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One more reason to pull over on Route 66.
roadside attractions

The World's Tallest Gas Pump Is Nearly Complete

Say hello to the next giant thing on the old Route 66.
Eric Grundhauser July 24, 2017
insects

Mayfly 'Tornadoes' Briefly Took Over Saskatchewan

They reproduced and then died.
Erik Shilling July 24, 2017
A billion-lightyear section of the simulated universe. The yellow clumps are dark matter concentrations, and white areas are cosmic void.
science

Scientists Have Created a Virtual Universe to Practice Mapping the Real One

It took a computer 80 hours to generate 25 billion galaxies.
Kelsey Kennedy July 24, 2017
A moving man took the spider home in a lunchbox to meet his six-year-old son before it was picked up by authorities.
spiders

A Giant Spider Traveled 10,000 Miles in a Swing Set

He saw the world, with all eight eyes.
Natasha Frost July 24, 2017
A polar bear in Svalbard navigates some melting ice.
animals

Hungry Polar Bears in Norway Have Resorted to Sucking Eggs

Svalbard's ursine residents can't find much other food.
Cara Giaimo July 24, 2017
A skull found in Zambia of an archaic Homo sapiens.
genetics

Found: A Hint of Humans’ Connection to an Ancient ‘Ghost Species’

An unusual gene shows humans interbred with a mysterious species 150,000 years ago.
Sarah Laskow July 24, 2017
A rock structure on Iona.
sacred spaces

Found: The 'Cell' of a 6th-Century Monk in Scotland

It's where he prayed and wrote.
Erik Shilling July 21, 2017
Graffiti courtesy of medieval Egyptian pilgrims.
graffiti

Medieval Graffiti Discovered on an Egyptian Cave Wall

It was more religious than rebellious.
Eric Grundhauser July 21, 2017
The dark blue area is the Diamantina Trench southwest of Perth. It is up to 26,401 feet deep.
maps

Explore the Seafloor With Data Collected During the Search for MH370

The Australian government has released the results of a survey of the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
Kelsey Kennedy July 21, 2017
Dalí in 1965.
art

Salvador Dalí's Moustache Is Still Intact

According to an embalmer who participated in his exhumation.
Erik Shilling July 21, 2017
Live artillery shells found at a Massachusetts library
libraries

Librarian Finds Live Civil-War Artillery Shells on Her First Day

But not even that could faze her.
Michael Waters July 21, 2017
First observation of neutrinos, which may also be Majorana fermions.
science

Found: A Particle That’s Its Own Anti-Particle

Whooooaaaa.
Sarah Laskow July 21, 2017
The Timor Sea today.
archaeology

How Humans Reached Australia 65,000 Years Ago

New research shows that they arrived far earlier than previously thought.
Erik Shilling July 20, 2017
Don't throw garbage into the ocean please.
boats

The 'Warship' Made From Plastic Bottles

The oceans have a lot of trash in them.
Eric Grundhauser July 20, 2017
Lincoln's secretary, John Hay, in 1862.
news

A Famous Letter Thought to Be Written by Lincoln Was Penned by His Secretary

N-gram tracing was used to reveal the author.
Kelsey Kennedy July 20, 2017
STS-1, the Space Shuttle <em>Columbia</em>, launching on April 12, 1981, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
nasa

NASA Just Released Hundreds of Historic Space and Aviation Videos

Watch the first space shuttle take off and an experimental aircraft set a speed record.
Kelsey Kennedy July 20, 2017
The coast of Osmussaar, an Estonian island.
news

Estonia Is Going to Grow Several Inches in a Single Day

When the country switches from Russian to European standards.
Erik Shilling July 20, 2017
The reservoir.
caves

Found: A Cavernous, 2,700-Year-Old Reservoir

Its entrance was decorated with engraved figures.
Sarah Laskow July 20, 2017