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Every Year, Norway Hosts an Oil Cleanup Drill
The annual release of offshore oil is no accident — it’s a chance to train, test, and prepare for the possibility of a catastrophic oil spill
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Andrew Jackson Wasn’t Always on the $20 Bill
The controversial president’s face has only been on $20 bills since 1928
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Six “Crew Members” Just Emerged from a Simulated Eight Months on Mars
They celebrated with a skydiving trip chaperoned by the U.S. Army Parachute Team
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Etsy Won’t Let Witches Sell Spells
The craft site’s ban on metaphysical services stirs up a cauldron of controversy
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U.S. Grants Captive Chimpanzees Endangered Species Status, Prohibiting Most Research on Them
Captive chimps now have the same protections as wild ones
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Elon Musk’s Futuristic Hyperloop is Coming to California Next Year
The project isn’t the enormous high-speed rail alternative that Elon Musk orginialy proposed, but it is close
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Excess Embryos: Families Are Now Adopting Unused Embryos Leftover from IVF Treatments
The practice is relatively new and touches on complicated legal and ethical issues
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Lions and Tigers are on the Loose After Floods in Tibilisi, Georgia
Wild animals escaped a Tibilisi, Georgia zoo when their enclosures were destroyed
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Worried About the Robot Takeover? Here’s a Video of Robots Falling Over
It’s like humanoid robots have ended adolescence — awkward clumsiness abounds
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A Playmobil Figure of Martin Luther Has Become the Fastest-Selling of All Time
The first edition of 34,000 figurines sold out in 72 hours
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Restaurants are Facing an Egg Shortage Thanks to Avian Flu
The outbreak, which spread surprisingly fast, hit farms that produce liquid eggs
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About 12,200 People Are Erroneously Declared Dead Every Year by the U.S. Government
Being officially dead because of a typo makes living life difficult
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Salty Groundwater is Threatening New Mexico’s Chiles
Drought plus salt equals bad news for a state’s signature crop
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Engine Misfire Jolts the ISS, Shifting its Position
Unexpected engine firing on a Soyuz capsule pushed the station into a different orbit
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Houghton Mifflin Once Sued Another Publisher on Behalf of Hitler and Mein Kampf
Rival versions of the book once vied for American readers
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Auction House is Selling Decades-Old Slices of Royal Wedding Cake
Boxed slices of wedding cakes from British royals are not-so-edible pieces of history
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The Most Popular Eating Banana Might Soon Go Extinct
The Cavendish banana is succumbing to a disease that wiped out its predecessor
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Water Wives: Men in India Marry Extra Women to Fetch Them Water
Parched regions of India depend on women who take on the time-consuming, inconvenient task of obtaining and carrying water
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An Oregon Town Tried (and Failed) to Scare Off Sea Lions With a Fake Orca
“Fake Willy” nearly drowned on its mission to drive sea lions out of Astoria, Oregon
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NASA Will Lose Contact With Mars for 14 Days This Month
A conjunction with the sun will cause a two-week pause in commands to NASA Mars missions
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