Danny Lewis

 

Danny Lewis is a multimedia journalist working in print, radio, and illustration. He focuses on stories with a health/science bent and has reported some of his favorite pieces from the prow of a canoe. Danny is based in Brooklyn, NY.

Mount Everest’s Glaciers are Turning Into Lakes

Thousands of Himalayan glaciers could melt by the end of the century

Europeans Only Started Digesting Dairy 4,000 Years Ago

They can enjoy that cheese thanks to ancient nomadic herders

Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan at the Geneva Summit.

Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

The 40th President of the United States was a big science-fiction fan

Study co-author Adam Townsend examines his research subject.

Chocolate Fountains are Great for Physics Lessons

Delicious, delicious physics

An illustration of Enrico Fermi and other scientists observing the first artificial nuclear reactor.

The World's First Nuclear Reactor Was Built in a Squash Court

It sat right next to University of Chicago’s football field

In Brazil, Subway Reading Means a Ticket to Ride

These books encourage reading by doubling as subway tickets

Skeletal cast of "Lucy."

Lucy the Australopithecus Turns 41 (Plus 3.2 Million Years)

Lucy gets a Google Doodle for the anniversary of her discovery

Check Out These Gluten-Free Versions of Famous Paintings

The Gluten-Free Museum pokes fun at the popular diet trend

In Belgium, Twitter Responds to Terror With Cats

The cuddliest anti-jihadist squad ever

The light from a Naval missile test off California

A Real Nuclear Apocalypse Would Be More Beautiful Than the World of 'Fallout 4'

It would also be much, much more devastating

Eased Sanctions Could Mean a Comeback for Iranian Caviar

Does this mean tough times for the endangered sturgeon?

A Brief History of Plaid

From highlanders to hipsters

Category winner, Behavior: A school of tropical clupeid fish swim in sync, keeping a healthy distance from a teenage black-tip reef shark in the Rasdhoo Atoll, Republic of Maldives. Though the sharks cruise placidly for hours without so much as a glance at the fish, they strike suddenly, gobbling up a mouthful of fish.

A Tadpole’s Perspective and More "Life Through a Lens" Images

Ogle the images from winners of the Royal Society's photography contest

This Artist Makes Traditional Carpets That Look Like They Were hit by a Software Bug

Faig Ahmed’s Azerbaijani carpets twist and swirl like a bad Photoshop job

The Pleiades Star Cluster

Look to the Skies This Month for the Pleiades Star Cluster

The Seven Sisters will shine bright from dusk till dawn for the rest of November

Gamers Raise Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars a Year by Playing the Worst Video Game Ever Made

“Desert Bus” lets you undertake an eight-hour-long digital road trip in real time

This Is How Bats Can Land Upside Down

Bats spin like ice skaters to stick their landing

The first Denisovan tooth that was discovered in 2008

DNA from a Huge Tooth Confirms a New Ancient Cousin

The Denisovans may have co-existed and interbred with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens

The Last Wild Horses Are Rebounding From Extinction

After years of breeding programs, the last truly wild horses return

Revolution-Era Building Buried Beneath Future Hotel Uncovered by Construction Crew

Intact foundations, including wooden beams, floorboards and what might even be a repurposed ship’s mast, were found just 8 feet underground

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