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New Technique Shows San Rock Art Is 5,000 Years Old
Using a highly refined form of carbon dating, researchers were able to date the pigments in art in Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa
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A Minnesota Home Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Is For Sale, Original Furniture And All
Everything from the floor color to the light fixtures is as the architect designed it
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California’s Lush Super Bloom Is Even More Stunning From Space
Satellite images captured an explosion of flowers stretching across California’s desert hills
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Thousands of Lego Daffodils Are Blooming in Britain
The brick-built botanicals celebrate the UK’s 2017 City of Culture
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Ireland May End Its Historic Good Friday Alcohol Ban
The 1927 prohibition restricted the sale of booze on Good Friday, Christmas Day and St. Patrick’s Day
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The Curious History of the White House Easter Egg Roll
Thousands of families enter the lottery each year to take part in this White House tradition
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Aromatic New Museum Celebrates the Art and History of Perfume
From the ancient Egyptians to Elizabeth Taylor, the Grand Musée du Parfum tells the story of fragrance
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Slumber With Skeletons at This New York Museum
Whales, mummies and adults are invited to a special sleepover
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The Met Will Finally Integrate Some Native American Art Into Its American Wing
Until now, indigenous art has lived in its own section
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Huge New Spider Species Discovered in Mexican Cave
Califorctenus cacachilensis is the width of a softball and represents a new genus of arachnids
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Graffiti Grudge Goes to Federal Court
5Pointz was once an international graffiti icon. Now, aerosol artists are fighting the developer who tore it down
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New Pyramid Discovered in Egypt
Earlier this week the interior structure of pyramid was uncovered at the Dahshur Necropolis, home to some of Egypt’s earliest pyramids
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Fans Hope to Preserve Jack Kerouac’s Florida Home
The modest house in St. Petersburg is now for sale, and may be turned into a museum
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Europe’s Only Known Cavefish Discovered in Germany
Genetic analyses suggest that the cave loach speedily adapted to its lightless habitat
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Found: One of the Oldest North American Settlements
The discovery of the 14,000-year-old village in Canada lends credence to the theory that humans arrived in North America from the coast
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A Second Doomsday Vault—This One to to Preserve Data—Is Opening in Svalbard
Known as the Arctic World Archive, it will store copies of books, archives and documents on special film
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London’s Parliament Square Will Get Its First Statue of a Woman
Suffragist leader Millicent Garrett Fawcett will join the ranks of 11 statesmen who have been honored with monuments there
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Sriracha Sauce Is Finally Available in Vietnam
What happens when a cult staple heads to another country?
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National Park Service Seeks Public Help in Death Valley Fossil Theft
Fossilized footprints, which had been left in a lakebed by ancient mammals and birds, have been swiped
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Corrosion Could Bring a Premature End to This Legendary Ship
New report sounds the alarm on the RMS Queen Mary
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