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“Space Archaeologists” to Examine the International Space Station
Using millions of photos and documents, researchers will reconstruct life on the ISS to see how visitors interact with their tools and each other
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Text an Emoji and the SFMOMA Will Respond with a Picture of Art
A new text messaging service lets users explore the museum’s vast collection
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Ex-NASA Engineer Builds World’s Largest Super Soaker
More than a mere toy, this water gun can slice through glass and watermelons
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How Hoop Skirts Led to Tape Measures
Eighteenth-century ladies would recognize some things about the modern contractor’s tool
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Buckminster Fuller Was Good at Ideas, Terrible at Car Design
Fuller held more than 30 patents during his life, but many of his ideas didn’t make it off the page–or not for long
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This Anti-Slavery Jewelry Shows the Social Concerns (and the Technology) of Its Time
The ‘Wedgwood Slave Medallion’ was the first modern piece of protest jewelry
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Martin Luther King and Gandhi Weren’t the Only Ones Inspired By Thoreau’s ‘Civil Disobedience’
Thoreau’s essay became a cornerstone of 20th-century protest
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Surf Through Newly Digitized Images to See Rome’s Ever-Changing History
The Eternal City is always evolving. Now, a new web resource shows how
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High-Status Indigenous Family Brought Back to Life With Digital Reconstruction
Some 3,700 years ago, the relatives were given elaborate burials along the coast of British Columbia
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Why Ancient Roman Concrete Is So Strong
A rare chemical reaction strengthens it even today—and that could help threatened coastal communities
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“Corpse Hotels” Are in Demand in Japan
Crematoria are too busy, so a new type of business stepped in to make the wait more comfortable
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AI Project Produces New Styles of Art
Researchers let two neural networks critique each other to create the images
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New Badges Will Make Today’s Girl Scouts Tomorrow’s Cybersleuths
Camping and cookie sales are just the tip of the iceberg for modern scouts
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Celebrate the Eclipse With a Color-Shifting Stamp
Your next letter just got more celestial
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Take a Peep at This Gallery of Historic Selfies
People have been photographing themselves almost since the dawn of the technology
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Renewables Generated Ten Percent of U.S. Energy In March
Longer days, stronger wind and reduced electricity demand helped green energy break double digits for the first time
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Canada’s New Two-Dollar Coins Glow in the Dark
The two-dollar coins celebrate the nation’s 150th anniversary and include a scene with Northern Lights that really glow
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350 Years Ago, A Doctor Performed the First Human Blood Transfusion. A Sheep Was Involved
Early scientists thought that the perceived qualities of an animal—a lamb’s purity, for instance—could be transmitted to humans in blood form
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Two Myths and One Truth About Wind Turbines
From the cost of turbines to one U.S. senator’s suggestion that “wind is a finite resource”
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Art Installation Recreates the Smell of Cities Around the World
The Pollution Pod project emphasizes the unequal air quality divide between rich and poor cities
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