Cool Finds

The Mystery of a Titanic Telegram

Did the Titanic's owners know about its collision with an iceberg?

A hellish landscape drawing newly attributed to Hieronymus Bosch

New Hieronymus Bosch Drawing Found in Private Art Collection

The hellish landscape is "an exceptionally important addition" to Bosch's grim work

2,600 undelivered letters, 600 of them unopened, were found inside this postmaster's trunk.

This Trunk Stuffed With 17th-Century Letters Is a Historian’s Dream

Recipients never read these letters, but their loss is history’s gain

Hedy Lamarr, mother of modern wifi.

Happy Birthday Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood Star Turned Scientist

The beauty had brains—after all, she invented the tech behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS

How the U.S. Census Defines Race

The history of America's racial identity, as told by 225 years of population data

Praise hands, this robot is happy face!

This Keyboard Lets You Type in Emoji

[heart-shaped eyes] + [clapping hands] + [money bag]

Watch 30 Minutes of Mesmerizing, Ultra-HD Sun

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory stares at the sun so you don't have to

In the unregulated park, kids encountered alligators without fences, gates or grates.

When Kids Played With Alligators in Los Angeles

Babies, dogs and onlookers mixed with snapping reptiles at California's Alligator Farm

A Minecraft World Built for Exploring Chemicals

The new world, called MolCraft, is a virtual chemistry museum

This Scientist Live-Tweets Cheetah Hunts

Documenting nature in all its beauty, viciousness, hilarity and boredom

A 2,000-Year-Old Greek Fortress Has Been Unearthed in Jerusalem

The fort played a role in the Jewish revolts that inspired Hanukkah

Forget the Hazy Clouds—The Internet is in the Ocean

This new video explores the 550,000 miles of cable that keeps the internet humming

This Incredible Street Art Is Also An Evolution Lesson

In Rome, a giant mural illustrates how life began and evolved

Hidden Poop Joke Found in 17th-Century Art Owned By Queen Elizabeth

The newly restored Dutch painting depicts a man relieving himself

Bonus points if you can find a cat in this picture.

Someone Just Paid $826,000 for the Greatest Cat Painting of All Time

"My Wife's Lovers" pays tribute to the wealthiest cats of the 1890s

According to This 1919 Writing Guide, There Are Only 37 Possible Stories

From love and disaster to "a miracle of God," the 96-year-old manual outlines every known plot

Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America

Coywolves are not 'shy wolves'—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions

Detail from the cover of the 1948 Green Book, a guidebook for black travelers.

A Black American's Guide to Travel In the Jim Crow Era

For decades, <i>The Green Book </i> was the black traveler's lifeline

How Computers Learned to Play Nintendo

Super Mario World is a great test for artificial intelligence

This Extremely Slow Rube Goldberg Device Lasts More Than Six Weeks

The whimsical invention uses molasses, a tortoise, and sprouting grass to move a golf ball

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