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Check Out the Most Detailed Tornado Simulation So Far
A supercomputer created a simulation of the F5 “El Reno” tornado which devastated part of Oklahoma in 2011
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Netflix Will Finish Orson Welles’ Last Film
Will The Other Side of the Wind live up to its iconic reputation?
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Researchers Find the First Naturally Fluorescent Frog Species
The polka-dot tree frog emits a blue-green glow under UV light, which is an unusual feature for land-dwelling critters
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Why Did This Australian Lake Turn Bright Pink?
Hot weather, scant rainfall and high salt levels have created a perfect storm for pinkness
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NASA Spots India’s Long-Lost Lunar Orbiter
Chandrayaan-1 had been missing for eight years
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Archaeologists Worked Feverishly to Excavate Colonial-Era Graves at Philly Construction Site
The First Baptist Cemetery was supposed to have been moved in 1859, but as it turned out many of the graves were left behind
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Scientists Spot Hundreds of Humpback Whales Feeding in Massive Groups
The normally solitary creatures gathered off the southwestern coast of South Africa, puzzling researchers
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Take a Virtual Trip to the International Space Station
New VR simulation turns you into an orbiting astronaut
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Two New Exhibitions Celebrate a Long-Lost Painting
The “Tower of the Blue Horses” is gone, but not forgotten
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One of Saturn’s Moons is Making Astronomers Hungry
New images of the tiny moon are drawing comparisons to a ravioli, empanadas, walnuts, hamburgers…nom, nom, nom
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Germans Invented the Autobahn. Now They’re Building a Superhighway for Bikes
A cyclist’s dream will soon be reality in Berlin
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Why (Part of) the International Space Station Will Soon Be the Coldest Place in the Universe
An icebox-like lab will help scientists get a grip on a phenomenon that’s hard to spot on Earth
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Next-Gen Lightning Tracker Photographs Storms From Space in Stunning Detail
Part of the GOES-16 weather satellite, the geosynchronous imager promises to improve storm detection and reveal the secrets of thunderbolts
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See the First Video of One of the World’s Rarest Whales
The 46 second clip of several True’s beaked whales was taken by students and teachers on a field trip in the Azore Islands in 2013
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Grey Gardens Estate Is on the Market for $20 Million
All feline tenants have been evicted
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Skeletons Found Under a Florida Wine Shop May Be Some of America’s First Colonists
The skeletons, found in St. Augustine, Florida, likely date to the first decades of the oldest European settlement in the United States
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Nosy Researchers Are Sniffing a Vintage Library
It’s all an effort to recreate an olfactory landscape of yore
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Amsterdam Is Widening Some of Its Canals
Soon, the city’s iconic Central Station will look more like its old self
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Primary School Students in Scotland Gave Dead Goldfish a Viking Burial
Farewell, Bubbles and Freddy
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Five-Year Photo Project Captures the Sistine Chapel in High-Res Detail
Released in a new set of books, the 1:1 photos will be used by restorers to restore and assess damage to Michaelangelo’s masterpieces
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