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.

Excavations at Tell Yunatsite, Bulgaria

World's Oldest Gold Object May Have Just Been Unearthed in Bulgaria

A small gold bead shows that Copper Age people in the Balkans were processing gold 6,500 years ago

Robe volante, c. 1730

The Robe Volante, the First Comfortable Dress in France, Sells for $150,000

The sweatpants of its day for courtiers, the style was a rebellion against the elaborate, corseted dresses of Louis XIV's court

Cupping Isn't the Only Strange Tactic Olympic Athletes Use to Get a Boost

Those painful cupping "hickies" are only the start—athletes go to great lengths to gain an edge

Researchers Discover the Blue Whirl, a New Type of Flame

Naturally occurring fire tornadoes are scary, but a new clean-burning, controlled version could help clean oil spills

Cute Sand Cat Spotted for the First Time in a Decade in the United Arab Emirates

Researchers set out to photograph the elusive cat to help create a conservation plan for the endangered feline

Temple where the remains of a body and two important hieroglyphic slabs were discovered in Xunantunich

Rare Maya Burial Temple Discovered in Belize

Excavations at Xunantunich have uncovered the remains of a body and hieroglyphics that tell the story of the snake-head dynasty

Image of Fleet Street taken in 2005

Last Journalists Exit the Birthplace of Modern News

After 300 years, Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare home to dozens of newspapers and thousands of reporters, becomes a tourist stop

Interior of the Crystal Palace peep show, 1851

This Museum's Giant Collection of Paper Peepshows Offers a Pinhole into the Past

The art pieces were created during the 19th and earth 20th centuries to celebrate coronations, world events and illustrate children's stories

Research Reveals How and Why Sunflowers Turn Their Golden Heads

A new study shows sunflowers have an internal clock and face east to keep bees and other insects happy

Remains discovered in the village of Lajia, allowing researchers to date the massive earthquake and flood on the Yellow River

Does a Massive Flood Confirm China's Creation Myth?

Evidence shows a cataclysmic flood occurred along the Yellow River 3,200 years ago

Look Up! The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going to Be a Doozy This Year

The number of shooting stars could double this year

Excavations of a Dark Ages palace on the Tintagel Peninsula in Cornwall

A Palace Was Unearthed Where Legend Places King Arthur's Birthplace

Archaeologists at Tintagel uncover walls and artifacts from a Dark Ages complex likely used by local kings

An Insect Could Make Ash Baseball Bats a Thing of the Past

The invasive emerald ash borer is threatening the forests where Rawlings and Louisville Sluggers come from, putting the bats in jeopardy

A reconstruction from the 3,700-year-old remains of Ava, a woman unearthed in the Scottish Highlands

Meet Ava, a Bronze Age Woman From the Scottish Highlands

A forensic artist has recreated the face of a woman alive 3,700 years ago

EU Releases Its First Invasive Species Blacklist

Gray squirrels, raccoons and crayfish were among the prohibited species

Diaries of Holocaust Architect Heinrich Himmler Discovered in Russia

The man who designed the Nazi concentration camps switched easily between recording domestic life and mass murder

"I apologise to the indigenous people on behalf of the government, to give our deepest apology over the suffering and injustice you endured over the past 400 years," Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen said during in her speech on Monday.

Taiwan's President Issues First Formal Apology to Nation's Indigenous Peoples

Tsai Ing-wen is also setting up new programs and implementing laws to guarantee basic rights for native inhabitants

A brittle star swimming over a field of polymetallic nodules

Future Deep Sea Mining Sites Are Bursting With Rare Marine Species

The area is full of rare metals, but a new study shows it's a hub for deep-sea diversity, too

The Great Blue Hole, a 354-foot deep cavern and popular dive site in Belize's Lighthouse Reef

Explore Some of the World's Deepest Blue Holes

The Dragon Hole in the South China Sea is now the "world's deepest" underwater sinkhole. Learn why these geologic wonders form in oceans around the globe

For Sale: 400 Awesome Vintage Boomboxes

A New Zealand aficionado is auctioning off his collection of iconic 1980s music machines

Page 84 of 95