QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Bartica, Guyana [6.4073096658, -58.62373473]What’s in the photo? A trio of waterways merging into a striking “half-and-half”…
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QUICK FACTSName: Lady of ElcheWhat it is: A limestone bustWhere it is from: Elche, SpainWhen it was made: Circa 400…
Elevators have a strange way of messing with your sense of gravity. The moment an elevator lurches upward, you feel…
This month could be the best time to spot the northern lights for nearly a decade, as the combination of…
Priestesses of a mysterious cult in ancient Greece and Rome may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic…
Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain…
Steve Fleming’s research is definitely “meta” — a Greek prefix indicating self-reference. He’s a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London…
quick factsWhat it is: HD 61005, a sun-like star nicknamed the “Moth”Where it is: About 117 light-years away in the…
Milestone: Black hole radiation theorizedDate: March 1, 1974Where: Cambridge, EnglandWho: Stephen HawkingIn 1974, a brilliant 32-year-old physicist published a not-quite-two-page…
March is a great month to step outside and look up. As winter gives way to spring, the night sky…