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Light- and dark-colored peppered moths. The black variety is thought to have evolved to camouflage moths on sooty surfaces during the Industrial Revolution.

New Research

New Evidence Shows Peppered Moths Changed Color in Sync With the Industrial Revolution

Scientists used “jumping genes” as a time machine to track down changes in moths’ appearance

Cool Finds

This Museum Made Art Out of a John Deere Harvester

'Continuous Service Altered Daily' finds life inside a familiar machine

Cool Finds

A Brief History of General Tso’s Chicken

From haute cuisine to takeout

Cool Finds

Paris’ Iconic “Love Locks” Bridge Is Now Home to a Set of Creepy Statues

The rotating art installation on the Pont des Arts bridge was inspired by classical mythology

A selection of "Emotikis" inspired by Maori culture and traditions.

Age of Humans

Emotikis and New Keyboards Bring Indigenous Cultures to Text Messaging

From Maori emojis to First Nations languages

A sketch of a Lycaeides melissa samuelis butterfly.

Art Meets Science

Vladimir Nabokov’s Butterfly Drawings Take Flight in This New Book

A little-known fact: The author of “Lolita” was also an avid lepidopterist

Cool Finds

Are the Fancy New Curling Brooms Fair? Robots and Lasers Will Help Figure It Out

So-called “Frankenbrooms” are causing tension amongst the world's curlers

Though necessary for collecting pollen, bumblebees' fuzz may also help detect electric fields.

New Research

Bumblebees Detect a Flower's Electric Buzz With Their Fuzz

Using the tiny hairs that cover their bodies, bees can tap into the weak electric field in the atmosphere

Cool Finds

Land of Oz Theme Park Will Temporarily Reopen Its Emerald Gates

This June, the yellow brick road will once again take you to see the Wizard

New Research

Neanderthals Built Mysterious Stalagmite Semicircles

But why?

A page of a manuscript of Gregorian chants

Cool Finds

Inside the Effort to Digitize Medieval Monks' Chants

Scanning and interpreting centuries-old manuscripts is a challenge because musical notation wasn't formalized yet

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Five Landmarks Threatened by Climate Change

Will a warming planet destroy humankinds' most precious cultural treasures?

Ronald Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 that apologized for the internment of Japanese American citizens and permanent residents during World War II.

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Five Times the United States Officially Apologized

These are a few instances where the U.S. admitted it had done wrong

It's so hard to quit you.

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The U.S. Nuclear Program Still Uses Eight-Inch Floppy Disks

Technological change takes forever to boot up

This sad relic of ancient Rome is up for adoption.

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Rome Is Looking for People to Adopt Famous, Falling-Apart Sites

When in Rome, pony up some cash for cultural preservation

Most experiments using the Large Hadron Collider visualize their data, but now this information can be translated into music in real time.

Art Meets Science

Tune Into the Smashing Sounds of Large Hadron Collider Data in Real Time

Grooves made by groundbreaking physics

Kelly Slater tests his new wave machine in Lemoore, California

Cool Finds

Surf Legend Builds Artificial Wave That Could Bring Surfing to the Masses

The World Surf League just bought Kelly Slater's artificial wave technology, a move that could bring surfing to places like Nebraska

The dug out end of the tunnel, as photographed in 2009.

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The Longest, Deepest Train Tunnel in the World Is About to Open

It goes straight through the base of the Alps

A close-up of Abraham Lincoln's signature on the Emancipation Proclamation.

Cool Finds

Dozens of Rare Documents From American History Just Sold at Auction

Original copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation just sold for millions

Joseph Wright's "An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump," 1768

New Research

Doctors Diagnose Diseases of Subjects in Two Famous Paintings

The doctor will frame you now

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