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The bearded vulture has returned to the Alps after being hunted and poisoned to local extinction.
animals

The Struggle to Revitalize the World's Vulture Populations

How to save the least marketable of all birds.
Natasha Frost January 5, 2018
The bottle, before its theft.
crime

Watch a Thief Steal a $1.3 Million Bottle of Vodka

Cameras caught the burglar snatching the diamond-and-gold decorated liquor.
Anne Ewbank January 4, 2018
Muenster has a creamy interior and a characteristic red-gold rind.
farms

Wild Boars Are Putting One of France's Smelliest Cheeses at Risk

The monsters menacing Muenster.
Natasha Frost January 4, 2018
A bomb cyclone from 2014.
news

Why We Call Winter Storms 'Weather Bombs'

The "bomb cyclone" is a linguistic specter from the 1940s that's gaining power in 2018.
Sarah Laskow January 3, 2018
Cold sweeps east.
nature

It's Ice Ball Season

Winter cold means sightings of strange spheres on lake shores.
Sarah Laskow January 2, 2018
Thumbnail image of the skyscraper.
news

An Unfinished, 511-Foot Skyscraper Is Being Auctioned Off Online

The answer to the $84 million burning a hole in your pocket.
Natasha Frost December 28, 2017
In Belgium, the day of the telegram has come to an end.
news

Belgium's Telegram Service Stops for Good, Stop

It's the end of a telegraphic era.
Natasha Frost December 27, 2017
Who needs a lemon on the side when you can have oysters with lemon on the inside?
food

Perhaps You'd Like to Try Lemon or Raspberry Flavored Oysters

After years of testing, a French gastronaut is offering everyone's favorite happy hour mollusks in a rainbow of flavors.
Natasha Frost December 26, 2017
Donald Duck is (inexplicably? unsurprisingly?) the most popular Disney character in Sweden.
disney

In Sweden, There Is No Christmas Without Donald Duck

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.
Natasha Frost December 22, 2017
Collagen fibers (green) and fat cells (red).
hidden

Have a Microscopic Christmas

Thanks to a visualization tool being used to develop stem cell therapies.
Vittoria Traverso December 21, 2017
Reconstruction of <em>Habelia optata</em>, Joanna Liang.
science

Found: A Tiny, Terrifying Sea Monster From 500 Million Years Ago

Small, but fierce and well-armed.
Natasha Frost December 21, 2017
Alan Turing in 1930, long before computer music was even imaginable.
music

Listen to the First Computer-Generated Christmas Carols, From Alan Turing's Lab

"Jingle Bells" and "Good King Wenceslas" haven't sounded like this in a long time.
Natasha Frost December 20, 2017
The era of the tiny glass has passed.
food

Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger

And they probably make us drink more.
Anne Ewbank December 15, 2017
A shield painting from the cave art.
archaeology

In Indonesian Caves, a Treasure Trove of Forgotten Ancient Paintings

The images show dynamic scenes of dogs and drums.
Natasha Frost December 15, 2017
Bollards usually stay pretty solidly in the ground.
infrastructure

Who Steals a Bollard?

An Irish pub reports that a woman pulled a steel bollard right out of the ground.
Sarah Laskow December 15, 2017
Eight high-achieving animals of 2017.
animals

The Year in Animal Accomplishments

Celebrating 10 of the greatest things creatures did in 2017.
Natasha Frost December 14, 2017
The Wellcome Collections' recently acquired portrait of Barbara van Beck, dating to the 1640s.
art

A 17th-Century Portrait of a Glamorous Bearded Woman

Who was Barbara van Beck?
Natasha Frost December 14, 2017
At the Mummers Parade, no one knows who you are.
rites and rituals

Once a Forbidden Tradition, Mummering in Newfoundland Is Alive and Well

See the creative costumes that mummers in St. John's wore this year.
Sarah Laskow December 13, 2017