Ornithologists are tracking the second major snowy owl southern migration in as many years, indicating that the birds’ numbers are still going strong
In a few years, shepherds might be monitoring their flocks with networks of wireless sensors
One new technique for green building—making houses out of straw—actually draws on century-old ideas
Watch as UC Berkeley’s bells play the earth’s “natural frequencies”
A group of criminal justice reformers find 700 more lynchings in the segregated South than previously recorded
An archivist in England stumbled upon a 715-year-old edition of the charter credited for initiating a new framework of governance
The famed ratio, which shows up in art, architecture and nature, can also be found in space
Our ability to eat bitter plants help distinguish us from our ancestors and chimpanzees today
Data gathered by the European Space Agency’s Planck telescope indicates that the universe was dark for about 550 million years after the big bang
The social network’s worldwide reach is leading to some serious confusion
A Gauguin painting broke the price record this week, selling for nearly $300 million
Humans aren’t the only primates capable of learning new “words” for the same object
The loan of over 10,000 documents from the Civil Rights icon’s personal life reveals her complexity and inner struggles—as well as one solid pancake recipe
The ground-dwelling chicks are pestered by invasive ants spraying acid
Women didn’t take their preventative medications, even those proven to work, for fear of side effects
A small study showed impressive categorizing abilities in three pigeons
“Hawaii 2” started as a joke, turned into an island owned by the card game and licensed to its players
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