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Ambitious New Public Art Project Will Turn the Thames Into an Illuminated Canvas
When <i>Illuminated River</i> launches in 2018, it will be the biggest such project ever undertaken
Escape With a Virtual Ride on the World’s Steepest Train
Things are looking up (down, right and left) thanks to a 360-degree video captures a stunning Norwegian fjord
Dallas Proposes the Country's Largest Urban Park
A 10,000-acre Nature District could turn the Trinity River into the city’s centerpiece
Construction Workers Uncover Ancient Elephant Bones Under L.A.’s Subway
But it won’t slow the metro down
Listen to This Holly, Jolly (and a Little Creepy) A.I.-Penned Christmas Song
A neural network at the University of Toronto wrote a holiday ditty based on an image of a Christmas tree
For 50 Years, This Swedish City Has Celebrated Christmas Season With a Giant Straw Goat
And most of the time it meets a fiery end
Massive Cluster of Sinkholes Found Deep in China’s Mountainous Northwest
The network of pockmarks is packed with old-growth forests and giant flying squirrels
John Lewis’ Arrest Records Are Finally Uncovered
“Good trouble” led to real consequences for the civil rights agitator
You Can Help Try to Track Down D.B. Cooper’s True Identity by Digging Through FBI Files
A crowdsourced project is trying to identify the infamous skyjacker once and for all
Newly Uncovered Ruins Reveal 7,000-Year-Old City in Egypt
Ancient huts and tombs could be the final resting places of local elites
Rare 17th-Century Map Found Shoved Up a Chimney Is Restored
Nothing like an antique document to block a draft
Stargazers Help Track Down a Freshly Fallen Meteorite in Western Australia
A network of cameras and smartphone apps are helping Australian researchers hunt for space rocks
Researchers Trace 300-Year-Old Lump of Poop to Danish Bishop
The upper class contents of the little nugget suggests it likely belonged to Bishop Jens Bircherod or his wife
Mercury's Newly-Discovered "Great Valley" Puts Earth's Grand Canyon to Shame
The vast scar across the tiny planet is remarkable in itself—but it also reveals that Mercury may still be tectonically active
New York’s Upper West Side Has Its Own Whale
The mammal is on what seems to be an epic tour of Manhattan
Crocodile Mummy Found Packed With Dozens of Smaller Crocodile Mummies
The little critters escaped notice until high-powered modern scanners tackled the mummified remains
One Hundred Years Ago, the Titanic's Sister Ship Exploded While Transporting Injured WWI Soldiers
Bad luck seemed to follow the White Star Line’s infamous steam liners
What Pilgrims Heard When They Arrived in America
They came to America seeking religious freedom, but what did their prayers, and those of the local Native Americans, sound like?
New Dictionary Explains 45,000 English and Irish Surnames
Using sources dating back to the 11th century, researchers have put together the massive Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Over 40 Ancient Ships Discovered on the Bottom of the Black Sea
Researchers on a geology survey in Bulgarian waters ended up discovering vessels from the Ottoman, Byzantine and Venetian empires
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