Jason Daley

 

Jason Daley is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer specializing in natural history, science, travel, and the environment. His work has appeared in Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Men’s Journal, and other magazines.

Coffee Consumption Could Be in Your Genes

A new study shows a genetic variation in caffeine metabolism may lead some to drink a little less joe

Ancient Egyptian Stories Will Be Published in English for the First Time

Translated from hieroglyphics on monuments, tombs and papyri, the book will present tales few outside of academia have read

Publisher Set to Release Exact Replicas of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript

There will be 898 copies made of the coded Voynich Manuscript, which has stumped scholars for over a century

After Two Years, Lost NASA Spacecraft Phones Home

Using the Deep Space Network, mission control has reestablished contact with the solar observatory STEREO-B

The newly opened glass bridge in Zhangjiajie Forest Park

Gulp: The World's Highest, Longest Glass Bridge Opens in China

The new bridge in Hunan's Zhangjiajie Forest Park overlooks the mountains that inspired Avatar

Adonis, a Bosnian pine, is the new oldest tree in Europe

Celebrating at Least 1,075 Years, This Pine Could Be Europe's Oldest Tree

The Bosnian pine stands in a forest of ancient trees in the Pindus Mountains

Tree Rings Help Circle in on Dating Pre-History Events

Solar flares create spikes in the Carbon-14 of woody plants that can provide anchor years for more accurate dating of artifacts

Science Officially Debunks Chemtrails, But the Conspiracy Will Likely Live On

A panel of 77 atmospheric scientists and geochemists weigh in on the controversial streaks in the sky

Including it's current dirt and plaster packing, the skull weighs roughly 2,500 pounds.

Rare Complete T. Rex Skull Found in Montana

The "Tufts-Love skull" will be cleaned and put on display at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Vanderbilt University's newly renamed "Memorial Hall."

Five Places Where Confederate Monuments Have Recently Disappeared (or Soon Will)

Vanderbilt University's decision to rename a building to "Memorial Hall" is just one of many ongoing efforts

The sloop Washington, which sank in Lake Ontario in 1803

Explorers Find Second Oldest Shipwreck in the Great Lakes

The merchant sloop <i>Washington</i> went down in a storm in 1803 on Lake Ontario

A German armored train

Dig to Find Fabled Nazi Gold Train Begins

Explorers believe the Nazis stashed an armored train full of gold and weapons in tunnels in Poland's Owl Mountains

This 340-Million-Year-Old Ocean Crust Could Date Back to Pangaea

Researchers believe they've found the world's oldest ocean crust

Adorable Stubby Squid Found Off the Coast of Southern California

Researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus happened across a particularly cute stubby squid

Eerie Video Shows How Coral Bleaches

Time-lapse video captures the coral's convulsions while it expels the algae that give it color

Fire watchtower on the newly re-named Black Elk Peak

Highest Peak in South Dakota Renamed for Oglala Lakota Medicine Man

A federal board has officially changed South Dakota's Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak

Researcher release bumblebees in a greenhouse at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens

This Deadly Plant Virus Attracts Bees

The cucumber mosaic virus alters the scent of tomato plants to attract more bees to their ailing hosts

The remains of a teenage boy found near an altar dedicated to Zeus at Mt. Lykaion

Did the Ancient Greeks Engage in Human Sacrifice?

The remains uncovered at an altar to Zeus on Mount Lykaion may confirm legends about human sacrifice at the shrine

A view of the area of the ice-free corridor today

First Humans Entered the Americas Along the Coast, Not Through the Ice

Evidence mounts against the traditional story of early human migration through an ice corridor

Fertility Problems for Man's Best Friend Could Spell Trouble for Man

Dog sperm quality has decreased likely from household chemical exposure

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