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This Prosthetic Hand Lets a Drummer Play Again
“I’ll bet a lot of metal drummers might be jealous of what I can do now,” he said. “Speed is good. Faster is always better”
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Musicians Are Better Able to Identify a World-Class Orchestra by Sight Than by Sound
Allowing musicians to both hear and see an orchestra playing actually lowers their ability to tell if it’s world-class
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If You’re Not Straight, You’re at Higher Risk for Domestic Violence
And most help-centers and laws focus exclusively on straight female victims
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Sea Level Rise Might Drown a Fifth of All UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The Statue of Liberty and the Sydney Opera House are under threat
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NASA Wants to Take a Closer Look at the Water on Jupiter’s Moon
Part of NASA’s tentative 2015 budget includes planning for a mission to Europa
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Tennessee Is About To Get a New State Artifact
A Native American sculpture is about to become Tennessee’s state artifact
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This Organization Recycles 120,000 Pounds of Mardi Gras Beads Each Year
That’s more than 60 walruses (by mass) worth of beads
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Everybody Chill Out, Eating Meat Isn’t Going to Kill You
A new study suggesting that a meat-rich diet is just as bad as smoking has some problems
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To Get Rid of Body Hair, Renaissance Women Made Lotions of Arsenic, Cat Dung And Vinegar
“When the skin feels hot, wash quickly with hot water so the flesh doesn’t come off”
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Pet Owners Are Pretending Their Dogs Are Service Animals to Sneak Them Into Places They Shouldn’t Be
Parking in a handicapped spot is illegal, and so is misrepresenting your pet as a service animal
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Stonehenge Visitors Used To Be Handed Chisels to Take Home Souvenirs
Chisels were banned in the early 1900s, and in 1977, the stones were roped off so people couldn’t climb on them any longer
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Yosemite’s Bears Are Raiding Way Fewer Picnic Baskets These Days
Just 13 percent of the bears’ diet comes from human food
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Mount Everest Climbers Are Now Required to Haul Nearly 20 Pounds of Garbage Off the Mountain
The new rule is meant to help tackle the estimated 50 tons of garbage currently sitting on the mountain
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Female Computer Scientists Make the Same Salary as Their Male Counterparts
Only 20 percent of programmers are women, though
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This Japanese Space Net Could Lower the Odds of ‘Gravity’ Happening in Real Life
Space is littered with debris, and we really should start getting some of it out of there
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This Robot Is Trying to Get Into College
The Todai Robot artificial intelligence system is trying to clear the University of Tokyo entrance exam
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Owners, Not Breeds, Predict Whether Dogs Will Be Aggressive
Researchers suggest training your dog well and early on to avoid any problems with aggression—regardless of what breed you’ve got
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Which makes more sense, considering the fire destroyed nearly 90 percent of the homes in the city
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