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The Tamu Massif is not only the world's largest volcano, but also one of the largest documented volcanoes in the solar system
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The NSA spent decades trying to stop the spread of encryption technology
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Sasanian Persians gassed at least 19 Romans by adding sulfur crystals and bitumen to fire in 256 CE
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A new orbiter is going to the Moon, and it's launching from Virginia
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Books have been around a long time, but the way we store them--stacked vertically, spines out--is a relatively recent invention
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The U.S. army just built a mobile factory that can break down chemical weapons on site
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Photographs from the early 1900s show Rosh Hashanah in New York
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To study trypophobia, scientists went to the most obvious place: the trypophobia website and Facebook group
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While they may not make much money or live in the nicest of places, artists are actually far more satisfied with their jobs that you probably are
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A new book of photography addresses the tumultuous changes currently rocking China and seeks to capture traditional ways of life that may soon disappear
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Every time he tried to paddle off, the crocodile came really close to his boat and he had to turn back
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The process involves shoving cloth under the skin of your arm, walking around for two weeks with your bicep attached to your face, and probably dying
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Scientists have actually taken the time to investigate the idea, and produced some hard numbers that indicated that cow-tipping "has no leg to stand on"
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Unlike past glass-based models, the new implant's ceramic material will not shatter if someone bumps their head
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Perhaps the king's cooks were not washing their hands, or forgetting to rinse the human waste-fertilized salad greens before serving them to their monarch
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Ride alongside NASA's Airborne Science Laboratory as scientists try to figure out the role of clouds in climate change
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Looking to boost morale, the Japanese crime syndicate is putting out a magazine
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The well worn, patched up tunic turned up after sections of Norway's quickly-melting Lendbreen glacier retreated
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The tiny Gardiner's frog does not possess an eardrum, but it has come up with a convenient evolutionary hack to get around that
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The Japanese government has stepped in and announced that it will invest $500 million in the project
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