Cool Finds
You Can't Get Closer to Picasso's "Guernica" Than This 436-Gigabyte Image
The new "Rethinking Guernica" website also includes 2,000 documents and photos charting the painting's 80-year history
Skeleton of a Massive Extinct Sea Cow Found on Siberian Island
Remains of the Steller's sea cow shed light on one of the first animals that taught humans about extinction
The First Interstellar Object Seen Buzzing by Earth Is Pretty Weird
Roughly the size of a football field, the object is roughly 10 times longer than it is wide
Final Piece of Hidden Magritte Masterpiece Found
X-rays have revealed the last bit of "La Pose Enchantee," which the artist cut up and reused in the early 1930s
Earth-Sized Planet Detected Just 11 Light Years Away
Orbiting the star Ross 128, our new planetary neighbor is thought to be temperate, with days up to a balmy 68 degrees Fahrenheit
New Portrait of Lord Nelson Found, Scars and All
One of many Nelson portraits by Leonardo Guzzardi, the painting has been restored to include his war wounds
Oldest Evidence of Wine Making Found in Georgia
The discovery of grape residues on pottery suggest Neolithic people had a taste for wine 8,000 years ago
Take in the Surreal Beauty of Jupiter in These Incredible New Images
NASA released the raw data earlier this week, allowing the public to process the beautiful images
Barnes Foundation Launches Digital Gallery of Its Amazing Art Collection
Historically infamous for being inaccessible to the public, the foundation has now published images of almost half of its collection online
Masterpiece of Greek Art Found in the Griffin Warrior Tomb
The engraving on the Pylos Combat Agate is so tiny and intricate that it changes our understanding of what the ancient Greeks could produce
How Scientists Identified the Oldest Known Solar Eclipse ... Using the Bible
The new research by two physicists adds to astronomical knowledge—and overturns previous Biblical interpretations
Our Nearest Neighbor Might Harbor Its Own Solar System
New data from Proxima Centauri shows it has a ring of cold dust—a sign that many planets may orbit the distant star
Brazil Begins Effort to Plant 73 Million Trees in the Amazon
The experiment in reforestation involves spreading native seeds instead of planting saplings
Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots Found Hidden Beneath Another Painting
The politically dangerous work was painted over by Adrian Vanson two year after the queen's execution
Unpublished Harper Lee Letters Purchased at Auction Share Intimate Reflections
The letters from the <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> scribe include remembrances of Hollywood celebrities, a bit of history and some sass
Einstein's Maxims on Life Fetch $1.8 Million at Auction
The notes were given as a tip to a Tokyo bellboy in 1922
This Artist Is Crowdsourcing "Singing" Sand From Around the World
Amsterdam-based artist Lotte Geeven is making sand symphonies for a public artwork debuting next spring
Google Earth Leads to Discovery of 400 Stone "Gates" in Saudi Arabia
Amateur researchers first came across the rock structures in 2004. Four years later, after seeing them again on Google Earth, they decided to investigate
Stone Age Britons Feasted While Building Stonehenge
A new exhibit shows that the builders gorged on animals from as far away as Scotland
3-D Printed Cycling Bridge Unveiled in the Netherlands
It is reportedly the first-ever civil infrastructure project built with a 3-D printer
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