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The World’s Oldest Multicolor Printed Book Was Too Fragile to Read…Until Now
The 1633 book has now been digitized
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This Animation Is Made of Embroidery
It took a year and a half to create a short film using “embroidermation”
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What’s Behind China’s Professional Tomb Raiding Trend?
Move over, Lara Croft: raiding tombs is an increasingly viable career in China
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Tobacco pipes in the Bard’s backyard may retain traces of cannabis, but some historians remain skeptical
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Teenage Girls Have Led Language Innovation for Centuries
They’ve been on the cutting edge of the English language since at least the 1500s
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Humans Evolved to Be Moved by Art
New research shows that while people respond to art for very different reasons, the ability to be moved in the first place is universal
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Could This Video Solve One of History’s Greatest Art Mysteries?
Footage shows an unknown man entering the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum the night before the infamous robbery
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Swiss Troops Stormed France in the Name of Cheese (and Cows)
Thirsty cows + torrid heat = trouble between nations
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This Renaissance Painting of Fruit Holds a Modern-Day Science Lesson
Hint: it’s in the watermelon
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The Physics of a UFC Fighter so Fast, She Might Just Be Bionic
Two words: kinetic energy
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This Was the Turducken of Border Disputes
Dahala Khagrabari (#51) used to be a piece of India inside Bangladesh, inside India, inside Bangladesh
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“Happy Birthday to You” Could Soon Have Its Day in the Public Domain
One of the most popular songs in the world could soon be free to sing
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Muggles, Rejoice: Quidditch is Becoming a Serious Sport
The Harry Potter-inspired game is now played by more than 300 teams around the world
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Queen Guitarist Brian May is Now a New Horizons Science Collaborator
As new images were transmitted from Pluto, the rock-star-turned-astrophysicist rubbed shoulders with his heroes
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Listen to Dr. Kevorkian’s Jazz-Funk Album
The man called “Dr. Death” created a complex and surprising body of artistic work
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In Mexico, a Gritty Neighborhood Has Become a 65,000-Square-Foot Mural
A hillside in Pachuca gets a psychedelic makeover
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Venezuela Is About to Run Out of Beer
Strict import laws could make Venezuela’s taps dry up in just a few weeks
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