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A view of the swirl, patched together from photos by NASA's Aqua satellite.
news

Algae Are Painting the Black Sea With a Huge, Turquoise Swirl

You can see it from space.
Cara Giaimo June 16, 2017
A brook trout, likely up to no good.
nature

Trout Are Eating Mice in Nova Scotia

Why not?
Cara Giaimo June 15, 2017
Mmmmm, potato chips.
food

Strawberry-Flavored Potato Chips Are Real Now

Give the people what they want!
Cara Giaimo June 14, 2017
money

Keep Your Eye Out for Canada's New Glow-in-the-Dark Toonie

The special-edition release is the first photoluminescent coin to ever enter circulation.
Cara Giaimo June 13, 2017
A young red-tailed hawk takes food from its accidental guardian, a mature bald eagle.
animals

Two Bald Eagles Have 'Adopted' a Young Red-Tailed Hawk

Fake it 'til you make it.
Cara Giaimo June 12, 2017
A young splasher enjoys surge flow season in 2015.
news

Rare 'Surge Flows' Are Turning Colorado's Sand Dunes Into a Waterpark

It's bodysurfing time at Medano Creek.
Cara Giaimo June 9, 2017
Strike!
transportation

Europe Holds an Annual Tram-Driver Olympics

Take a minute and watch some tram bowling.
Cara Giaimo June 8, 2017
fountains

Who Keeps Putting Soap in This Chicago Fountain?

Giddings Square is getting sudsed nearly every week.
Cara Giaimo June 7, 2017
transportation

Here's Your Chance to Ride Chicago's Historic Trains

For the 125th anniversary of the L, the city's Transit Authority has put some old cars back on the tracks.
Cara Giaimo June 6, 2017
news

Despite Tornado, Dad Mows Lawn

The grass was too long, and Thenius Wessels wasn't going to let a little bad weather stop him from making it shorter.
Cara Giaimo June 5, 2017
The lovely village of Bergün/Bravuogn, in Switzerland. Don't be sad.
mountains

Is This Swiss Village Too Beautiful to Photograph?

A savvy, crazy successful publicity stunt made it seem like it was.
Cara Giaimo June 2, 2017
Passengers enjoying Taipei's new Forest Bus.
transportation

Taipei's New 'Forest Bus' Is the Best Bus in the World

Charged with increasing the city's greenspace, a florist filled a public bus with plants.
Cara Giaimo June 1, 2017
subways

Late to Graduation? Celebrate on the E Train!

Grad Jerich Alcantara made the most of a 2-hour subway delay.
Cara Giaimo May 31, 2017
BlessU-2, in a slightly more threatening pose, smile notwithstanding.
robots

In Germany, You Can Get Blessed by a New Robot Priest

BlessU-2 is meant to be controversial.
Cara Giaimo May 30, 2017
The demise of N6946-BH1, from red supergiant to failed supernova to black hole.
death

The Unspectacular End of Star N6946-BH1

The quiet collapse of a red supergiant reveals a new fate for some stars: the "massive fail."
Cara Giaimo May 26, 2017
crime

Thieves in Arizona Stole a Giant Inflatable Obstacle Course

How are they going to fence this thing?
Cara Giaimo May 25, 2017
An American moose, also eating flowers.
news

A Moose Destroyed a Flowerbed Planted to Celebrate Canada's Sesquicentennial

He or she ate a heck of a lot of tulips.
Cara Giaimo May 24, 2017
news

Not One, but Two Corpse Flowers May Soon Stink Up Chicago

Java and Sumatra are currently on display at the city's Botanic Garden.
Cara Giaimo May 23, 2017