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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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NASA Will Launch a Flying Saucer Soon
Weather has kept the test vehicle, designed to land softly on Mars, grounded for the moment but the launch window is still open
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Museums Issue Most-Threatened List of Iraqi Treasures
Seven types of cultural objects are under threat from the Islamic State and instability in Iraq
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Should a Colony Where Leprosy Patients Were Once Exiled Become a Tourist Destination?
The discussion gets sticky with concerns over how to respect the largely Native Hawaiian residents past and present
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The Independent Bookstore Is Not Dead Yet
Membership in the American Booksellers Association is up
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Half of the World’s Saiga Antelopes Are Dead From a Mysterious Disease
The already endangered antelope started dying in the thousands this month
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A Heat Wave Has Killed Over 1,100 People in India
Scorching temperatures are having a disproportionate affect on the poor
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A Volcano In the Galapagos Islands Is Threatening Precious Species
Pink iguanas, marine life could be harmed by lava flows on Isabela Island
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Today’s Google Doodle Honors Sally Ride
Five animations show the first American woman astronaut’s sense of fun
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Cyber-archeology May be the Way to Remember Artifacts Destroyed by Militants
Digitally saving 3D models is the only way to offset some lost cultural artifacts
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Cleanup efforts are underway at Refugio State Beach after more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled
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21,000 Gallons of Oil Just Spilled Near Santa Barbara
An underwater pipeline was the culprit for a crude oil spill in the Pacific
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Is This a Portrait of Shakespeare? One Historian Says Yes, Many Say No
Many experts doubt whether the engraving found in a 400-year old book is actually the Bard himself
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A Mysterious Space Plane Will Launch This Week
Though much of the X-37B’s mission is top secret, details are emerging about experiments that will go into orbit with the unmanned craft
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Science on a Shoestring: How Cuba’s Researchers Survived the Embargo
Will normalized U.S.-Cuban relations make science easier in the once-isolated country?
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