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Cool Finds

Researchers Crack Open the Mysterious Plain of Jars

After 80 years, archeologists get the chance to explore the Laotian plateau dotted with giant stone jars

April 6, 2016

Weird Animals

Eco-Celebrity Crane Inspires Wetland Protection in Taiwan

An endangered Siberian crane that has made Taiwan home is inspiring locals to protect the wetlands

April 5, 2016

The late Zaha Hadid sits in front of one of her structures, the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London.

Austria

Here are Seven of Zaha Hadid’s Most Stunning Structures

The architect leaves behind an astonishing legacy

April 1, 2016

A box from Zuppardi's in West Haven, Connecticut.

Cool Finds

Chicago Is Getting a Pizza Museum

Hold the anchovies: This pop-up is a pizza-lover’s dream

March 31, 2016

Switzerland

Switzerland Will Host the First Cyborg Olympics

The “Cybathlon” will show what happens when humans and machines collaborate

March 30, 2016

A bison takes a stroll down the road in Elk Island National Park, Alberta

Next week, the Blackfeet Tribe will receive 89 buffalo calves that descended from Montana stock in a Canadian National Park

March 29, 2016

A black rhino takes to the air in the first stage of its venture during the 2013 World Wildlife Fund's Black Rhino Expansion Project.

A new project is flying rhinos from South Africa to Australia to create a “biological insurance policy” against increased poaching

March 28, 2016

A self-portrait made by Johnny Rotten on the walls of the studio where the Sex Pistols recorded their first demos.

Cool Finds

Johnny Rotten’s Graffiti Made These Buildings Historic Landmarks

The Sex Pistols’ home and recording studio are now protected as a cultural heritage sites

March 24, 2016

A red pigment reference from the Forbes Pigment Collection helped prove that a supposed Jackson Pollock painting was a fake.

This Could Be the World’s Most Colorful Library

Harvard’s Forbes Pigment Collection preserves some of history’s most precious colors—and helps conserve the world’s greatest art

March 24, 2016

"The Last Communion of Joan of Arc" by Charles Henri Michel

After buying a ring purportedly owned by Joan of Arc, a French history park owner defies UK demands

March 24, 2016

This 12,000-year-old city could soon be inundated thanks to a hydroelectric dam.

Unless things change, these historic sites could disappear from the map forever

March 24, 2016

A cruise ship in Alaska, similar to the one that will cross the Northwest Passage in August

Crystal Cruises will sail a ship with over 1,000 passengers through the legendary—and deadly—Arctic route

March 23, 2016

Cool Finds

A Saturated Snapshot of This Year’s Holi Celebrations

Revelers are already soaking in shades of the spring festival

March 22, 2016

The U.S. government is battling a private company for the rights to historic names

March 22, 2016

A room decorated with animal art was designed to look like a forest.

Cool Finds

This Polish Museum Exhibit Was Completely Curated By Kids

“Anything Goes” took six months and 69 children to create

March 22, 2016

Switzerland

CERN Seeks International Artists For Full-Time Residency

The European Center for Nuclear Research is calling for art submissions for its annual award

March 16, 2016

People planning to travel to high-elevation locations in Central and South America like Mexico City are breathing a sigh of relief.

It’s welcome news for anyone with travel plans

March 15, 2016

Blu and local activists erased 20 years' worth of his street art from Bologna, Italy.

Blu used a chisel and gray paint to make a point

March 14, 2016

Cool Finds

World War II Survivor Tips Off Geologists to Hidden Tunnels Beneath Naples

The forgotten tunnels were used as bomb shelters

March 14, 2016

Cool Finds

These Mountains Are Made of Books

An interdisciplinary artist creates landscapes out of encyclopedias

March 14, 2016

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