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Obama Just Established Three New National Monuments Covering Over a Million Acres
Art, fossils and natural beauty
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Washington D.C. Just Got a 10,000 Square Foot Ball Pit
A giant ball pit exhibit allows National Building Museum visitors to experience an indoor ocean
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The Russian Government is Teaching its Citizens Selfie Safety
A rash of injuries while taking selfies prompted the new campaign
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Why Is there Wine on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
Bordeaux, Champagne wine regions get world heritage designations
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This is What Happened When an Australian City Gave Trees Email Addresses
Trees get fan mail and even write back to Melburnian residents
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There’s Still (Filthy, Disgusting, Not-Yet-Melted) Snow in Boston Right Now
The detritus of Boston’s most severe winter ever has yet to melt away
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Despite Their Industrious Reputation, Some Ants Are Super Lazy
Research suggests that some worker ants excel at inactivity
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There’s More Bourbon in Kentucky Right now Than any Other Time in the Last 40 Years
Whiskey lovers, take note: the state currently boasts 5.7 million barrels of aging bourbon
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Researchers Strapped a Go-Pro to a Sea Turtle, and Here’s What They Got
See the Great Barrier Reef from a turtle’s view
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SpaceX Failure Puts Dozens of Satellites on Hold
Recent losses have left other SpaceX customers in limbo
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This Boomerang-Shaped Aircraft Could be the First to Fly on Mars
The lightweight glider would search for potential landing spots to be used by a future manned mission to Mars
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This Beautiful Valley in Turkey is Home to 100 Species of Butterflies
The valley’s remote location keeps the butterflies happy and thriving
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Germany is Turning its Old Military Bases Into Nature Reserves
While downsizing the military, Germany sets aside land for wildlife
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Move Over, Clooney: This Japanese Gorilla is the Internet’s Newest Heartthrob
Shabani’s sexy looks are responsible for a spike in zoo attendance
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Here’s Why Scientists Want to Flood the Grand Canyon
Without sediment flowing through the canyon, it loses sandbars vital to the river ecosystem
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A 93 Year Old Miscalculation Helped Create Today’s Western Drought
How a miscalculation led to modern water shortages in seven Western states
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Scale El Capitan From Your Couch Using Google Street View
The latest expansion of the Maps project takes users up Yosemite’s iconic climb
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Urine (Not Chlorine) Causes Red Eyes in Pools
CDC spreads the word about the peril of pee in pools
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Have Something Rude to Say? Put it on This 2300-Year Old Statue in Rome
A cardinal started the tradition of decorating this statue with snarky poems and insults
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