map monday
Help Puerto Rico Recover by Mapping Damaged Areas
Response workers need the best possible information to direct aid.
All Stories
oceans
The Ocean's Low-Oxygen Dead Zones Are Getting Worse, Just Like Wildfires
So scientists are starting to track them that way.
paintings
The Mystery Hiding in the Cracks of a 17th-Century Painting Has Been Revealed
A cardinal, a bull, a pope, and a monk walk into Yale Divinity School.
genetics
Scientists Want to Make Sure They're Breeding the Right Giant Stick Insects
DNA says that even though they look different, the bugs from two different islands are one and the same.
forensics
The Grim Crime-Scene Dollhouses Made by the ‘Mother of Forensics’
They're perfectly to scale, and all based on real cases.
floods
New Orleans Has Been Using the Same Technology to Drain the City Since the 1910s
The Wood screw pumps are mechanical marvels, but the turbines that power them are another story.
pumpkins
The Smell of Pumpkin Spice Forced a Baltimore School to Evacuate
The scourge of fall strikes again.
pet cemeteries
The Slowly Expanding World of Pet Deathcare
From traditional burial to taxidermy.
television
Found: Long-Lost Footage of Selena, the Pioneering Tejano Singer
A project documenting the overlooked history of Spanish-language TV turned up this haunting tape.
baseball
The Very Modern Life of an Old-Timey Baseball Organist
Powered by technology and enthusiasm, Fenway Park's Josh Kantor pulls out all the stops.
antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic Expedition May Have Been Sabotaged
New evidence suggests his second-in-command was to blame.
nobel prize
The Existential Horror Created by the First X-Ray Images
"I have seen my death!"
longreads
The Scandalous Witch Hunt That Poisoned 17th-Century France
The Affair of the Poisons was one to remember.
31 days of halloween
Algohorror, the Creepy Visual Mash-Up Art Created With Algorithms
Eyes, teeth, and Botticelli feature prominently.
dinosaurs
The Birds and Beasts That May Have Never Actually Existed
Occasionally it's hard to know what should be its own species.
boats
Florida Has More Archaeological Canoes Than Anywhere Else in the World
The oldest dugout ever found there is almost 7,000 years old.
butterflies
The Charming Culprits Behind Denver's Mysterious Radar Blob
It turned out to be a whole lot of painted ladies.
shipwrecks
Found: The Wreck of the Very First Ship Sunk in World War II
The Athenia was torpedoed the day England and Germany went to war.
