Physicists to Shoot Extremely Fast-Moving Electrons at Dinosaur Skin Fossil
The actual color of dinosaur skin is still very much up for debate
Can This Marketing Campaign Make Hipsters Turn to Jesus?
Marketers can convince us to do crazy things, like tattoo brand names on our foreheads or jump out of airplanes. But can they make hipsters turn to God?
Mary Thom, Feminist, Historian and Editor, Dies in Motorcycle Crash at 68
Mary Thom, feminist editor, writer and behind-the-scenes activist, died earlier this week in a motorcycle accident in Yonkers
To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Order Your Groceries Online
Ordering groceries online for delivery cuts carbon emissions by half when compared with traveling to the store by car
We’re Just 35 Devil’s Hole Pupfish Away From the World’s Best-Documented Extinction
If the species does go extinct, it will join Florida’s Dusky seaside sparrow as an endangered species that has died out while under federal protection
Oslo Runs on Garbage, And Now It’s Running Out
When you burn garbage for as fuel, you can find yourself in a tricky spot
Saturn’s Mysterious Hexagon Is a Raging Hurricane
At the heart of Saturn’s hexagon, a giant hurricane
Celebrating Nearly a Decade of Richard Branson Almost Sending Us to Space
In 2004, Richard Branson said we’d be in space by 2008. That didn’t pan out
This New Robot Has a Sense of Touch
A robot with a sense of touch can better navigate our cluttered world
Meet the Woman Who Taste-Tested Hitler’s Dinner
Now 95, Margot Woelk is ready to share her story of life in the Wolf’s Lair
What Are You Thinking About?
One researcher recorded the fascinating inner monologues of random people walking, sitting or standing in New York City
In 2010, Malaria Killed 660,000 People, And Now It’s Resistant to the Drugs We Use to Fight It
Scientists have discovered a drug-resistant strain of malaria, and it’s spreading
The First LPs Weren’t for Music—They Were Audiobooks for the Blind
Record companies hadn’t yet figured out how to make music sound good on LPs
One Confused Loon Spent 48 Days Trying to Hatch Rocks
In July 2011, something strange was going on with one of the loons at a Massachusetts sanctuary
How Can the U.S. Government Know If Syrian Combatants Were Affected by Sarin Gas?
Reports from the White House that sarin gas were used in Syria, but how could you test for it?
Why Guppies Seem to Have a Death Wish
Aquarium-leaping guppies don’t necessarily want to die, they’re just trying to colonize the next pond over
This 16-Year-Old Has a Bionic Hand Almost as Good as Luke Skywalker’s
While Patric Kane didn’t have his hand sliced of by a lightsaber, he’s got a bionic replacement that’s one step closer to Skywalker’s eerily lifelike robot paw
Here’s How Scientists Are Keeping You From Inhaling Deadly Microbes in the Subway
An invisible odorless gas will be released into seven subways throughout New York City this July
The Center of the Earth Is as Hot as the Sun
1,800 degrees warmer than we previously thought, the Earth’s core is super hot
In True Pirate Form, the Pirate Bay Can’t Find Anyone to Take It In
The Pirate Bay just relocated to Icleand, but they may have to be on the move again some time soon
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