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Workers construct the truncated bike path.
architecture

This Bridge Has a Cool, New Feature: A Bike Path to Nowhere

You're welcome, cyclists.
Cara Giaimo August 9, 2016
space exploration

Found: A Lot of Planets, Minerals, and Strange Creatures in 'No Man's Sky'

The long anticipated game is finally here.
Sarah Laskow August 9, 2016
space exploration

NASA Refuses To Return Apollo 11 Bag They Accidentally Auctioned Off

Space whoops!
Eric Grundhauser August 9, 2016
beaches

Italy Will Now Fine You If You Try to Save a Spot at the Beach

They're not messing around.
Erik Shilling August 8, 2016
temples

Tomb and Skeleton Unearthed, Offering New Evidence of the Ancient Snake Dynasty

Archaeology is exciting.
Eric Grundhauser August 8, 2016
news

A Massive Oil Rig Has Washed Up on a Beach in Scotland

It weighs nearly 19,000 tons.
Erik Shilling August 8, 2016
A fun new between-sets activity?
festivals

A Lot of People Are Getting the Measles at Music Festivals in Britain

"If you think you might have measles, please don't go to any of these big events," pled one health official.
Cara Giaimo August 8, 2016
boats

Found: A Prosthetic Leg Stuck in a Beaver Dam

Its owner was also, well, found.
Sarah Laskow August 8, 2016
animals

Coast Guard Shows Up to Save Beached Whales, Finds Bags of Rocks Instead

We all make mistakes.
Erik Shilling August 5, 2016
taxidermy

Game Wardens Seized A Fully-Stuffed Polar Bear From An Oklahoma Airport

It had been killed legally.
Eric Grundhauser August 5, 2016
Sabotage!
floods

Radical Wine Terrorists Flood French Town In Red

They have some grievances.
Cara Giaimo August 5, 2016
zoos

Found: Fugitive Red Panda That Spent 242 Days on the Lam

The last of three escapees is brought to heel.
Sarah Laskow August 5, 2016
pools

Philly Really Doesn't Want You to Make a Pool Out of a Dumpster

Some dreams are too large.
Erik Shilling August 4, 2016
farms

Some Farmers in Canada Set the World Record for Simultaneous Threshing

With antique machines, no less.
Erik Shilling August 4, 2016
A team of experts has set out to rescue the stranded elephant.
animals

Rescue Underway After Elephant Is Stuck in a Swamp for a Month

India and Bangladesh are teaming up to save it.
Cara Giaimo August 4, 2016
news

There Was a 'Shocking and Unprecedented' Paint Spill on Indiana's Toll Road

Hold on.
Eric Grundhauser August 4, 2016
caves

Found: Secret, Illicit Tunnels in an Oregon Park

Police are not happy.
Sarah Laskow August 4, 2016
literature

Ayn Rand’s One-Sided Love Affair With the FBI

Hoover shrugged.
JPat Brown August 3, 2016