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The Vatican Names Its First Woman Museum Director
Barbara Jatta just smashed through one frescoed ceiling
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Rains Transform Australia’s Uluru National Park Into a Waterfall Wonderland
Record storms flooded roads and swelled rivers near the park’s iconic natural feature
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Residents Claim Ivy League College Polluted Water With Dead Lab Rodents
Burial of lab animals in the ‘60s and ‘70s have been linked to groundwater contamination in Hanover, New Hampshire
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Lawyer Wants to Make Harper Lee’s Hometown a Haven for Tourists
Monroeville, Alabama, could change with a proposed Harper Lee Trail
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2016 Got You Down? Trash All Your Woes on Good Riddance Day
Inspired by a Latin American tradition, Good Riddance Day is one way to say goodbye to this year’s bad memories
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Chinese Officials Seize 3.1 Tons of Pangolin Scales
The record-breaking bust shines a spotlight on the plight of the pangolin
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New York City’s Long-Awaited Second Avenue Subway Is Packed With Public Art
The city’s four newest subway stations are covered in colorful mosaics
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Five Things to Know About Boundary-Breaking Astronomer Vera Rubin
Her observations confirmed the theory of dark matter, and her activism helped open science to more women
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Park Service May Boost Wolf Pack on Isle Royale
The NPS has proposed a plan to boost the wolf population on the island where currently only two inbred canines remain
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The Volcano That May Have Killed Off the Neanderthals Is Stirring Once Again
Responsible for Europe’s largest eruption, the volcano is showing signs of another pending explosion
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Snow Falls in the Sahara for the First Time Since 1979
A cold snap in the Algerian city of Ain Sefra led to a snowfall that covered the area’s distinctive orange dunes
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Obama and Trudeau Protect Millions of Acres From Drilling in the Arctic and the Atlantic
But questions remain about the permanency of the act in the arctic
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Poland Has Lifted Its Media Ban
It’s the latest in an ongoing saga about press freedoms in the populist-led country
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Anne Frank May Not Have Been Betrayed
New evidence suggests the family was not specifically targeted, but rather discovered during an investigation related to illegal ration coupons
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Why Do Flashing Images Cause Seizures?
For people with epilepsy, a flashing screen can be more than a passing annoyance
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Most Expensive Science Book Sells for $3.7 Million
An anonymous buyer paid triple the estimated sale price for this first-edition copy
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Dutch Court Rules Crimean Artifacts on Loan Will Return to Ukraine
Following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine’s government asked that the artifacts be returned to Kiev
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How Mozart Outsold Beyonce in CD Sales in 2016
A massive new box set catpulted the classical superstar to the top of the charts
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Pinball Is Finally Legal Again in This Indiana City
Kokomo, Indiana, has reversed a 61-year-old ban on the game
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Wonder Woman’s UN Ambassadorship Is Already Coming to an End
The super hero’s tenure as an advocate for empowering women and girls ends after less than two months
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