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In the evidence rooms
Ashland, Oregon

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.
Wendy Baxter, a scientist at UC Berkeley, collects samples in the crown of a giant sequoia tree to study the effects of climate change on the forests of Sequoia National Park.
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Ascending One of the World's Oldest, Tallest Trees for Science and the Views

Since 2011, drought and pestilence have killed more than 100 million trees in California. What does that mean for the fate of the world’s largest tree, the giant sequoia?
Thayer Walker, Novus Select and Biographic December 2, 2016
science

Watch the Process of Precipitation in Hypnotic Slow Motion

Science class just got more interesting.
Mariana Zapata November 29, 2016
Old Power Plant of the Army Research Center in Peenemünde
Peenemünde, Germany

Peenemünde Army Research Center

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
science

Watch the Microscopic Process of a Crystal Being Born

Proof that chemistry really is art.
Mariana Zapata November 18, 2016
The Tunnel
Fairbanks, Alaska

Permafrost Tunnel

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.
Anatomical treasures were built often built on human tissue parts.
science

The Bizarre 17th-Century Dioramas Made from Real Human Body Parts

Dioramas of infants' skeletons adorned with lace and jewelry were seen as grotesque and beautiful.
Lauren Young November 17, 2016
College Township, Pennsylvania

The Armsby Calorimeter

This 19th century machine put animals (including humans) in boxes to study how they metabolized calories.
Riverside, California

The Ark of Citrus

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.
Does the God Helmet actually help you find God?
science

The Controversial Device That Might Make You Feel the Presence of a Higher Power

The "God Helmet" has its detractors as well as fans.
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie November 7, 2016
science

Watch Gelatinous Slime Mold Smartly Forage for Food

It's amazing how smart a brainless, single-celled organism can be.
Lauren Young November 4, 2016
In this 1867 illustration, a crowd of scientists watch in horror as Andrew Ure makes the lifeless body of Matthew Clydesdale tremble and twitch with electricity.
frankenstein

The Real Electric Frankenstein Experiments of the 1800s

Why scientists during the late 18th and 19th centuries conducted crude experiments with reanimating corpses.
Lauren Young October 31, 2016
An old postcard showing the Forest Products Building c. 1930.
Madison, Wisconsin

Forest Products Laboratory

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.
Washington, D.C.

Albert Einstein Bronze Statue

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
science

Watch This Art Installation Made With Moving Rocket Fuel

Where art and science meet.
Mariana Zapata October 17, 2016
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Watch These Microscopic Organisms Feast on a Dead Worm

A delightful meal for microbes.
Lauren Young October 14, 2016
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Watch Soviet Scientists Bring a Dog's Decapitated Head Back to Life

What was supposed to be the stuff of medical miracles ended up being a horror show.
Molly McBride Jacobson October 12, 2016
science

The Worst-Tasting Flavor in the World Was Accidentally Discovered in a Lab

You've probably never tasted Bitrex, but it's all over your home.
Ernie Smith October 11, 2016