politics
Truman, Trump, and Why Presidential Candidates Get Top Secret Intelligence Briefings
A brief history.
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science
A New Form of Light Has Been Discovered
It was kind of an accident.
volcanoes
Watch This Amazing Infrared Footage of a Volcanic Eruption in Costa Rica
Yesterday, the Turrialba Volcano blew its top.
space exploration
Astronaut Reveals Gash in Space Station Window Caused by Debris
Garbage up there is getting to be a problem.
ancient
Scientists Say Egypt is in Denial Over Hidden Rooms in King Tut's Tomb
It's getting heated.
science
Scientists Just Found Cells They Thought Could Never Exist
We may have to rewrite the textbooks.
volcanoes
The 'Lord of the Rings' Volcano Is Now Active
Mount Doom awakens.
mummies
This Egyptian Coffin Held the Smallest Known Mummified Fetus
It's a very tiny coffin.
space exploration
NASA Just Found 1,284 New Planets
It's a very large universe.
mountains
China Is Tired of Graffiti Artists at Mount Everest
The country is prepared to shame them publicly.
tunnels
Russia Built a Huge Tunnel to Save a Near-Extinct Group of Leopards
In the far eastern part of the country.
space exploration
A Teen Says He Found a Lost Mayan City Using Old Star Maps
William Gadoury is precocious.
news
This Guy Dug a Well in 40 Days After His Wife Was Denied Access to Water
His family thought he was crazy.
art
Court Rules Figurines Modeled on This Artist's Vagina Are Art
There's a lot going on here.
prisons
Professor Solves 350-Year-Old Mystery Behind The Man in the Iron Mask
He thinks so, anyway.
animals
The Rogue Team Rescuing Fort McMurray's Pets As the City Burned
Many were found terrified.
food
China Is Banning Erotic Banana Eating on Live Streams
But what of cucumbers?
trees
India Wants to Spend $6 Billion for New Forests
A lot of damage has already been done.
boats
Boaty McBoatface is (Mostly) Dead
Long live Boaty McBoatface.
crime
Restoration of Historic Italian Palace Interrupted by Mob Arrests
The Camorra gets into the preservation racket.
subways
New Wheels Could Cut Deafening Screech of San Francisco Subways
It gets loud.
dinosaurs
Scientists Uncover a Huge Trove of Dinosaur Fossils in Antarctica
Over a ton of 71 million-year-old fossils.
science
Scientists Grow 2-Week-Old Human Embryo Outside of Womb For First Time
The future is coming.
science
Canadian Scientists Are Speaking Out After 9 Years of Censorship
It's been awhile.
