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How Search Engines Are Predicting Super Tuesday

The projections have been impressively accurate.

Erik Shilling March 1, 2016

A Giant Simulated Disaster Has Hit the London Underground

Thousands are training for what might happen if a tower fell on London's busiest station.

Erik Shilling March 1, 2016

Scott Kelly (left) and Mikhail Kornienko (right), with cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, just before setting off on the one-year mission.

space exploration

Fleeting Wonders: Crew Heading Home After 340 Days in Space

An end to the longest-ever stay at the International Space Station.

Cara Giaimo March 1, 2016

Found: A Hungarian Mummy With the Gene for Colon Cancer

Humans were predisposed to the disease even before it became common.

Sarah Laskow March 1, 2016

Introducing Atlas Obscura's New Look

We've had some work done.

David Plotz March 1, 2016

Artist Gets Exclusive Rights to Blackest Black Ever Created

Is it innovation in art or a publicity stunt?

Erik Shilling February 29, 2016

Notorious Poaching Vessel Captured After Years On The Run

Indonesia plans to intentionally sink the ship known as 'Viking.'

Erik Shilling February 29, 2016

For the First Time in 10 Years, Clarence Thomas Asked a Question in Court

The justice has been curiously silent in oral arguments.

Erik Shilling February 29, 2016

This city-commissioned work, by street artist C215, was scrubbed off a wall just a few days after it was painted.

Fleeting Wonders: City Workers Mistakenly Scrub City-Commissioned Art

The portrait was meant for an official street art retrospective in France.

Cara Giaimo February 29, 2016

Found: A Massive Jurassic Graveyard

23,000 square miles of Patagonia is one of the most productive fossil-hunting grounds in the world.

Sarah Laskow February 29, 2016

Finally, Someone is on Trial Internationally for Destroying Precious Cultural Property

The International Criminal Court hears its first property case.

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 28, 2016

France's Legendary Haunted Lighthouse Has First Resident Since 1910

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 28, 2016

'Who Shot Our Goose?' An English Village Mourns the Loss of a Mascot

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 27, 2016

A 1956 photo of Lassie, prolific PATSY Award winner (Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)

The Glorious 30-Year Star-Studded Past of the Oscars for Animals

From 1951 to 1986, a separate ceremony was held for actors who happened not to be human

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 27, 2016

Meet the Professor Behind The First Printed Use of 'Shit Happens'

Erik Shilling February 26, 2016

space exploration

Will Russia and India Be The First to Send Humans to Mars?

A Russian official recently raised the prospect of a joint mission.

Erik Shilling February 26, 2016

Found: The Corpse Flower's Miniature Cousin

R. consueloae is "the smallest of the largest flowers in the world"

Sarah Laskow February 26, 2016

Massive Cyanide Spill At Gold Mine Leaked Into 5 Different Rivers

Erik Shilling February 25, 2016