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The Lincoln Memorial Is Getting a Makeover
The four-year restoration will cost a pretty penny
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Researchers Say Culling Koalas May Save Them From Chlamydia
A paradoxical solution to help protect the species
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The Federal Highway Administration Says Stop to Crosswalk Art
Street art will no longer color crosswalks in St. Louis, Missouri
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Obama Just Added Three More National Monuments
This time, the California desert was the president’s preservation focus
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Congress Won’t Pay For Official Portraits Anymore
The government will stop using taxpayer dollars to immortalize lawmakers in the traditional fashion
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Five Things to Know About Gravitational Waves
The internet is abuzz with rumors of a big announcement—here are a few things you should know to decipher the news
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This Company Just Ditched Artificial Food Dyes
The food of the future won’t necessarily look less fake—but its ingredient list might
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Zika Virus May Spell Trouble for the Rio Olympic Games
U.S Olympic Committee officials suggest that athletes concerned about Zika stay on the sidelines this year
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A New Experimental Fusion Reactor Powers Up in Germany
The reactor’s first test was brief but successful
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Mountain Dew Once Had Ties to Moonshine
The original soda named Mountain Dew was supposed to be a whiskey accompaniment
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A Historic Conservation Agreement Will Protect Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest
It’s a victory for First Nations, loggers, and environmentalists
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Archeologists Find a Rare 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Funerary Boat
The watercraft is so well preserved that it still has the pegs, ropes and plant fibers that once held it together
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A Short History of Groundhog Day
Punxsutawney Phil is part of a tradition with roots that extend back thousands of years
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100,000 Travelers Were Stranded at a Chinese Train Station
And you thought your holiday commute was bad
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Stalin May Have Studied Mao’s Poop in a Secret Lab
Get a whiff of this stranger-than-fiction story of political paranoia and Soviet science
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At Least 17 Sperm Whales Washed Up on North Sea Shores
The cause of the cetacean tragedy is still a mystery
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The Curious History of The International Flat Earth Society
The recent resurgence of this ancient idea reminds us that flat Earth believers have a long history
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Here Are the World’s Most Corrupt Countries
Corruption is everywhere, but some nations are more corrupt than others
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Construction Crews Discover Mammoth Bones Beneath an Oregon Football Stadium
10,000-year-old bones were hiding just ten feet beneath the endzone
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