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Egyptian Papyrus Reveals This Old Wives’ Tale Is Very Old Indeed
The “Wheat and Barley” pregnancy test described in a recently translated medical text has been practiced for thousands of years
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Fog Sculptures Are Enshrouding Boston’s Historic Parks
Artist Fujiko Nakaya brings five fog installations to life to mark the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s 20th anniversary
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After 100 Years, Roald Amundsen’s Polar Ship Returns to Norway
Maud, which sunk in Arctic Canada in 1930, was floated across the Atlantic to its new home in a museum in Vollen
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The U.S. Military Has Been in Space From the Beginning
While the proposed branch of the armed forces may be controversial, the history of the so-called “Space Force” is longstanding
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Fire Closes Yosemite Valley Indefinitely
Smoke and flames from the Ferguson Fire have closed the roads to the National Park’s most popular attraction at the height of tourist season
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A Memorial Sign to Emmett Till Was Defaced With Four Bullet Holes
This is the third time the marker of the African-American boy’s brutal torture and murder in Mississippi in 1955 has been vandalized
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Joël Robuchon, the World’s Most Michelin-Starred Chef Who Transformed the Mashed Potato
The French chef turned the focus of fine cuisine toward simplicity and flavor
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CO2 Levels Reached an 800,000-year High in 2017
That’s just one of many sobering facts about our changing world in the “State of the Climate in 2017” report released late last week
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New Semi-Autobiographical Hemingway Story Published
“A Room On the Garden Side” was written in 1956 and takes place during the liberation of Paris in 1944
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Did George Orwell Pick Up TB During the Spanish Civil War?
A new technique was able to pull tuberculosis bacteria and morphine residue from a letter the author sent in 1938, ten years befor his diagnosis
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This Year’s Fields Medal Winners Include a Kurdish Refugee and a 30-Year-Old Professor
Peter Scholze, Caucher Birkar, Alessio Figalli and Akshay Venkatesh named recipients of award often described as the Nobel Prize for mathematics
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The Science Behind California’s “Fire Tornado”
The spinning mass of smoke filmed near Redding, California, is much taller, wider and lasted longer than average fire whirls
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Remains of Tuskegee Airman Found in Austria
Researchers and archaeologists have recovered the remains of distinguished flyer Lawrence E. Dickson whose plane crashed during a mission in 1944
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Europe Applies Strict Regulations to CRISPR Crops
A court has ruled that plants modified with CRISPR technology are subject to the restrictions of the 2001 GMO Directive
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Scientists Give New Particle Accelerator the Thumbs Up
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine endorses the $1 billion Electron-Ion Collider
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New Clues About Why the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley Sank
An emergency keel-block release suggests the crew did not panic, meaning they may have been incapacitated when the sub went down
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Egyptian Authorities Open Sealed Ptolemaic-Era Sarcophagus
Rampant speculation about what was inside the black granite tomb has swirled since the relic was first discovered at a building site in Alexandria
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Plans for the Emanuel Nine Memorial Unveiled
The monument to the nine black parishioners slain in Charleston in 2015 will include two wing-like benches that arc around a marble fountain
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Indian Supreme Court Orders Government to Restore the Taj Mahal — or Demolish It
After the government failed to file plans for restoring the monument, which is discolored by bug poo and pollution, the court has demanded action
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