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Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle Unveils New Look After $100 Million Renovation

The update allows visitors to experience 360-degree views of the city from the observation deck

First Yellowstone Grizzly Hunt in 40 Years Will Take Place This Fall

In a controversial move, Wyoming will allow a limited take of the once-endangered species

The inscription unveiled when the tape was removed

Future of Art

Tape-Removing Gel May Be a Game Changer for Art Restoration

The newly developed hydrogel helps dissolve tape adhesive, one of the stickiest challenges for art conservation and restoration experts

Zhao Kangmin, the Archaeologist Who Pieced Together China’s Terracotta Warriors

Kangmin, who died earlier this month, was one of the first archaeologists on the scene when the famed relics were discovered in 1974

This house is just 20 micrometers long and features a tiled roof, seven windows, and a chimney.

Scientists Built the World’s Smallest House

Even a mite wouldn’t fit inside this itty-bitty structure

American South

Brush up on Your Scuba Certification—This Florida Museum Is Entirely Underwater

The Underwater Museum of Art will permanently exhibit seven sculptures in the Gulf coastal waters off Walton County, Florida

An illustration of GRACE-FO in orbit.

Meet NASA's New Dynamic Duo: A Pair of Climate Change-Tracking Satellites

The pair will measure changes in Earth's gravitational field to monitor melting glaciers, rising seas, droughts and more

New Research

Hitler's Teeth Confirm He Died in 1945

The first examination of Hitler's teeth permitted in 70 years shows the complicated dental work matches the Fuhrer's medical records

The oxygen distribution from MACS1149-JD1 appears green in this ALMA image.

New Research

Astronomers Find Signature From the Universe's Earliest Known Stars

The first lights may have winked to life just 250 million years after the Big Bang

Images of 2015 BZ509 captured by the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory.

New Research

Is This Backwards-Orbiting Asteroid an Interstellar Visitor?

The space rock could have been captured from another star system during the early days of our solar system

This test image from one of the four cameras on TESS captures a portion of the southern sky along the plane of our galaxy.

200,000 Stars Twinkle in First Test Image From NASA’s Planet-Hunting Satellite

Once its cameras are calibrated, TESS will capture 400 times as much sky as this test image

New Research

Hundreds of Blue Whales Are Permanent Residents Off New Zealand's Coasts

Survey and genetic data show the whales of South Taranaki Bight are a unique population of non-migratory blue whales

Elephants walk across the road in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.

One-Third of the World’s Protected Areas Are Threatened by ‘Intense’ Human Pressure

And that spells trouble for global biodiversity

Canada Is Now Home to the World’s Largest Stretch of Protected Boreal Forests

The province of Alberta has announced the creation of four new protected parks

Swabbing a chimp's nest.

New Research

Your Bed Is Dirtier Than a Chimp's

Human beds have far more bacteria associated with skin, saliva and feces than the nests of our primate cousins

Joe, the "fat boy" from the Pickwick Papers.

The Case for Charles Dickens, the Science Communicator

A new exhibition dives into the Victorian novelist's passion for science

Until June 15, "Portrait of a Young Gentlemen" will be on temporary view in the Amstel wing of the Hermitage Amsterdam.

A Dutch Art Dealer Says He Discovered a New Rembrandt

The claim is supported by 15 leading experts

Why This Year's Royal Wedding Cake Won't Be a Disgusting Fruitcake

Wedding guests of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry can have their cake – and this time they’ll want to eat it, too

A health care worker wears virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro, Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of the latest outbreak.

Can an Experimental Ebola Vaccine Put a Stop to the Latest Outbreak?

Over 4,000 doses of the vaccine have arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Anne Frank in 1940

Researchers Decipher Two Hidden Pages of Anne Frank’s Diary

They contain her musings on sex education and four ‘dirty’ jokes

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