It’s Crazy to Move a Hundred-Year-Old Tree, But This One Is Thriving
There's controversy surrounding the oak's new home, but park or no park, the Ghirardi Oak is staying, and the transport seems to have been a success
Physicists to Shoot Extremely Fast-Moving Electrons at Dinosaur Skin Fossil
The actual color of dinosaur skin is still very much up for debate
Can This Marketing Campaign Make Hipsters Turn to Jesus?
Marketers can convince us to do crazy things, like tattoo brand names on our foreheads or jump out of airplanes. But can they make hipsters turn to God?
Mary Thom, Feminist, Historian and Editor, Dies in Motorcycle Crash at 68
Mary Thom, feminist editor, writer and behind-the-scenes activist, died earlier this week in a motorcycle accident in Yonkers
The First LPs Weren’t for Music—They Were Audiobooks for the Blind
Record companies hadn't yet figured out how to make music sound good on LPs
This 16-Year-Old Has a Bionic Hand Almost as Good as Luke Skywalker’s
While Patric Kane didn't have his hand sliced of by a lightsaber, he's got a bionic replacement that's one step closer to Skywalker's eerily lifelike robot paw
In True Pirate Form, the Pirate Bay Can’t Find Anyone to Take It In
The Pirate Bay just relocated to Icleand, but they may have to be on the move again some time soon
How a Pizza Maker Revolutionized the Stunt-Kite-Flying World
First, let's establish the fact that there is something in the United States called the American Kitefliers Association
Fish Bladders Are Actually a Thing People Smuggle, And They’re Worth a Lot of Money
One bladder from the totoaba macdonaldi fish can garner $5,000 in the United States, and over $10,000 in Asia
This Cute Little Liver Might be the Future of Drug Testing
Researchers just printed the tiniest human livers ever
Oxford Principal Nixes Student Plan to Have Live Shark at Ball
The tipoff that it would appear at all came from a poster for the ball that simply says, in large white letters, "Ginglymostoma cirratum (you should really go look that up)"
Should the Higgs Boson Be Renamed to Credit More Scientists?
Peter Higgs didn't discover the elusive speck on his own, and now some are wondering whether it should be renamed to honor some of the other scientists too
Math Prodigy Shakuntala Devi, ‘The Human Computer,’ Dies at 83
In 1977, Devi faced off against a computer in a speed calculation race. She won twice
There’s Now a Girl Scout Badge for Computer Game Design
Girl Scouts might be best known for their yearly cookie sale, but the organization is making strides to bring their girls into the tech world
Pediatricians to Kids: Do Not Eat Straight Cinnamon
As it turns out, trying to eat that much cinnamon can be really bad for you
For Blind Moms, 3-D Prints of Fetuses Stand In for Sonogram Images
One company is trying to give those women a tactile equivalent to the sonogram, by 3-D printing their fetus for them
Invasive Lionfish Are Like a Living, Breathing, Devastating Oil Spill
Meet the lionfish - the poisonous and ravenous fish that is making its way across the Atlantic ocean like a slowly crawling, devastating oil spill
Someone at the FCC Is a Boston Red Sox Fan
The Federal Communications Commission, normally quick to crack down on the slightest infringement, is letting David Ortiz's f-bomb slide
Can Stress Really Make Your Hair Fall Out?
It's a common cartoon trope, but it's actually true, in a way.
Some Icelanders Are Accidentally Dating a Relative and Now There’s an App for That
Dating your relatives by accident is a common enough problem for Icelanders that there is now an app to help people avoid it
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