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pigs

Meet San Francisco Airport's New Welcome Pig

LiLou was hired for "her overall cuteness."
Cara Giaimo December 8, 2016
The Greenland Ice Sheet.
news

Earth's 'Rarest Geological Sample' Could Tell the Future of Greenland's Ice Sheet

A new study shows that the ice sheet could be much less stable than we should hope.
Sarah Laskow December 7, 2016
The Berkeley Pit.
animals

Thousands of Unlucky Geese Landed in the Toxic Berkeley Pit And Are Now Dead

A snowstorm drove 10,000 geese to their doom.
Sarah Laskow December 7, 2016
tombs

Found: A Roman Tombstone Buried in the New York City Suburbs

Dated 54 A.D., it belonged to a tax collector.
Sarah Laskow December 7, 2016
The piano prepares for its final show.
music

A Town In California Has Again Dropped A Piano For Fun

It's an annual tradition in the small city of Winters.
Cara Giaimo December 7, 2016
television

A Giant Jeremy Clarkson Head Is Mysteriously Haunting America's Highways

Where is his head at?
Eric Grundhauser December 6, 2016
cars

Train Full Of BMWs Crashes In South Carolina

120 luxury cars were injured.
Cara Giaimo December 6, 2016
Say hello to Outredgeous red romaine lettuce.
space exploration

Astronauts Are Getting Better and Better at Farming in Space

Dinner in orbit is getting a whole lot fresher.
Eric Grundhauser December 6, 2016
Welcome to Trump Fish!
news

Something Called 'Trump Fish' Apparently Just Opened In Kurdistan

The San Diego Chargers' lightning bolt stands in for Trump's hair.
Cara Giaimo December 5, 2016
Copper wire on fire.
magic

Found: A River Humans Started Polluting 7,000 Years Ago

Playing with metal and fire led to unusual concentrations of copper on a streambank.
Sarah Laskow December 5, 2016
animals

Found: A Turtle That’s Basically a Dinosaur, Stuck in a Drain Pipe

An alligator snapping turtle got himself into a predicament.
Sarah Laskow December 2, 2016
Buzz salutes the American Flag in 1969.
space exploration

Buzz Aldrin Is Being Evacuated From the South Pole

The former astronaut fell ill.
Cara Giaimo December 1, 2016
animals

Found: Ancient Elephant Fossils Hidden Beneath L.A.'s New Subway

The city is full of fossils.
Sarah Laskow December 1, 2016
Researchers hold a model of Alfred the whale's telltale skull.
animals

How Did The Hugest Whales End Up With Baleen Instead Of Teeth?

The answer is: they literally sucked.
Cara Giaimo December 1, 2016
Cat skeletons found buried in the graveyard.
animals

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery Full of Pet Cats

At least 86 were buried here.
Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016
Should the green area count as its own region?
maps

Here Are the Real Boundaries of American Metropolises, Decided by an Algorithm

How is the U.S. actually split geographically?
Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016
Gold!
news

Found: A Bucket of Gold on the Streets of Manhattan

Never leave gold unattended.
Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016
The walls hid these giant wheels.
secret passages

Found: Secret Sliding Doors Hidden in a Church’s Walls

A renovation revealed the pulley system meant to move them.
Sarah Laskow November 29, 2016