Erin Blakemore

Erin Blakemore

 

Erin Blakemore is a Boulder, Colorado-based journalist. Her work has appeared in publications like The Washington Post, TIME, mental_floss, Popular Science and JSTOR Daily. Learn more at erinblakemore.com.

Do these satellite sea surface images look similar? Experts think so. The image of the Pacific Ocean on the left was taken recently. To the right is a sea surface image taken in December 1997.

This Year's El Niño Looks Menacingly Familiar

The world is bracing for record rains and droughts

Your morning fix is about to get cheaper.

Caffeine Junkies, Rejoice! Coffee Just Got Cheaper

A global surplus of coffee is causing bean prices to bottom out

Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark is the resting place of Hans Christian Andersen. Now, it will mark the home for the city's homeless, as well.

Copenhagen Has a Cemetery for Homeless People

But proper burials for indigent individuals remain few and far between

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium responsible for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea.

Gonorrhea Is Developing Antibiotic Resistance

And public health officials are scared of what comes next

The suburban community of Porter Ranch is the unexpected site of a slow-motion environmental catastrophe.

This Is What a Massive Methane Leak Looks Like

A leak is spewing millions of tons of the invisible gas into the skies above Los Angeles

Cow dung cakes hold a nostalgic place in the memories of many Indians who recall burning the cakes for ritual fires and to stay warm during festivals like Diwali and Lohri.

India's Newest Internet Sensation: Cow Dung Patties

For recent migrants to the country's booming megacities, nothing says nostalgia like a pile of cow poo

Entrepreneur Michael Bohmeyer wants to see if a universal basic income program can increase creativity among participants.

Through This New Crowdfunding Site, a Lucky Few Can Make a Living Just by ... Living

Participants make around $1,100 a month—just for being alive

Pile of yarn or unknotting opportunity?

Tied Up in Knots? Call a Yarn Detangler

A niche group of knitters specializes in wrangling disobedient skeins

Smile! You're at the DMV!

Virginians Can Now Legally Smile for Their Licenses

That trip to the DMV is about to get a little less awful

Archivists Are Trying to Preserve Paris’ Post-Attack Memorials

Future generations will know how Parisians responded to attacks in their city

The FDA Lifted a Lifetime Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men Giving Blood

Or did it?

This photo of two short-nosed sea snakes alerted researchers to the species' survival, even though they were thought to be extinct for 15 years.

They’re Back: Supposedly Extinct Sea Snakes Have Been Found in Australia

Nearly 15 years later and about 1,000 miles away from the last sighting, the snakes could be making a comeback

Nicholas Cage, Tyrannosaurus returner.

Nicholas Cage Returned a Stolen Dino Skull

The actor paid $270,000 for the skull of one of T. rex's cousins

A Brief History of Figgy Pudding

The dense, spicy dish has been giving good cheer for centuries

Abstract shapes of glowing-eyed cats would play and pose on top of five or six pedestals along the bridge.

A New San Francisco Overpass Could Be Bedecked With Demonic-Looking Cats

"Catbridge": Unnerving or adorable?

This Weekend's Southern Lights Were Nothing Short of Spectacular

The Northern Hemisphere hasn't yet cornered the market for glorious aurorae

A cichlid fish swims in Lake Tanganyika. New research has shown new cichlid species coming to be in a much smaller crater lake in Tanzania.

Darwin's “Puddle” Could Show How New Species Emerge in Close Quarters

A genetic study of cichlid fish in a small crater lake seems to support a debated evolutionary concept

Mother Teresa stands with children at her Calcutta mission.

Mother Teresa Will Become an Official Saint

The champion of India's poorest has sprinted to sainthood since her 1997 death

A female medium ground finch, one of at least 14 species of Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Charles Darwin's Famous Finches Could Be Extinct in Half a Century

The finches on the Galapagos Islands are suffering from a parasitic fly introduced to the islands by humans

Does that book feel more like a doorstop? It's part of a growing trend.

Bestselling Books Are Getting Longer

But are they getting better?

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