news
Google's New 5,500-Mile Undersea Cable from the U.S. to Japan Is Now Going Online
It's faster than your modem.
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news
Beijing is Sinking up to 4 Inches Every Year Because They're Using Too Much Water
It doesn't look good.
art
The Artist Who Makes Bug Infestations Beautiful
Jennifer Angus has bought thousands of insects in her lifetime.
animals
Wings Found from 99 Million Years Ago Are a Lot Like Those on Birds Today
They were encased in amber.
fires
Watch a Man Throw a Bucket of Water at the Olympic Torch and Miss
It was a good try.
science
Huge New Trove of 'Life-Saving' Helium Is Discovered
We've long fretted over a possible helium shortage.
ancient
Some 14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bones Were Found Near Mexico City
The animal was probably cut up by humans after its death.
ships
Massive New $5.2 Billion Panama Canal Opens
A Pyrrhic victory?
science
How Brexit Could Be a Disaster for British Scientists
Stephen Hawking predicted as much.
news
Britain's Longest Land Border with the E.U. Has a Complicated Future
It's totally porous, for now.
antarctic
Sick South Pole Workers Reach Chile After Daring Mid-Winter Rescue
They spent a long time in the air.
airplanes
India's New Presidential Plane Will be Able to Absorb Grenades and Dodge Missiles
The country is upgrading.
disasters
An Incomplete if Exhaustive Tally of Recent Highway Truck Spills
From bees to beers.
science
Robot Workers Could Become 'Electronic Persons' in Europe
The future is here.
news
A Famous Edible Bug Market in Beijing Is Closing
Neighbors complained.
libraries
Dan Brown Is Paying a Lot of Money to Digitize a Library Devoted to Mysticism
The "Da Vinci Code" author has an abiding interest in ancient symbols.
pyramids
Egypt's Biggest Pyramid Isn't Quite Square at Its Base
But the ancient builders got pretty close.
volcanoes
A Volcano in Iceland May be Close to Erupting
Hekla could blow at any minute.
science
The Rare, Dangerous Mission to Rescue Workers at the South Pole
Flights to the end of the world.
prohibition
The Weird and Very Long History of State Liquor Laws
It's about control.
space exploration
India to Break a Record by Sending 22 Satellites Into Space on a Single Rocket
They're feeling the heat.
space exploration
Black Holes Collided and Produced a New Set of Gravitational Waves
Further confirmation of what Einstein predicted over 100 years ago.
bridges
The Story Behind the Most Baffling Photo Taken on the Golden Gate Bridge
Why San Francisco’s mayor brought a blowtorch to open the city's new bridge.
crime and punishment
There's a Crime Wave in New Zealand Because of Avocado Shortages
People are seeing green.
