Articles by Jessica Leigh Hester

Learn to draw, craft up a storm, or boogie like it's 1979.

And on your face.

Today phones have grown critical for making personal connections. The first phone companies probably wouldn't have been thrilled.

When the real world feels unbearable, why not chart a course through lands that are literally unreal?

As long as we're all cooped-up, here are six digital projects that could use your curiosity.

You can invite them over by planting some native plants on your deck or fire escape.

And don't forget to cast your vote in "Tournament Earth."

Satisfy your urge to roam and while away some time with these picks from cartographic collectors, curators, and scholars.

Around the world and back in time from the comfort of your couch.

Feast your eyes or sharpen your brain, from a distance.

Gaze out the window or at your computer, in the name of data.

If you're cooped-up and curious, use your free time to decipher handwriting, tag images, and more.

Your world might have shrunk—but you can still meet manatees, jellies, bears, and more.

Keep an eye out for the giant sea bass's spots.

Your living room is the perfect place to see the world.

Meet the man building the world's biggest—and probably only—reference collection of pull tabs.

Five new urban ungulates are settling in.

A new exhibition pays homage to some of the Buckeye State's beloved—and infamous—legends.

NASA's Earth Observatory wants your help finding hidden gems in its vast archives.

For brothers Pierre and Granville Pullis, photographing the sprawling system was intrepid, precise work—not unlike the construction itself.

Do you really want to spend your vacation at the "very, very large hole" that is the Grand Canyon?

Every summer and fall, giant vacuums gobble up insects for 13 hours a day.

Wind and waves sprayed freezing water from Lake Erie onto the houses of Hoover Beach.

“One animal’s waste is another animal’s banquet.”