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.

This Incredible Street Art Is Also An Evolution Lesson

In Rome, a giant mural illustrates how life began and evolved

Orion's Return, Falling Fireballs and Other Treats in November's Night Skies

A constellation rises as the Leonid and Taurid Meteor Showers return

Iceberg, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

What is Happening to Antarctica's Ice Sheets

While parts of Antarctica get icier, others are on the verge of collapse

How Computers Learned to Play Nintendo

Super Mario World is a great test for artificial intelligence

This Extremely Slow Rube Goldberg Device Lasts More Than Six Weeks

The whimsical invention uses molasses, a tortoise, and sprouting grass to move a golf ball

NASA is Helping Study These Massive Earthworks from Space

Could satellite photographs decipher the meaning behind Kazakhstan's mysterious geometric designs?

In July, the Caribbean had about 12,300 square miles of sargassum floating around—enough to blanket Maryland.

Mexico’s Navy is Battling Seaweed Along the Caribbean Coast

Mountains of seaweed are blanketing beaches around the Caribbean Sea and the government is calling everyone to arms

Russian scientists are training rhesus monkeys like these for a mission to Mars in 2017.

Russia Wants to Send Monkeys to Mars and Women to the Moon

The Russian space agency has announced plans for space missions through 2029

African Vultures Could Go Extinct Within the Next Century

Poachers, poison and collisions with wind turbines are killing these important scavengers

Candy Corn Hasn't Changed Since the 19th Century

The Halloween sweet was invented in the 1880s

How 'Bewitched' Helped Salem Embrace Its Grim Past

A popular 1960s sitcom helped the New England town turn witches into big business

By Scanning Pyramids, Will Scientists Unravel Secrets of Ancient Egypt?

A new project uses thermal imaging to look for hidden chambers

This Haunted House is Actually a Lab for Studying Fear

Get scared for science

Hundreds of thousands of man-made fragments of debris orbit around the Earth, as depicted here in an illustration of the cosmic mess.

A Forgotten Piece of Space Junk is Headed for Earth

The object could be a lost piece of a rocket dating back to the Apollo missions

How Tourism Shaped Photography in 19th Century Japan

Westerners were obsessed with geisha, samurai and cherry blossoms

Would You Drink a Cocktail Invented By a Computer?

How IBM's Watson become the world's most creative bartender

Adding Faint Scents to Healthy Food Could Make it Taste Better

Scents of salty food may be all it takes to make low-salt items delicious

The Mysterious Case of the Adirondacks Sugar Maple

The trees are on the decline, but why?

Lead Poisoning Rampant for Wealthy Medieval Europeans

It wasn't just the Romans that accidentally poisoned themselves

Arctic Explorers Uncover (and Eat) 60-Year-Old Food Stash

Tins of jam and crackers hidden in Greenland’s Arctic desert made for a delicious surprise

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