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The IUCN Red List shows Oz’s reptiles are in trouble as well as flying foxes, a Jamaican rodent and a New Guinea butterfly

July 6, 2018

Marc Fries examines a magnetic board looking for iron particles recovered from the sea floor.

The research ship E/V Nautilus is combing through samples and sediment hoping to recover the first space rock from the ocean floor

July 3, 2018

A sculptor was awarded millions in royalties after the USPS accidentally used an image of his Las Vegas replica on a 2010 postage stamp

July 3, 2018

Part of the Danevirk wall surrounding Hedeby

The trading center of Hedeby and its surrounding wall are considered one of the most significant Viking sites in Northern Europe

July 2, 2018

An oil drilling moratorium, development restrictions and fishing reform has helped the 200-mile-reef come off Unesco’s endangered world heritage sites list

June 28, 2018

Cool Finds

Now That the Smog Has Lifted, Astronomy Returns to London’s Royal Observatory

A new telescope that filters out light pollution and interference will watch the stars from the site constructed in 1675

June 28, 2018

The sculpture of St. George before and after

Reports indicate a local priest hired an art teacher to restore the polychromatic wooden statue, with cartoonish results

June 27, 2018

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list is out

June 26, 2018

Queen Elizabeth examines the bones of Charles Byrne in 1962.

Activists want the bones of Charles Byrne to be buried according to his wishes

June 26, 2018

New Research

China’s Plastic Ban Will Flood Us With Trash

New study reports China’s ban on importing foreign plastic could cripple global recycling programs and lead to 111 million tons of homeless plastic

June 21, 2018

Prototype of one of the magnets that will be used in the upgraded Large Hadron Collider.

A multi-year upgrade will lead to up to 10 times the collisions, and perhaps the discovery of mysterious new particles

June 19, 2018

Say what? Residents of the town of Liberal, Kansas, are developing a new accent thanks to changing demographics in the area.

Immigration over the last 40 years has all the young people in town speaking English with a slightly Latin feel

June 18, 2018

Stephen Hawking's memorial stone in Westminster Abbey.

After his ashes were interred at Westminster Abbey, a musical composition and “message of hope” were broadcast toward 1A 0620-00, the nearest black hole

June 15, 2018

The late activist helped organize the Birmingham marches and educated the disenfranchised about their constitutional rights

June 13, 2018

Cool Finds

The Odyssey of the World’s Largest Freshwater Pearl

The gem, which was was recently bought at auction, was likely found in China in the 1700s and was once owned by Russia’s Catherine the Great

June 12, 2018

The massive blast is affecting nearly 2 million people, and more may still be in store

June 4, 2018

Some of Van Gogh's most iconic floral artworks, painted in 1888 and 1889, are facing the test of time.

New Research

X-Rays Show That Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Will One Day Wilt

A new analysis shows that half of the canvas held in Amsterdam is painted with pigments that darken with exposure to UV light

June 1, 2018

Workers are currently assessing the damage to the iconic structure that straddles the sunken ship

May 29, 2018

The goal is to catalog the lake’s diversity of life—including any oversized, prehistoric reptiles

May 29, 2018

Cool Finds

“Holy Grail” of Spanish Treasure Galleons Found Off Colombia

The San José went down in 1708 filled with gold, silver and gems now worth billions of dollars

May 25, 2018