video wonders
Watch Ducklings Follow Various Creatures That Are Not Their Mom
It's not their fault; they've just imprinted.
All Stories
surfing
This Year's Class of Surfers to be Inducted Into the Surfers' Hall of Fame
From Blaine "Sumo" Sato to Shawn Stussy.
einstein
Black Holes Collided and Produced a New Set of Gravitational Waves
Further confirmation of what Einstein predicted over 100 years ago.
health
I Tried a Medieval Diet, and I Didn't Even Get That Drunk
The Regimen Sanitatus Salernum was the Middle Ages' most famous health manual. How does it hold up?
asia
Mongolia's New Address System Gives Every Location A Poetic Three-Word Name
The US Embassy is now located at "constants.stuffy.activism."
ship graveyards
Found: A Hidden Tasmanian Shipwreck
Winter storms cleared sand to reveal shipwrecks.
camera obscura
The Story Behind the Most Baffling Photo Taken on the Golden Gate Bridge
Why San Francisco’s mayor brought a blowtorch to open the city's new bridge.
theaters
The 'Mystery Plays' Banned by the Tudors Are Now Showing in an English Cathedral
God and Lucifer, co-starring again at last!
manhattan project
New App Explores the Secret Development Location of the First Atomic Bombs
Take a virtual tour of Los Alamos Laboratory, home of the Manhattan Project.
wedding day
Confetti Candy, the Ancient Italian Predecessor of the Tic Tac
People have been eating (and throwing) candy-coated almonds for two millennia.
crime and punishment
There's a Crime Wave in New Zealand Because of Avocado Shortages
People are seeing green.
mars
How Should Humans Divvy Up Mars?
No one can claim sovereignty of Mars, but there are ideas about how best to use the land.
police
Russian Robot Tries And Fails To Escape Life Of Servitude
It's been a rough few months for bots.
psychology
How To Tell If a Lion Is Happy
By combining experiments and observations with rigorous empathy, animal well-being experts can go Doctor Doolittle.
factories
Behind the Scenes Photos of NYC's Steinway Piano Factory
Photographing the intricate craft of creating a piano.
space exploration
Found: A Molecule in Space That Helps Explain All Life of Earth
A molecule mystery, one step closer to a solution.
wedding day
Couple Gets Rare Access to Glowworm Cave for Wedding Photos
They were celebrities.
calendars
The Complete Calendar Plug-In of the World's Fictional Holidays
From Durin's Day to Judgement Day, celebrate the greatest pop culture events with our new calendar.
