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The last image Rosetta captured.
news

Found: The Last, Hidden Image That Rosetta Sent Back From a Comet's Surface

The data was waiting on the server, unnoticed.
Sarah Laskow September 29, 2017
Pigeon Express.
Fort Collins, Colorado

Pigeon Express

Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.
The spells are often more than whispers, but involve rituals as well.
rites and rituals

In Belarus, the Ancient Tradition of Healing Whispers Slowly Disappears

A centuries-old practice with little place in the modern world.
Anika Burgess September 28, 2017
Fishing Battery Lighthouse in Maryland. The light was transferred to the tower in 1928; the original structure remains dilapidated.
abandoned

When Old Lighthouses Find New Lives

A close-up look at what happens after the lamps go out.
Anika Burgess September 20, 2017
A patio photographed at the Test Garden.
Des Moines, Iowa

'Better Homes and Gardens' Test Garden

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.
Urban Planning Institute, architect Branislav Jovin, 1970.
maps

Belgrade’s Modernist Masterpieces

A city's distinctive architectural heritage.
Anika Burgess September 12, 2017
A group of "book women" on horseback in Hindman, Kentucky, 1940.
libraries

The Women Who Rode Miles on Horseback to Deliver Library Books

Librarians are amazing.
Anika Burgess August 31, 2017
A sign led the photographers to this cactus nursery in North Yorkshire, England.
hidden

The Search for the World’s Most Enchanting Greenhouses

Two plant-obsessed photographers are on a mission.
Sarah Laskow August 30, 2017
An abandoned trailer in the frost of Mailuu Suu.
soviet history

Life in Kyrgyzstan, 26 Years After the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Trying to see the future and reckon with the past in the former Soviet state.
Anika Burgess August 30, 2017
schools

The Forgotten History of the Neapolitan 'Kindergarten Ship'

The educational experiment in Naples Harbor that turned street children into sailors and students.
Anika Burgess August 25, 2017
A long-fingered manicule on a manuscript from 1481.
medieval

For Centuries, Readers Annotated Books With Tiny Drawings of Hands

They were the medieval version of a highlighter.
Anika Burgess August 23, 2017
Photo of the eclipse, taken in the Brewsters' home observatory near Corvallis, Oregon.
photography

To Take an Eclipse Photo Like This at Home, You Have to Build Your Own Observatory

Your next chance is in 7 years.
Samir S. Patel August 22, 2017
The observatory dome.
astronomy

An Oregon Couple Has Built the Perfect House for Observing the Total Eclipse

And looking far across the universe.
Sarah Laskow August 16, 2017
<em>Brontosaurus and sign, Gatorland, Route 1</em>, Florida, 1979.
dinosaurs

Documenting America’s Long, Venerable Tradition of Roadside Dinosaurs

Welcome to Jurassic parking lot.
Anika Burgess August 15, 2017
Arriving at Eighty Mile Beach.
science

The 1922 Eclipse Adventure That Sought to Confirm the Theory of Relativity

It took 35 tons of equipment and a lengthy voyage to remote Western Australia.
Anika Burgess August 11, 2017
<em>Starry Night</em>, Staff Pick 2017. This image shows hippocampal neurons after two days in culture.
brain collections

When Neuroscientists Become Artists

Beauty and brains.
Anika Burgess August 9, 2017
<em>The Bride of Frankenstein</em>, 1935.
horror

Peer Into the Horror That Is Kirk Hammett’s Movie Poster Collection

They're watching you.
Anika Burgess August 4, 2017
Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
photography

Looking at Famous Buildings Through Water Droplets

Serbian photographer Dusan Stojancevic offers a unique perspective on the world's most iconic structures.
Michael Waters August 2, 2017