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A prototype airplane lavatory by Boeing uses UV rays to zap germs.

The Sky Might Soon Be Flush With Self-Cleaning Bathrooms

A new Boeing prototype lavatory zaps germs with UV rays

Are you brave enough to slide down the side of a skyscraper?

A Restored Skyscraper in LA Will Feature a Terrifying Glass Slide

Going to the bank just got that much scarier

At Long Last, Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transit Hub Is Open

The $4 billion train station has been called beautiful and a boondoggle

Italian City Bans New “Ethnic” Restaurants

Verona, the home of Romeo and Juliet, is preventing new eateries from opening that primarily serve kebabs, gyros and fried food

This could be New Zealand's next flag.

New Zealanders Are Voting Whether to Adopt a New Flag

The country could drop the Union Jack in favor of a design with a more distinctive national symbol

One Artist Has a Monopoly on the World's Blackest Black Pigment

Artists are up in arms over Anish Kapoor’s exclusive rights to "vantablack"

Sled dogs may not have enough snow during the 2016 Iditarod.

Alaska Is Shipping in Snow for This Year’s Iditarod

Could a warm winter make the famous sled race go to the dogs?

Almonds are just one of the crops commonly treated with flubendiamide, a pesticide that has come under fire from the EPA.

The FDA Will Ban a Common Pesticide

Flubendiamide is used in about 200 crops like almonds and soybeans

A huge pile of used disposable Nestle Nespresso coffee capsules in various colors on a garbage heap in Switzerland. The popular capsules are collected after use in order to recycle the aluminum parts.

Hamburg Is the First City to Ban Single-Use Coffee Pods

You won’t find coffee pods in its government buildings

Happy Leap Day! Brought to You by Julius Caesar

The leap year has a long history, stretching all the way back to 46 B.C.E.

In Maryland, 13 bald eagles will soar no more.

What Killed 13 Bald Eagles in Maryland?

Officials want information on the strange die-off of a clutch of majestic birds

What the All Writs Act of 1789 Has to Do With the iPhone

How a law signed by George Washington is being applied to Apple

The Apollo 10 lunar module prepares for redocking.

Mysterious “Music” Spooked Apollo 10 Astronauts

Archival audio reveals eerie sounds heard by astronauts on the dark side of the moon

Desert Gold wildflowers carpet Death Valley during the 2016 "super bloom."

Death Valley Bursts to Life With Rare “Super Bloom”

A rare spectacle covers Death Valley in wildflowers

Up to 925,000 Jews and Romani were murdered at Treblinka, a Nazi extermination camp near Warsaw, Poland.

Last Survivor of Treblinka, Final Destination for Up to 925,000 People, Has Died

Samuel Willenberg devoted the rest of his life to honoring those murdered at the camp

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new logo.

New Met Logo Typifies the Eternal Struggle of Rebranding

From the Met to the MoMA

An African elephant wanders Hlane National Park in Swaziland. Now, 18 of the park's elephants may be airlifted to the United States due to drought.

Drought May Force 18 Elephants Out of Africa

As the driest rainy season in 35 years threatens southern Africa, elephants have become a flashpoint

Happy 543rd Birthday, Nicolaus Copernicus

The Renaissance scientist set the stage for modern astronomy

This photograph of Harper Lee was taken in 1961, one year after she wrote for the Grapevine.

Five Things to Know About Harper Lee

The spunky and eloquent author is dead—but her legacy lives on

Here’s Why French People Are Getting Riled Up About the Circumflex

Little accent, big debate

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