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Sankt Vith, Belgium

Sourdough Library

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

Antoine Parmentier painted by François Dumont in 1812.

History’s Greatest Potato Promoter Relied on Science and Stunts

Before Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, the French considered the tuber disgusting and poisonous.

Jim Clarke June 6, 2018

A sweet stack of IHOP pancakes.

When Researchers Used IHOP to Determine if Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake

Delicious, and helpful.

Paula Mejia June 6, 2018

Do mythic plesiosaurs leave behind DNA?

Why Genetics Researchers Are Looking for the Loch Ness Monster

"I don’t believe that there’s a monster, but if I’m wrong, well, that’s OK."

Eric Grundhauser May 30, 2018

The site in 2017.

Mountain View, California

The Real Birthplace of Silicon Valley-The Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

Pterosaurs probably didn't have their legs out like this.

We Have Probably Been Imagining Pterosaurs All Wrong

New research suggests we've misunderstood the legs of these prehistoric flyers.

Cara Giaimo May 24, 2018

Humans only make up a sliver of the biomass.

The Incredibly Tricky Task of Measuring All Life on Earth

Humans make up just 0.01 percent of the biomass on the planet—the same as termites.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 22, 2018

Mount Mantalingahan in the Philippines.

Cold, Damp 'Sky Islands' Are Hotspots for Unusual Plants and Animals

Exploring an ecological oasis high up on the Philippines' Palawan Island.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 21, 2018

A Gel-Based Material That Can Do the Electric Slide

It's the invention of engineers at Rutgers University.

Eric Grundhauser May 21, 2018

A 1920s imagining of the 18th-century luthier Antonio Stradivari examining an instrument.

The World's Best Violins Sing Like Humans

Some are baritones, some are tenors.

Cara Giaimo May 21, 2018

Do chitons have brains? What is a brain, anyway?

The Secrets Hiding in the Simplest Animal Brains

One researcher thinks mollusks called chitons are more complex than they seem.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 16, 2018

The night sky in June 2016, over McMurdo Station.

Shedding New Light on the Mysteries of Antarctica's Long, Dark Winter

The continent's winter months present one of the most challenging—and surprising—research environments on Earth.

Sarah Laskow May 15, 2018

From left, the photographer Jorge "Jota" Arango, the conservationist John Myers, the tourist and birdwatcher Jim Sandor, the Colombian ornithologist Oswaldo Cortes, and the local guide Jose Luis Ropero stand at the top of the Serranía del Perijá mountains.

In Search of Rare Birds and Glory in Colombia

How an international birdwatching competition draws attention to the country's at-risk natural bounty.

Lucy Sherriff May 11, 2018

The main cave was almost 1,100 square feet in size, roughly equivalent to a small church.

For 78,000 Years, People Have Called a Kenyan Forest Cave Home

The layers of Panga ya Saidi reveal millennia of subtle cultural and technological change.

Natasha Frost May 10, 2018

Picture of the particle accelerator.

Elmhurst, Illinois

Barbara A. Kieft Accelerator ArtSpace

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

What are these corn seedlings whispering to each other underground?

Plants Are Communicating With Each Other Using Underground Signals

A new report shows that touching one plant can affect the behavior of its neighbors.

Sarah Laskow May 2, 2018

The Bullitt Center

Seattle, Washington

The Bullitt Center

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

Using sushi to explain a new National Institutes of Health policy on sex as a biological variable in research.

This Scientist Explains Complex Concepts With Sushi

Sashimi meets science.

Anne Ewbank April 26, 2018