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Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two.
science

Ancient Purple Scroll Stains Turn Out to Be Caused by Marine Microbes

A mystery from the Vatican Secret Archives, solved.
Eric Grundhauser September 7, 2017
An African wild dog pack at uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
science

African Wild Dogs Vote on Crucial Pack Issues by Sneezing

Democracy is a blessing.
Natasha Frost September 7, 2017
fires

Herman the Sturgeon Has Survived Another Catastrophe

The 79-year-old fish is making it through the Eagle Creek Fire.
Cara Giaimo September 7, 2017
The Perlan 2 glider in El Calafate, Argentina.
world record

The Ceiling for Unpowered Flight Just Went Up 2,000 Feet

The Perlan 2 glider team is aiming much, much higher, and doing science on the way.
Kelsey Kennedy September 7, 2017
William S. Cooper in Glacier Bay.
science

Found: The Forgotten Metal Markers of a 100-Year-Old Ecology Study

Eight plots in Alaska are now the longest-running study of plant succession in the world.
Sarah Laskow September 7, 2017
George Gauld's 1774 chart of the Keys (left), and a modern-day coral habitat map (right).
maps

The Coral Reef Loss Data Hidden in Old Navigational Charts

In the Florida Keys, researchers have found an important new way to estimate what's been lost.
Cara Giaimo September 6, 2017
Forest Service workers wrap a historic cabin in foil.
fire fighters

To Shield Historic Cabins From Wildfire, Wrap Them in Foil

The U.S. Forest Service is protecting century-old houses by treating them like last night's dinner.
Eric Grundhauser September 6, 2017
meteorites

The Meteorite Hunters of British Columbia Are Out in Full Force

They're looking for remnants of the fireball that burned up over their province this past weekend.
Cara Giaimo September 6, 2017
science

Clever Cockatoos' Tool Use Is Off the Hook

And puts young human children to shame.
Natasha Frost September 6, 2017
The Ohio's pilot house.
shipwrecks

Found: Two Shipwrecks Deep in a Shipwreck Graveyard

The Ohio and Choctaw sank in "Shipwreck Alley."
Sarah Laskow September 6, 2017
The Grand Tour poster.
news

NASA Honored the Voyager Probes With Groovy Posters

On the 40th anniversary of their launch, they are literally the farthest out.
Eric Grundhauser September 5, 2017
archaeology

Found: 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic, By Amateur Archaeologists

Experts are calling it the most exciting British mosaic discovery in fifty years.
Natasha Frost September 5, 2017
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science

A View of Saturn's Rings From the Inside, Courtesy of Cassini

The 20-year-old satellite is still sending back images during its swan dive into the planet's atmosphere.
Kelsey Kennedy September 5, 2017
This sea slug, <em>Elysia grandifola</em>, eats algae and then "hijacks" its chloroplasts, becoming temporarily photosynthetic.
animals

It's Sea Slug Census Time Again!

The citizen scientists of Port Stephens, Australia, are ramping up for the seasonal count.
Cara Giaimo September 5, 2017
aquariums

A Rare Yellow Lobster Joins a Boston Aquarium's Lobster Rainbow

Many genetic mutations, together in one place.
Kelsey Kennedy September 1, 2017
Behold the slimy glory of a bryozoan colony!
animals

Blob-Like Creatures Discovered in Canada's Lost Lagoon

They're actually colonies of many tiny invertebrates. Does that make it better or worse?
Eric Grundhauser September 1, 2017
The problem may not be intrinsically challenging by nature, but increasing the size of the board pushes it from complex to nigh impossible.
computers

Can You Solve the Million-Dollar, Unsolvable Chess Problem?

The queen of all puzzles.
Natasha Frost September 1, 2017
news

Canada's 'Great Trail' Is Finally Connected

You can now walk coast to coast across Canada, via the longest trail in the world.
Cara Giaimo September 1, 2017