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Astounding Titanic Facts You’ve Never Heard Before

These little-known Titanic facts are sure to surprise you--and give you the chills.

By John Kuroski • Oct 21, 2015

Astounding Titanic Facts You’ve Never Heard Before

These little-known Titanic facts are sure to surprise you--and give you the chills.

By John Kuroski • October 21, 2015

Our Favorite Images Of Pluto — So Far

Images from the New Horizons spacecraft continue to astound scientists and space enthusiasts alike. Here are our favorite Pluto pictures.

By Savannah Cox • Oct 17, 2015

Our Favorite Images Of Pluto — So Far

Images from the New Horizons spacecraft continue to astound scientists and space enthusiasts alike. Here are our favorite Pluto pictures.

By Savannah Cox • October 17, 2015

The Bizarre Way The Smallpox Vaccine Arrived In America

People have done some great — and ethnically questionable — things in the name of empire.

By Teresa Cantero • Oct 16, 2015

The Bizarre Way The Smallpox Vaccine Arrived In America

People have done some great — and ethnically questionable — things in the name of empire.

By Teresa Cantero • October 16, 2015

Archaeologists Are One Step Closer To Solving One Of North America’s Oldest Mysteries

Technological advances both increase and decrease the number of the world’s apparent mysteries. In the case of the lost Roanoke colony, recent technological developments are helping researchers inch closer to a satisfying conclusion as to why the 16th century colony disappeared — and it all has to do with what...

By Erin Kelly • Sep 29, 2015

Archaeologists Are One Step Closer To Solving One Of North America’s Oldest Mysteries

Technological advances both increase and decrease the number of the world’s apparent mysteries. In the case of the lost Roanoke colony, recent technological developments are helping researchers inch closer to a satisfying conclusion as to why the 16th century colony disappeared — and it all has to do with what...

By Erin Kelly • September 29, 2015

Gouqi Island Has Been Claimed By Nature In The Most Stunning Way

Mother Nature has transformed a little fishing village on Gouqi Island into a sea of beautiful green blooms that blanket each abandoned structure.

By Kiri Picone • Sep 29, 2015

Gouqi Island Has Been Claimed By Nature In The Most Stunning Way

Mother Nature has transformed a little fishing village on Gouqi Island into a sea of beautiful green blooms that blanket each abandoned structure.

By Kiri Picone • September 29, 2015

Scientists Recently Named A Sea Slug Species After Khaleesi. Here’s Why.

No, you’re not seeing double. This neon green-and-orange sea slug really does have two heads. Divers working on a documentary about Borneo caught this two-faced nudibranch in action, according to recent reports. While no one understands the exact cause of its deformity, the truth is that even with two heads,...

By All That's Interesting • Sep 16, 2015

Scientists Recently Named A Sea Slug Species After Khaleesi. Here’s Why.

No, you’re not seeing double. This neon green-and-orange sea slug really does have two heads. Divers working on a documentary about Borneo caught this two-faced nudibranch in action, according to recent reports. While no one understands the exact cause of its deformity, the truth is that even with two heads,...

By All That's Interesting • September 16, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXIX

The Ferocious Beauty Of Iceland’s Volcanoes Swedish photographer and geologist Frederick Holm has spent years hunting down volcanic eruptions across Iceland. Why someone would spend so much time in such a forbidding place doing such dangerous work becomes abundantly clear when you see the raw, ferocious beauty of these volcanic...

By John Kuroski • Sep 11, 2015

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What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXIX

The Ferocious Beauty Of Iceland’s Volcanoes Swedish photographer and geologist Frederick Holm has spent years hunting down volcanic eruptions across Iceland. Why someone would spend so much time in such a forbidding place doing such dangerous work becomes abundantly clear when you see the raw, ferocious beauty of these volcanic...

By John Kuroski • September 11, 2015

De-Extinction: The Who, How, When, And Why Of Bringing Extinct Species Back To Life

In 1598, the Dutch landed on the island of Mauritius, just off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Here, they were met by a massive population of flightless, naive, meaty birds. Salivating, the sailors happily began killing them, kindly bestowing the name “dodo” upon the shell-shocked animals. Over...

By Callie Stewart • Sep 3, 2015

De-Extinction: The Who, How, When, And Why Of Bringing Extinct Species Back To Life

In 1598, the Dutch landed on the island of Mauritius, just off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Here, they were met by a massive population of flightless, naive, meaty birds. Salivating, the sailors happily began killing them, kindly bestowing the name “dodo” upon the shell-shocked animals. Over...

By Callie Stewart • September 3, 2015

Everything You Need To Know About Surrogacy

Considering how perpetually en vogue it is to create and uphold laws about what women can and cannot do with their bodies, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that in some parts of the world, surrogacy is illegal. In case you’re unfamiliar, surrogacy is when a woman carries a baby...

By Abby Norman • Aug 30, 2015

Everything You Need To Know About Surrogacy

Considering how perpetually en vogue it is to create and uphold laws about what women can and cannot do with their bodies, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that in some parts of the world, surrogacy is illegal. In case you’re unfamiliar, surrogacy is when a woman carries a baby...

By Abby Norman • August 30, 2015

5 Amazing Citizen Science Projects You Can Join Right Now

You don't always need a lab or an advanced degree to make contributions to science. As citizen science shows, sometimes you just need Wi-Fi.

By Savannah Cox • Aug 25, 2015

5 Amazing Citizen Science Projects You Can Join Right Now

You don't always need a lab or an advanced degree to make contributions to science. As citizen science shows, sometimes you just need Wi-Fi.

By Savannah Cox • August 25, 2015