Cool Finds
Fish Live Under Antarctica’s Ice Shelf, Where It Seems They Shouldn’t Survive
Biologists expected the seafloor under a glacier to be nearly barren, until life swam into view
Turing’s Secret Notebook Is Up for Auction
The notebooks offer a glimpse into the mind of a codebreaker
Finally! A Tire That Will Never Go Flat
The Tweel went into commercial production in November, recently got picked up by John Deere and may soon be rolling towards you
This Woman Can’t Feel Fear
Damage from a rare genetic condition appears to have knocked out the "fear center" in her brain
The First Woman in America to Receive an M.D. Was Admitted to Med School as a Joke
When the students at Geneva Medical College voted in jest to admit a woman, they unwittingly paved the way for Elizabeth Blackwell’s trailblazing career
The Wine of the Future Could Be Aged Underwater
A historic shipwreck inspired a new way to age wine
Solar Power Provides About As Many Jobs As the Coal Industry in the U.S.
Estimates might even give solar and edge in the jobs department, but is that a good thing?
This 3,500-Year-Old Dagger Made a Really Great Doorstop
One man’s doorstop is another man’s rare, ancient artifact
Tighty-Whities First Hit the Market More Than 80 Years Ago
Even a blizzard couldn’t dampen the excitement from the release of the first pair of men’s briefs in 1935
Beavers Once Parachuted into Idaho’s Backcountry
Strange things can happen when you combine WWII military surplus, innovative thinking and a bunch of beavers in need of a new home
Read Through Early Drafts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speeches
One website gives you a peek into the mind of one of America’s most powerful orators
The Doctor Who Introduced the Virtues of Hand Washing Died of an Infection
A sad fate: Ignes Semmelweis, a maternity doctor who fought for hospital sanitation, died of sepsis
These Photos From a Lunar Orbiter Could Be Abstract Art
Our distant view of the Moon from Earth is nice, but these close-ups are amazing
Save the Voices of Tolkien, Joyce And Tennyson
The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings
America's Goats Are Concentrated in Texas
In 2012, famers reported more than 2 million goats living in the U.S.
Some Microbes Can Eat And Breathe Electricity
How many ways can life exist? Some recently discovered microbes can live on a cathode, apparently without the need for a carbon food-source
Mummy Feces Solve the Mystery of How Verona's Most Powerful Man Died
Digging deep for the secret behind a medieval warlord's mysterious death
A Museum in England Is Hiding a Forgery Among Its Masterpieces
A South London gallery is asking its patrons to identify the fake in order to spark discussion about how and why we appreciate the art
Two Men Tried To Cure Schizophrenia by Removing Their Patients’ Intestines
Bayard Holmes and Henry Cotton were separated by a generation, but both thought that mental illness arose from toxins produced within the body
How a Single Penny Became Worth More Than $2 Million
Fifteen years ago, few would pay $1 million for a coin—no matter how rare. That's changing.
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