The man who oversaw Nintendo's transformation into a video game company died today
This engraved infographic from 1871 shows the major events of the Revolutionary War, and some beautiful subtle additions
Some, however, are doubtful that the app will actually enact any change
While we all have a communal sense of how pirates talked, our sense of how pirates ate lies, by comparison, in uncharted waters
A three billion mile hunt will climax soon when Rosetta, quite literally, harpoons a comet
Lego platforms propped the sarcophagus in place from the inside, allowing the researchers to work on the ancient materials without fear of collapse
At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of women known as the Harvard Observatory computers helped revolutionize the science of astronomy
A 3D scanner, similar to Microsoft's Kinect, is coming to your mobile device
Using videos of thirsty customers lining up for bar-side drinks, they created algorithm equivalents for "I want a drink" body language
Mathematic and musical detectives have discovered that perhaps Beethoven's tempo was so strange because his metronome was broken
The Smithsonian Institution's 12th Secretary says he'll step down next October
Dan Corson's latest installation in Seattle—flower sculptures that light up at night—show that solar energy is viable even in the cloudy Pacific Northwest
The best questions and responses as pulled from Twitter
Flies, for example, can perceive visual stimuli four times faster than we can
Acid rain is "dissolving the surface of the Earth," making streams more alkaline in the process
Narcis Monturiol loved the ocean’s corals so much, that he built a machine so he could better enjoy them
Today the Zoo's veterinarians gave the giant panda cub a full exam and pronounced the cub healthy and thriving
The idea of there being one genetic "you" is up in the air
Two cups of flour, a nice zinfandel, a pinch of sun-dried tomatoes, and 3 chopped squirrels
Of the 67 mass shootings in the US over the past three decades, more than three-quarters of the 143 guns used were obtained legally
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