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.

Germans Brace for the Re-Release of ‘Mein Kampf’

Is Hitler’s 90-year-old manifesto too dangerous to be on bookshelves?

Impatient Scientists Used Paint-By-Numbers Technique to Create the First Image From Mars

Scientists used raw data to create their first image of the red planet

Determine Your Ideal Eyelash Length With Science

How the “one-third rule” protects your eyes

The Population of a Rare Leopard Has Nearly Doubled

A new census shows that there are now at least 57 elusive Amur leopards in Russia

Amsterdam Is Out of Bike Parking

The city will create 40,000 new bike parking spaces by 2030

This Mysterious Plant Doesn’t Have Time for Junk DNA

Utricularia gibba has less DNA, but more genes

Found: One Lost Sherlock Holmes Story

It was in the attic, my dear Watson

See the Winter of Our Discontent…From Space

NASA photo of the eastern United States confirms it’s really, really cold out there

Neanderthals Divvied Up Chores by Sex

New research on Neanderthal teeth shows differing gender roles

Should You Speculate in Flower Bulbs?

Move over, real estate—there’s a new bubble in snowdrop bulbs

Fat Is a Texture, Not a Taste…For Now

Scientists predict fat will join the other primary tastes within ten years

2014 Was National Parks’ Most-Visited Year Ever

Last year broke records with over 292 million visits

Is That Pill a Placebo? This Program Can Tell, Even If You Can't

A new algorithm could make it faster and less expensive to develop new painkillers

Divers Discover Graveyard Filled With Giant Lemur Skeletons

A Madagascar cave is packed with the bones of extinct species

Found: A New Tool in the Fight Against HIV

New approach offers “vaccine-like” protection against HIV

Only 1 in 4 Americans Would Take a Free Space Flight

Americans are still skeptical about some aspects of space travel

Is DNA the Solution for Permanent Data Storage?

New study uses “synthetic fossils” to store data for the ages

A view from São Paolo's depleted Cantareira Reservoir.

São Paulo is Running Low on Water

What will happen when Brazil’s taps go dry?

Is Our Universe Supersymmetric?

Scientists hope the rebooted Large Hadron Collider could find supersymmetric particles—the next frontier of particle physics

A slave cabin at Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate in Virginia.

George Washington Used Legal Loopholes to Avoid Freeing His Slaves

One of his slaves fled to New Hampshire to escape becoming a wedding present

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