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<em>The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle</em>, by Paul Sandby.
meteorites

Do Meteors Hiss, Sizzle, and Pop?

This is a test of the meteor broadcasting network.
Samir S. Patel April 17, 2017
A large Megaponera analis soldier carries a termite, while minors walk next to him.
science

Ant Medics Captured on Video Caring for Their Wounded Comrades

Scientists filmed the six-legged soldiers carrying hurt ants home.
Cara Giaimo April 13, 2017
The melted core, from the side.
science

The Behind-the-Scenes Story of an Unplanned Meltdown at America’s First Nuclear Power Reactor

Ray Haroldsen didn't really notice anything was wrong.
Sarah Laskow April 11, 2017
Martin Bricelj Baraga's Cyanometer in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Cyanometer

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Permanently Closed
Blaschka glass sea creature at the Corning Museum of Glass exhibit.
Ithaca, New York

Blaschka Glass Sea Creatures

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.
Albert Einstein accepting American citizenship from Judge Philip Forman in 1940.
science

How the CIA's Psychics Described Albert Einstein

"He looked like a hippie."
JPat Brown April 5, 2017
It has been used in hundreds of experiments since 1971.
Athens, Ohio

John E. Edwards Particle Accelerator

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.
Lite Brite Neon Studio
Kingston, New York

Lite Brite Neon Studio

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.
The note.
science

Found: A Note Sent Into the Air by Balloon in 1987

It was discovered more than 300 miles away, three decades later.
Sarah Laskow March 31, 2017
How do you fly, little guy?
science

The Strange Way Mosquitoes Fly

And still annoy you.
Eric Grundhauser March 29, 2017
The Eagle is among the best-known pubs in Cambridge.
Cambridge, England

The Eagle

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
You guys better check your data.
science

Teen Corrects NASA Error

The International Space Station was showing an anomaly.
Eric Grundhauser March 23, 2017
The Batagaika Crater
Verkhoyanskiy ulus, Russia

The Batagaika Crater

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.
science

In 1971, Stanford Students Did an Interpretive Dance to Demonstrate Protein Synthesis

"tRNA!"
Lauren Young March 10, 2017
Monument to the Laboratory Mouse.
Novosibirsk, Russia

Monument to the Laboratory Mouse

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.
The supracrustal belt in Québec.
science

The 4 Places on Earth to Look for the Earliest Evidence of Life

It's hard to find rocks more than 3.6 billion years old.
Sarah Laskow March 8, 2017
science

In 1959, British Scientists Carefully Perfected the Pickled Onion

It was all for the "notoriously fickle pickle-fancying public."
Lauren Young February 24, 2017
San Jose, California

Lupe the Mammoth

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.