The Pope’s Tweets Are Official Church Doctrine
The pope is officially Tweeting now, under the handle @pontifex, and his Tweets are officially "part of the church's magisterium." Which means that anything he Tweets is the teaching authority of the Catholic Church
There Are More Brainteasers About Crossing Rivers Than You Ever Imagined
Perhaps you've heard the classic puzzle about the fox, the goose and the grain?
Video Games Are Officially Art, According to the MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art bought 14 video games last week to add to their permanent collection - making video games not just interesting anthropological artifacts, but also a form of art
Sometimes Blue Whales Do Barrel Rolls While They Eat
If you were to attach yourself to a Blue Whale, this is what you would see
Watch All of 2012′s Hurricanes in One Video
Today marks the end of hurricane season. Here's the run down on the year, and every storm on one animation
Uglier Campaign Fundraising Emails Make More Money
All the rules you expect might apply to sending a perfect fundraising email? Throw them out the window
In Denmark, Cinderella Wore Galoshes
Cinderella isn't a Disney story, and earlier versions are, well, different
Frogfish Might Look Like Sponges, But They’re Super Fast
Frogfish are really good at blending in with their environment - particularly with the sponges that they live on. But they're also crazy fast hunters
The Strange Things We Do To Keep Our Food Cold
Whether it was shipped to you from somewhere, stored in a warehouse, or sold nice and chilly, over 3/4 of the food we eat has been commercially refrigerated
Prepare to Be Amazed: Is That a Rubik’s Cube or a Drawing?
From the correct angle, you'd swear that these are three-dimensional objects
This Robot Is a Better Dad Than Your Dad
Disney is building a robot that can play catch
Your Hotel Key Is Totally Hackable
Recently, thieves exploited a hack of those magnetic stripped cards to break into several rooms at a Hyatt in Houston, and your hotel could be next
Elon Musk’s Plan for Mars Is Really Vague But Definitely Expensive
Like any self-respecting space entrepreneur, Elon Musk has a plan for a Mars colony
World War II Code Writers Were So Good We Still Don’t Know What They Were Saying
Earlier this month, a pigeon with a secret code was found in a chimney in Surrey but no one has been able to crack the code
Citizen Science Projects Are Actually Helpful to Science
How helpful can citizen scientists really be? A new review study says: very helpful
Watch the World’s Oldest Working Computer Turn On
The Harwell Dekatron—also known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation or the WITCH computer—was built in 1951
Who’s Murdering And Mutilating These Dolphins?
Along the southern coast of the United States a mystery is deepening: mutilated dolphins keep washing up on the beach, and no one knows where they're coming from
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