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This colored wood engraving shows the pig-faced Miss Atkinson.
victorian

Regency Londoners Were Obsessed With Pig-Faced Ladies

In 1815, the obsession with swine-ish, upper-class ladies reached a fever pitch.
Sarah Crocker August 6, 2024
spiders

This Arachnid in Illinois Had Armored Spikes on Its 8 Legs

The new species is too strange to be assigned a category.
Olivia Young May 30, 2024
The latest electromagnetic storm even penetrated deep into the ocean.
astronomy

Solar Storms Create Wondrous Auroras—But Dangerous Power Surges

The next potential space voltage could be on the horizon very soon.
Meg St-Esprit May 28, 2024
Just how big can the gateway to the underworld get?
sinkhole

Siberia’s Doorway to the Underworld Is Getting Even Bigger

Say goodbye to a million cubic meters every year.
Jennifer Billock May 20, 2024
Many zombie graves span Europe—was this site in Oppin one of them?
zombies

Could This Recently Found Skeleton in Germany Have Been a Zombie?

It was possibly treated like the undead.
Charis McGowan May 8, 2024
cemeteries

Porcelain Gallbladder Found in Human Remains in Mississippi Asylum Cemetery

A rare secret was taken to the grave in an unmarked, 100-year-old burial ground.
Hannah Seo April 24, 2024
A near-complete fossil skeleton of <em>Protemnodon viator</em> from Lake Callabonna, missing just a few bones from the hand, foot, and tail.
animals

Giant Kangaroos Once Towered Over Humans at 8 Feet Tall

New studies from a boneyard of fossilized skeletons may reveal why the 'roos grew and hopped the way they do.
Olivia Young April 17, 2024
skulls

The Viking Women With Intentionally Reshaped Skulls

Scientists posit how and why the ladies achieved the cone-head look.
Meg St-Esprit April 15, 2024
The amber finding is like <em>Jurassic Park</em>, but for tapeworms.
dinosaurs

The Oldest Tapeworm Ever Was Just Found in Amber

Turns out the parasites used to plague dinosaurs, too.
Charis McGowan April 3, 2024
A 1,000-year-old brain of an individual excavated from a 10th-century churchyard in Belguim is still soft and wet.
brain collections

The Mystery of 4,400 Preserved Brains—And One Scientist’s Quest to Solve It

The former undertaker collects human brains, talks to them, and hopes they won’t haunt her.
Olivia Young March 28, 2024
The U.K.'s giant trees are growing as fast as their California counterparts.
trees

Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in an Unexpected Place: the U.K.

There are now more of the world's biggest trees in Britain than California.
Jennifer Billock March 20, 2024
Each air bubble says so much about life and death on Earth.
plague

Gas Trapped in Antarctic Ice Recorded the Mass Death of 56 Million People

Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.
Meg St-Esprit March 14, 2024
Scientists had an innovative idea to use a natural food with Egyptian scrolls.
ancient

Why Scientists Are Mixing Wasabi and Ancient Papyrus

Vapors from the delicious food have a surprising effect.
Hannah Seo March 6, 2024
Turns out there's been a whole other species slithering quietly by.
snakes

It’s Official: There’s Another ‘World’s Largest Snake’

Even actor Will Smith saw it slither through the Amazon.
Olivia Young February 29, 2024
It's the oldest unintentionally preserved egg in history.
ancient

This 1,700 Year Old Egg Never Broke—And Now It’s Further Stunning Scientists

They still can’t fully crack the mystery.
Colleen Kelly February 23, 2024
The Rongorongo tablets may be older than previously thought.
islands

Mysterious Writing System From Easter Island May Be Completely Unique

New radiocarbon dating reveals astonishing insights.
Colleen Kelly February 15, 2024
Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, found by Laura Kranich near the village of Ribbeck, Germany.
meteorites

Germany Had 90 Minutes to Prepare for a Beach Ball-Sized Meteorite Impact

Meanwhile meteorite hunters rushed to Berlin to find this most rare space rock.
Meg St-Esprit February 6, 2024
I spy someone lurking in the whistling thorn acacia trees.
animals

Ants Are Swarming Kenya’s Trees and Changing Everything for Lions

Even the smallest insect can impact the largest animals.
Jennifer Billock February 1, 2024