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Meet Pedro the “Voder,” the First Electronic Machine to Talk
Pedro was an experiment in reproducing speech electronically, but took on a kind of life of its own
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How America Stacks Up When It Comes to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Hint: We’re not number one, but we’re close
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Humans Polluted the Air Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
Ice cores suggest that humans have been polluting the air with lead for at least 2,000 years
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First Commercial Carbon-Capture Plant Goes Online
The plant will collect 900 tons of carbon a year, piping it into a nearby greenhouse to boost vegetable growth
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Is Light Pollution Really Pollution?
As countries grow richer, light pollution gets worse–but some are fighting to change that
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Three Incredible Natural Areas Nominated for the World Heritage List
Areas in Tibet, Argentina and West Africa are likely to receive international protection for their rare plants, animals and natural beauty
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“Faceless” Fish Found off the Coast of Australia
The rare creature was dredged up from some 13,000 feet below the surface
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This Glass Frog’s Heart Is Visible Through Its Skin
The new species of frog has a transparent underside, offering a glimpse of its beating heart inside
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See the Gulf of Mexico’s Seafloor Like Never Before With This 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map
Made from data collected from 200 proprietary maps from oil and gas companies, the new image has a resolution 16 times greater than the next best map
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Democratic Republic of Congo Approves Ebola Vaccine
It’s the newest tool in health workers’ arsenal against the contagious virus
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NASA Hopes to “Touch the Sun” With a Newly Named Probe
The craft will travel within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface
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A Lonely Snail With an Unusual Shell Strikes Out in Love
Researchers brought Jeremy two potential partners who went on to mate with each other
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Watch a Partial Solar Eclipse From Space
It’s a preview of even more spectacular things to come
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These Sustainable Sneakers Are Made Using Algae
The shoes’ manufacturers harvest harmful algal blooms and turn the goo into footwear
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How the First Female Photographer Changed the Way the World Sees Algae
The groundbreaking photo book by Anna Atkins, a 19th-century British botanist, is going on display in the Netherlands
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Three Mile Island to Shutter Its Doors in 2019
It’s been nearly 40 years since the nuclear power plant partially melted down
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Why Seed Beetles Are Caught in a “Sexual Arms Race”
The strange spiky penis of the cowpea beetle seems to drive the evolution of both male and female beetles
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Monkeys in Bali Swipe Tourists’ Belongings and Barter Them for Snacks
The behavior seems to have become a “cultural tradition” among local group of long-tailed macaques
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Why Food Smells So Good When It’s Browning
A complex chemical reaction called the Maillard Reaction is responsible
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Supercomputers Create Breathtaking Simulations of Spiral Galaxies
The simulations took months of modeling to complete—and the results can help scientists learn about the formation of galaxies
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