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A resolution to move the grave from the capitol grounds in Nashville to one of his boyhood homes failed by one vote

March 20, 2018

Police have recovered most of the 2,000 coins, bones, beads and other items lifted from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in January

March 20, 2018

Cool Finds

Nearly 9-Hour Rainbow in Taiwan Sets New Guinness Record

Last November, researchers recorded more than 10,000 photos and videos documenting the long-lasting weather phenomenon

March 19, 2018

Undated photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows fake Native American styled-jewelry seized by federal officials during a 2015 investigation in New Mexico.

In April, Albuquerque jewelry dealer Nael Ali is set to be sentenced under the 1935 Indian Arts and Crafts Act

March 19, 2018

Europe

Casanova Is Getting a Museum

The womanizer and Enlightenment polymath will be memorialized with an interactive museum in Venice opening April 2

March 19, 2018

The quolls say: Please reintroduce us, please.

Wiped out by a mystery disease and non-native foxes, the spotted, cat-sized predator is being reintroduced in Booderee National Park

March 16, 2018

New Research

Earthlings: There’s No Need to Freak Out About Tonight’s Solar Storm

Expect small disruptions to satellite communications and minor surges in the power grid. Find out how USGS predicts effects of geomagnetic storms

March 14, 2018

New Research

Polls Are Still As Accurate As They Were 75 Years Ago

A new study shows polling is not undergoing a collapse despite what conventional wisdom might suggest

March 14, 2018

An artist's illustration of the Tiangong-1 space lab in orbit.

For one, it’s exceedingly unlikely to cause you harm

March 9, 2018

Kosovo and Serbia’s clash over energy dropped the oscillation of the Euro grid, making clocks run as much as six minutes behind

March 8, 2018

Cool Finds

Wreck of Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Lexington Found 76 Years After It Was Scuttled in Battle

The ship was sunk by an American destroyer so it couldn’t be captured in the Battle of Coral Sea, considered to be the first carrier battle in history

March 7, 2018

The Oxford medical student, who died on March 3 at age 88, broke what was believed to be an impossible record

March 5, 2018

An update to the landmark study finds there is now more poverty and segregation in America

March 2, 2018

Artist's illustration of PTScientist's Audi Quattro Lunar Rover visiting NASA's 1972 rover.

Trending Today

4G Coverage Bound for the Moon in 2019

A private moon mission scheduled for next year will use an ultra-compact network to beam back live images of the lunar surface

February 28, 2018

Cool Finds

One Man’s Search to Find the Families of the “Deportees” in the Famous Woody Guthrie Song

Seventy years after the 1948 crash, Tim Hernandez is bringing new recognition to the 28 unidentified “braceros” who died when the plane blew up

February 28, 2018

Cool Finds

Stolen Degas Found in Luggage Compartment of French Bus

No one claimed the suitcase containing “Les Choristes” stolen from a Marseille Museum in 2009

February 26, 2018

Cool Finds

Turkish Garbage Collectors Curate Their Own Library

The sanitation workers have already amassed a collection of more than 6,000 books

February 23, 2018

A federal judged ruled Monday on the whitewashing of the internationally known graffiti site by a New York developer

February 14, 2018

“Cat plague” hasn’t been seen in pets down under for 40 years ago, but a new spate of cases has veterinarians concerned

February 9, 2018

Collège des Prêcheurs, future home of The Musée Jacqueline et Pablo Picasso

Cool Finds

New Museum in Southern France Will House More Than a Thousand Works by Pablo Picasso

The Musée Jacqueline et Pablo Picas, which is expected to open in 2021, will include a trove of works inherited by the artist’s stepdaughter

February 9, 2018