Cool Finds
This Artist Is the Only Person Banned From Using the World’s Pinkest Pink
It's a brightly colored revenge for restricting the world’s blackest black
Sixty-Two-Foot Wave Sets New Record
A sensor in the North Atlantic detected a set of waves averaging over six stories tall, setting a new record for a buoy-measured wave
Researchers Found a Long-Lost Christmas Song
"Crown Winter With Green" has some serious archival cred—and a sad story to tell
Fossil Footprints Show Movements of Our Early Ancestors
The trace fossils found in Tanzania spurred a debate about how early hominids lived
The CIA Is Celebrating Its Cartography Division’s 75th Anniversary by Sharing Declassified Maps
Decades of once-secret maps are now freely available online
Prize-Winning Videos Capture Mesmerizing, Microscopic World
Everything looks cooler when it's viewed through the lens of a microscope
Explore the Seedy Reality of a London Long Gone
Charles Booth explored the poorest parts of England’s capital—and changed the way social scientists think about the world
The Library of Congress Is Putting Its Map Collection on the Map
A new partnership with the Digital Public Library of America will put three major LOC map collections online
Japan Testing "Space Tether" to Knock Junk Out of Orbit
The KITE experiment will use a half-mile long cable to guide some of the 500,000 chunks of space junk out of orbit
Someone Paid $46,000 for a Bunch of Mold
Its discovery was an accident, but this scientific sample changed the course of medicine forever
The Ancient Origins of Apple Cider
The classic fall drink has a boozy history going back thousands of years
Scientists Discover Cosmic Dust in the Grime of City Gutters
Usually only found in remote locations, a dedicated amateur scientist combed through pounds of urban debris to recover these space specks
Oldest Community of Monks in U.K. Discovered
The find was thanks to a community training dig
Scientists Finally Spot Giant, Slimy Sea Blob First Found Over a Century Ago
Discovered in 1899, the creature recently popped up in Monterey Bay
This Artist Wants to Send a Sculpture of Your Laughs Into Space
#Laugh is on orbit to become the first art piece created in space
What Happened to America’s Most Precious Documents After Pearl Harbor?
Librarians and archivists made sure the nation’s records didn’t become casualties of World War II
Researchers Identify Queen Nefertari's Mummified Knees
Found in 1904, new research confirms the mummified fragments in a Turin museum likely belong to ancient Egypt's beautiful and revered queen
Alan Turing’s World War II Headquarters Will Once Again House Codebreakers
Bletchley Park is being revived as a cybersecurity training center
How Maps Shaped Shakespeare
An exhibition in Boston delves into historical maps to show how the Bard saw the wider world
These Photos Bring the Women’s Movement to Life
<i>Catching the Wave</i> dramatizes the large and small moments of second-wave feminism
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