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France’s Famous High School Exam Will Soon Feature Its First Woman Author
Madame da La Fayette will infuse a much-needed POV into France’s literary curriculum
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This New Zealand River Just Got the Legal Rights of a Person
It’s the end of more than a century of struggle
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Don’t Get Too Excited About That Viral Goldfish “Wheelchair”
The contraption, though surely built with the best intentions, may do more harm than good.
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Utah Chooses New State Works of Art
Ancient rock art and Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” are poised to become state symbols
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Doctors Warn That Climate Change Makes People Sick
Medical associations join forces to sound the alarm on climate change and human health
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Five Things You Didn’t Realize Were Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Since 1965, the agency has bestowed more than 63,000 humanities-related grants
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China Approves Massive National Park to Protect Its Last Big Cats
The 5,600-square-mile reserve along the Russian border will safeguard rare Amur leopards and Siberian Tigers
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Is Winter Storm Stella a “Weather Bomb”?
The storm battering the northeastern U.S. is expected to undergo “bombogenesis.” Just what does that mean?
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Why South Korea’s National Archive Uprooted 12 Japanese Trees
The kaizuka trees represent a long and complicated history with the country’s former colonial occupier
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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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Celebrate Sunshine Week By Transcribing Once Top-Secret Documents
The National Archives wants you…to make documents more accessible to future generations
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New Nashville Restaurant Recreates Civil Rights Sit-In Site
The lunch counter where John Lewis and others were arrested will now be part of a soul food eatery and music venue
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Man Crosses the Atlantic On a Stand-Up Paddleboard
South African surfer Chris Bertish spent 93 days paddling 4,050 miles between Morocco and Antigua
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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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Malta’s Iconic Azure Window Crumbles Into the Sea
The limestone arch on the island of Gozo was expected to stand several more decades, but a vicious storm Wednesday took out the natural wonder
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History Film Forum Hashes Out Truth and Myth in Hollywood
The four-day Forum looks into time travel, black America, Poe and other depictions of history in the media
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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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Failure at One of These 15,000 American Dams Would Be Fatal
A quiet crisis is afoot as the nation’s infrastructure ages
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Antonin Scalia’s Papers Find a Home at Harvard Law
The Supreme Court justice left behind a substantial legal and archival legacy
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What Killed More Than Half a Dozen of the Bahamas’ Swimming Pigs?
Drought and sand-tainted snacks might be the reason for the recent deaths
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