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Madison, Wisconsin

L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

A strong solar flare from 2012.

The Sun Set Off 4,000 Sea Mines During the Vietnam War

Only now do scientists fully understand just how strong a 1972 solar storm was.

Sarah Laskow November 14, 2018

Koen Vanmechelen's Labiomista in Genk, Belgium.

A Madcap Project Aims to Rejuvenate a Former Mining Town in Belgium

Koen Vanmechelen's Labiomista is part art, part science, and heavy on the chickens.

Amandas Ong November 13, 2018

The Antherina suraka moth, safe under its furry coat.

Moth Fur Is the Ultimate Acoustic Armor

It muffles the clicks of ravenous, echolocating bats.

Matthew Taub November 9, 2018

objects of intrigue

A Close-Up Look at the Most Influential Medical Book of the 16th Century

Andreas Vesalius dissected the bodies of executed prisoners to better understand human anatomy.

Lizzie Philip November 9, 2018

European Southern Observatories in Chile.

Where on Earth Can You Put a Giant Telescope?

Why astronomers keep putting them in the same places.

Sarah Laskow May 25, 2023

Inside the observatory.

Munich, Germany

Volkssternwarte München

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

Minna Fernald's painting of fewflower milkweed.

Found: A Lost Painting Collection of Florida Wildflowers

An amateur artist captured now-rare flowers in great detail.

Sarah Laskow November 5, 2018

Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University, 1988.

For Sale: An Invitation to Stephen Hawking’s Cocktail Party for Time Travelers

Please retain for the next thousand years or so.

Sarah Laskow November 2, 2018

Museum exterior

Natural History Museum at Tring

The incredible private taxidermy collection of an eccentric zoologist.

Salinas de Fuencaliente

La Palma, Spain

Fuencaliente Saltworks

The largest salt farm in the Canary Islands is located at the foot of an active volcano.

A conopid fly (<em>Physocephala tibialis</em>) that recently emerged from its pupal casing in the lab. The fly appears orange because its exoskeleton is still soft.

The Parasite That Forces Bees to Dig Their Own Graves

It's a growing threat to our food supply.

Lindsay Patterson October 24, 2018

Squirrel Counting Is a Great Excuse to Explore Central Park

A lesson in slowing down and looking close.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 24, 2018

Eugene Shoemaker looking over a lunar lander model of his own making.

Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon

For now, anyway.

Eric Grundhauser June 28, 2022

Pando in the autumn.

Mule Deer Are Eating Away at the Most Massive Living Thing in the World

A special aspen grove needs the chance to regenerate.

Matthew Taub October 18, 2018

Science can happen in a bowl of cereal.

Why Scientists Are Studying ‘Ricequakes’ in a Tube of Rice Krispies

They even resemble Antarctica's mysterious icequakes.

Abbey Perreault October 16, 2018

Why Scientists Are Studying the Dining Habits of Manta Rays

These filter feeders might be a ray of hope amidst microplastic pollution.

Abbey Perreault October 15, 2018

Ukiah Latitude Observatory in the early 1900s.

Ukiah, California

Ukiah Latitude Observatory

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.