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railroads

Wuppertal's Beloved Floating Monorail Is Moving Again

All aboard!
Jessica Leigh Hester August 2, 2019
The circle is much, much younger than archaeologists thought.
geology

It Turns Out That This 'Millennia-Old' Stone Circle Is Actually Only as Old as Millennials

It's a recent riff on an ancient Scottish tradition.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 23, 2019
Whoa, what's up with that?
meteorites

What the Heck Was That Squiggle in the Sky?

No, it's not a chemtrail. Or space junk. Or aliens.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 20, 2018
The Thames mud can provide ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials such as leather.
shoes

Found: Unfortunate 'Booted Man,' Who Met a Muddy End 500 Years Ago

The footwear would have been well-suited to tromping through the London mud that preserved it.
Anna Kusmer December 6, 2018
Catasticta sibyllae, named for Maria Sibylla Merian, is known from only two specimens.
natural history

A Rare and Striking Butterfly Is Named for a Pioneering Female Naturalist

Maria Sibylla Merian watched these beautiful insects more closely than anyone else of her time.
Sarah Laskow December 6, 2018
Why? How?
underwater

The Mysterious Phenomenon of Seals With Eels in Their Noses

The Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program found yet another pinniped with an unusual nasal inhabitant.
Sarah Laskow December 5, 2018
Bottles upon bottles of whiskey, neatly organized and hidden for a century.
prohibition

For Sale: Pre-Prohibition Whiskey, Once Hidden in a Vault Behind a Bookcase

Naturally!
Sarah Laskow December 3, 2018
The entrance to Auschwitz.
music

Musical Arrangements Made at Auschwitz Have Been Uncovered in an Archive

Polish political prisoners played a song called “The Most Beautiful Time of Life" for the SS.
Sarah Laskow November 27, 2018
Smoke from the Woolsey Fire darkens the sky at Zuma beach in Malibu on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018.
fires

How Wildfire Smoke Drifts So Quickly

Scientists are able to predict its path.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 21, 2018
The mounds were once hidden by the forest.
tunnels

Northeast Brazil Is Dotted With Millions of Enormous Termite Mounds

The soaring cones cover a landscape nearly the size of Great Britain.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 19, 2018
The largest projectiles weigh more than 20 pounds each.
military history

Found: Weapons From World War II, Uncovered by a Hurricane

A North Carolina beach had secrets from the 1940s buried deep in the sand.
Sarah Laskow November 19, 2018
A map of the topography, showing the crater.
meteorites

A Massive Meteorite Crater Has Been Hiding Under Greenland's Ice

It ranks in the top 25 largest impact craters ever discovered.
Sarah Laskow November 15, 2018
A strong solar flare from 2012.
science

The Sun Set Off 4,000 Sea Mines During the Vietnam War

Only now do scientists fully understand just how strong a 1972 solar storm was.
Sarah Laskow November 14, 2018
John of Gaunt visits the King of Portugal.
politics

What It Took to Get Impeached in the 14th Century

You basically had to sell a castle to the enemy.
Sarah Laskow November 7, 2018
An empty senate chamber, circa 1873.
politics

How Nevada Became the Only State Where You Can Vote for 'None of These Candidates'

In some years, a good option.
Cara Giaimo November 6, 2018
The Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi) that contributed DNA for the study.
islands

How Did the World's Smallest Flightless Bird Get to Inaccessible Island?

The first scientists to describe the animal thought it might have walked.
Sarah Laskow November 2, 2018
Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University, 1988.
science

For Sale: An Invitation to Stephen Hawking’s Cocktail Party for Time Travelers

Please retain for the next thousand years or so.
Sarah Laskow November 2, 2018
The Triforium was lit up for a special event back in 2006.
art

L.A.'s Most Derided Piece of Public Art Is About to Light Up Again

Reviving the Triforium.
Sarah Laskow October 18, 2018