Better HIV Prevention Could Be Leading to Higher Syphilis Rates
Syphilis rates increased by 13 percent between 2012 and 2013
Cuba Could Be Removed From the List of Places That Sponsor Terrorism
The U.S. has considered Cuba a sponsor of terrorism since 1982. On Tuesday, President Obama announced plans to change that designation.
The Pony Express Was Short-Lived And Costly
The service only lasted 18 months, but became an important icon of the West
New York City Ran a Slave Market
New marker will acknowledge the bustling slave trade that helped build New York
Tour the Theater Where Lincoln Was Assassinated on Google Street View
150 years later, a new view of Ford’s Theatre
These Were 2014’s Most Challenged Books
Native Americans, Iran and gay penguins top the American Library Association’s Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books
How Much Water Does it Take to Grow America’s Favorite Foods?
From beef to beer, here’s how the numbers stack up
Mountaineers Are Taking a New Route Up Everest
They’ll forge their path sans sherpas or oxygen tanks
These Mud Figures Fight Injustice
“Figures” challenges British austerity policies—and an artist’s physical endurance
Hawaiians Are Protesting Construction of the World’s Largest Telescope
Native Hawai’ian activists say the volcano-top project is damaging sacred lands
Court Rules Navy Noise Causes Too Much Harm to Marine Mammals
A federal judge declares the National Marine Fisheries Service did not do its job to protect dolphins and whales
Haas Unica, Helvetica’s long-lost sibling, is back after 30 years in obscurity
Cash-Strapped Museums are Selling Their Art
Faced with budget cuts and debt, museums turn to “deaccessioning”
Urchins Could Be the Next Victim of Sea Star Wasting Disease
The virus that has struck out Pacific sea star populations could now be affecting their Echinoderm cousins
Could NASA Stop on the Moon on the Way to Mars?
NASA’s chief of human exploration thinks we’ll need a pit stop en route to the fiery planet
High Schoolers Might Code Rather Than Speak French
But proponents of foreign language schooling aren’t pleased
An Autonomous Car Just Completed a 3,400-Mile Road Trip
Delphi’s robo-car drove itself across 15 states in just nine days
California’s Drought Is Changing the Way Bay-Area Water Tastes And Smells
The Bay Area’s water is still safe to use, but drought is causing a noxious algae bloom to affect tap water
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