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These Photos Show Just How Colossal the World's Tallest Sandcastle Is

The new Guinness World Record holder is a 48.8-foot creation on Puri Beach that celebrates world peace. It's <i>shore</i> to impress

Esther Howland popularized and mass-produced Valentine's Day cards like this one, using lace and colorful paper.

How to Make an Authentic Civil War Valentine

Handmade Valentine cards were popularized (and commercialized) in the U.S. during the Civil War years

Frogs have a sticky secret: spit.

New Research

Special Spit Helps Frogs Get a Grip on Insects

Secretly sticky spit snatches snacks, study shows

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michael Basquiat won the 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal.

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American Librarians Just Chose 2017’s Best Books for Children and Young Adults

Meet the 2017 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz award winners

Manu Prakesh spins his Paperfuge

New Research

How a Children's Toy Could Help Fight Malaria

A 20-cent whirligig-like centrifuge could help doctors in remote regions diagnose disease

The song made its debut 205 years ago—in a boat.

Inauguration History

Why Do We Play 'Hail to the Chief' for the President?

A Scottish rebel features prominently in the anthem

Poppies near Ribeira de Piscos, Côa Valley, Western Iberia, Portugal

Europe

A Project to "Rewild" Europe, Brings a Safari-Style Camp to Portugal

See Europe as it was five thousand years ago

Poland's Sjem, or lower house of parliament, was the site of a recent showdown on press freedoms.

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Poland Has Lifted Its Media Ban

It’s the latest in an ongoing saga about press freedoms in the populist-led country

The first edition of A Christmas Carol. The illustration on the left is of Mr. Fezziwig's ball, one of Scrooge's good memories.

Why Charles Dickens Wrote 'A Christmas Carol'

The beloved story sold 6,000 copies in its first week in print and 15,000 in its first year

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How Mozart Outsold Beyonce in CD Sales in 2016

A massive new box set catpulted the classical superstar to the top of the charts

Canada

The Town That Polar Bears Built

Get to know the four-legged residents of Churchill, Canada

A national museum of women's history would celebrate the accomplishment of women like these members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, who went on strike against non-union shoulder pads in 1930.

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Why a Congressional Commission Wants a National Women’s History Museum

Will the American Museum of Women’s History ever become reality?

New Research

Chill Ways to Recycle Last Year's Snow

Let it snow!

Girls are saying "let it go" to princess costumes in favor of superheroes.

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Kids Ditch Princess Costumes in Favor of Superheroes This Halloween

For the first time in over a decade, princesses falter on the charts

One of the best ways to experience Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska is by kayak.

Family Travel

Beautiful Photos from America’s Six Least-Visited National Parks

These parks are less popular, but no less spectacular

Albina Yard, a 16,000-square-foot office building in Portland, uses wood, not steel and concrete, as its structural support.

Age of Humans

Move Over, Steel: The High Rises of Tomorrow Are ‘Plyscrapers’

Light, strong and renewable, wood may change how tall buildings are built

This grocery store's shelves are lined with 100% wasted food.

Cool Finds

This Supermarket Sells Only Wasted Food

It’s a yummy solution to a worldwide problem

In an artist's interpretation, the forested and warm Late Cretaceous is abruptly destroyed by a six-mile wide asteroid.

Life Bounced Back After the Dinosaurs Perished

The devastation was immediate, catastrophic and widespread, but plants and mammals were quick to take over

Randall Munroe’s xkcd comic tackles a range of popular science topics with an enlightening and humorous approach.

Age of Humans

New xkcd Comic Masterfully Shows How Climate Has Changed Through Time

Scroll through 20,000 years of humorously illustrated climate data

Kayak may be the best way to explore the climate change memorial of the future.

Anthropocene

What Will the Memorials of the Future Look Like?

From underwater trees to mechanical parrots, the memorials of tomorrow don’t look much like the ones that exist today

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