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.

New York City Ran a Slave Market

New marker will acknowledge the bustling slave trade that helped build New York

Tour the Theater Where Lincoln Was Assassinated on Google Street View

150 years later, a new view of Ford’s Theatre

These Were 2014’s Most Challenged Books

Native Americans, Iran and gay penguins top the American Library Association’s Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books

Here Are the Places Most at Risk of a Volcanic Explosion

New research will help countries prepare

This pyramid in Lima, Peru was built by the Wari civilization, who pre-dated the Incas. Now Lima is proposing using another Wari innovation, a series of waterways called 'amunas,' to stem the city's ongoing water crisis.

Ancient Tech Could Help Solve Lima’s Water Crisis

Turns out Peru’s Wari people were excellent urban planners...and their 1,500-year-old 'amunas' could soon bring water to Lima

Mountaineers Are Taking a New Route Up Everest

They’ll forge their path sans sherpas or oxygen tanks

Here’s Why the Dutch Are So Tall

A new study shows natural selection is alive and well in the Netherlands

These Mud Figures Fight Injustice

“Figures” challenges British austerity policies—and an artist’s physical endurance

Northern Europeans Were Not So Sold on Farming

A new study of ancient beads shows “an enduring cultural boundary” between northern and southern Europe during the Neolithic Age

This Little Kid Discovered a Dinosaur

A rare nodosaur has been found in Texas...by a little boy

Teen Pregnancies Have Hit an All-Time Low

But teens still aren’t opting for the most effective forms of birth control

Meet Your New Favorite Font

Haas Unica, Helvetica’s long-lost sibling, is back after 30 years in obscurity

Paintings Have Become Increasingly Blue

Move over, orange: modern art is all about hues of blue

70 Percent of Western Canada’s Glaciers Will Disappear by 2100

And that’s the conservative side of scientists’ ice melt projections

Cash-Strapped Museums are Selling Their Art

Faced with budget cuts and debt, museums turn to “deaccessioning”

Male Mice Sing Sexy Songs to Woo Females

New research shows that mice can change their mating songs according to context

An Autonomous Car Just Completed a 3,400-Mile Road Trip

Delphi’s robo-car drove itself across 15 states in just nine days

Saturday’s Lunar Eclipse Will Be The Shortest This Century

Will you spot this weekend's "blood moon"?

Here’s What the Apostles Ate at the Last Supper

Beans, charoset, and unleavened bread

California’s Drought Is Changing the Way Bay-Area Water Tastes And Smells

The Bay Area’s water is still safe to use, but drought is causing a noxious algae bloom to affect tap water

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