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A French street artist promises a tantalizing trick of the eye
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Decades have passed since the endangered species regularly frequented Cape Cod Bay
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Blu used a chisel and gray paint to make a point
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The decorated dining room chair J.K. Rowling used to write her iconic novels is going on sale
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The agency thinks it can achieve full gender parity in just three years
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The European Space Agency kicks off its ExoMars project to look for methane and other signs of life in the Martian atmosphere
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The forgotten tunnels were used as bomb shelters
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The proposed ancient bar and grill in southern France could shed light on the spread of Roman culture
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An interdisciplinary artist creates landscapes out of encyclopedias
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The poet wrote the letter on behalf of a dying soldier
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About the size of the human palm, the "Brian" spider can swim and hunt fish
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Social media users help scientists figure out how to accurately forecast geomagnetic events
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New art exhibit will trace humans' captivation with cats throughout history
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Meet Morgan, whose 3-week trek shows anti-poaching efforts could be working
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Japanese scientists discovered a microbe that digests one of the most common plastics
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Reed Bontecou's groundbreaking photography used a new medium to bring attention to the wounds of war
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The Bristol Old Vic’s thunder run hasn’t been used since 1942
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It’s all part of a bid to raise awareness of the plight of birds that crash into city buildings
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Astronomers recently discovered a wall of galaxies 1 billion light years across, larger than anything else yet identified in the cosmos
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Originally scheduled for this month, NASA now plans to launch the probe in 2018
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