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The Space Station Just Got a New Cutting-Edge Carbon Mapper

The OCO-3 instrument will watch Earth’s carbon levels change throughout the day

May 6, 2019

In honor of its 50th anniversary on air, New York City has officially named the corner of West 63rd and Broadway after the beloved children’s show

May 3, 2019

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Historians Are Looking for Images of the HMS Beagle’s Anchors

Researchers are hoping to confirm that they have discovered an anchor from the ship that carried Darwin stuck in the mud of an Australian river

May 2, 2019

Renewable energy outworked coal in April—and will likely do the same in May—though the trend likely won’t last once air-conditioners switch on

May 2, 2019

Damage after an attempted assassination of Hitler at the Wolf's Lair.

The Polish government has taken over ownership of the one-time nerve center of the Third Reich, ridding the site of paintball and pottery classes

May 2, 2019

Wainright watches over Livingstone's body on the trip back to Britain.

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Diary of Livingstone’s Intrepid African Attendant Jacob Wainwright Digitized

He traveled with the Scottish missionary and explorer searching for the source of the Nile, and he’s responsible for bringing his remains to Britain

April 26, 2019

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New Legos Are Designed to Help Visually Impaired Children Learn Braille

The goal of the new toy is to increase literacy among the blind has fallen dramatically in the last 50 years

April 25, 2019

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Ring Containing Charlotte Brontë’s Hair Discovered in Attic

The piece of mourning jewelry includes an inscription and a little door covering a plaited lock of the Jane Eyre author’s hair

April 19, 2019

Faithfuls kneel on the new restored Holy Stair (Scala Santa) at San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome.

Worshippers can kneel up the 28 steps some believe Jesus ascended to receive his death sentence

April 17, 2019

Starr, Valor I and Valor II are taking care of three eaglets seven years after their dramatic story began

April 17, 2019

Nepal's first solo mission to measure its iconic peak will determine whether Mount Everest lost some of its height after an earthquake in 2015.

Scientists and climbers have trained for three years to prepare to take various types of survey’s from the summit of the world’s highest peak

April 15, 2019

That's some bad news for hay fever sufferers.

New Research

Allergy Season Is Getting Longer and Nastier Each Year

An extended and intensified allergy season is one of the most visible effects of climate change

April 9, 2019

Robbins, who died this month at 93, came up with the kits that let millions of people try their hand at painting

April 8, 2019

Komodo National Park may put the island off limits to restore degraded habitat and help its iconic giant lizards and their prey recover

April 4, 2019

There's a lot more pink in the water during the annual flamingo migration to Mumbai this winter.

More than three times the usual number of migrating pink birds came, possibly attracted by algae blooms caused by sewage

April 4, 2019

It’s believed the tower will be visible from 40 miles away.

The town of Brande (population: 7,000) is headquarters of clothing brand Bestseller, which wants to construct the 1,049-foot spire

April 3, 2019

A recently uncovered thermopolia in the ruins of Pompeii.

Similar snack counters dug up throughout Pompeii were once destinations for on-the-go Romans looking for a quick bite

April 3, 2019

An estimated 66 tons of feces left behind by climbers is coming out of the deep freeze on North America’s highest peak

April 2, 2019

A polar bear walks on the ice of the Beaufort Sea in Arctic Alaska.

The ruling says only Congress—not presidential executive orders—has the authority to reverse bans on oil drilling leases

April 1, 2019

More than 100 paleontologists are heading to the fossil-filled Morrison Formation

March 28, 2019