Have Shaped Men’s Penises
Whether women’s preference is indeed solely responsible for driving the way penises look today remains an open-ended question, however
Hurricane Katrina Kicked Off a Startup Renaissance in New Orleans
Within three years after Katrina, the rate of new start-up launches in the city doubled
How to Turn a Paper Image of a Record Into a Beautiful Music
You can’t make sounds from books, except when you can
Anti-Vaccine Tweets Spread Faster Than Pro-Vaccine Messages
Not all messages are created equal, and when it comes to Tweets about vaccines it’s the anti-vaccine messages that spread the fastest
Can a Computer Really Grade an Essay?
One company is developing an essay grading computer program that can take the load off professors and standardized test graders
The World’s Oldest Photography Museum Goes Digital
From 19th century daguerrotypes to photos of Martin Luther King Jr., some of photography’s history goes online
Thieves Break Into Safe to Steal $3 Million Worth of Rhino Horns
Right now the going rate for rhino horn (just about $30,000 a pound) is higher than for gold
Climate Change Means More Adélie Penguins
Climate change seems to be giving an unexpected boost to this penguin species
Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher Dies at Age 87
Margaret Tatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and first woman to lead a Western power, died today at the age of 87
There Is Now a Hypothetical Species Named Shrewdinger Because of You
Last week, the public voted, and named a hypothetical placental ancestor Shrewdinger
A Few Rare People Hallucinate Musical Scores
Musical hallucinations are the rarest form of ‘text hallucinations’
Wildlife Managers Are Poisoning Rhino Horns to Stop People From Eating Them
The poison, a mix of parasiticides and pink dye, now fills more than 100 rhinos’ horns
Get Your Own Offshore Tax Haven, a Step-by-Step Guide
From $8 to $32 trillion dollars are buried in tax havens worldwide. Here’s how it works
Google Autocomplete Isn’t the Same in Every Country
Chronicling the ways google autocompletes your searches can be both enlightening and horrifying
Your Breath Is as Unique as Your Fingerprint
Microbes within our bodies give our breath a unique signature
Need to Build a Functioning Neuron?
In Minecraft, a player creates a functional neuron
Graham Crackers Were Supposed To Be a Sex Drive–Suppressing Diet Food
The original vision for graham crackers had little to do with s’mores
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