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“New Lucy” Is Unveiled Nearby “Scary Lucy” in Lucille Ball’s Hometown
It’s a tale of two Lucys
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Bookworms, Rejoice: You May Live Longer
In a new study, readers showed “a survival advantage” over those who don’t ever crack open a book
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Last Journalists Exit the Birthplace of Modern News
After 300 years, Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare home to dozens of newspapers and thousands of reporters, becomes a tourist stop
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This Museum’s Giant Collection of Paper Peepshows Offers a Pinhole into the Past
The art pieces were created during the 19th and earth 20th centuries to celebrate coronations, world events and illustrate children’s stories
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Original Pooh Bear Gets Makeover, Returns to New York Public Library
Winnie and his friends are clean, fluffy and filled with stories
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Scientists Uncover a “Hidden” Portrait by Edgar Degas
A powerful X-ray unveiled one of the painter’s rough drafts
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Thieves Are Making Off With Millions of Dollars in Stolen Nuts
It’s a hard case to crack
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Sorry, Soda: The U.S. Is Just Not That Into You
Americans will buy more bottled water than soda for the first time ever in 2016
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The First Armed Art Heist in History Is Being Made Into a Movie
But Ocean’s 11, this isn’t
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How Engineers Got a Vinyl Record to Play in the Stratosphere
Fittingly, it took notes from Carl Sagan
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For Sale: 400 Awesome Vintage Boomboxes
A New Zealand aficionado is auctioning off his collection of iconic 1980s music machines
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A New Installation Turns the L.A. River Into Art
The river’s surreal landscape is the perfect place to make a statement about water use
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Peru Cracks Down on Illegal Gold Miners
A boom in outlaw mining activity in the last five years is polluting rivers, poisoning people and destroying forests in the Peruvian Amazon
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Protesters Prevent Chinese Museum From Evicting a Family of Cats
The furry family is famous on the internet
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The Cosmos Sings in This Fusion of Astrophysics and Music
The Hubble Cantata brings the stars down to earth
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Watch the Chincoteague Ponies Complete Their 91st Annual Swim
For nine decades, the local fire department has herded the horses from Assateague to Chincoteague Island to auction off the foals
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Civil Rights Legend John Lewis Won a Prestigious Comic Book Award
With March, Lewis brings his life story to a whole new generation
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Why VHS and Five Other Formats May Live Forever
The final VCRs will ship later this month, but if recent history is any indicator, it doesn’t mean the VHS format will vanish for good
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