History
The Avignon Papacy Was Weakness — Or So the Myth Wants You to Think
A seven-century-old chapter of Church history became an unlikely flashpoint in modern geopolitics early in…
History
25 Quotes from the Middle Ages That Still Feel Startlingly Relevant
Across centuries and continents, the people of the Middle Ages had a great deal to say — and some of…
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Environment
100,000 Pounds of Invasive Carp Pulled From the Kansas River
More than 109,000 pounds of invasive carp have been pulled from the Kansas River since…
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Ancient Blocks From the Lost Lighthouse of Alexandria Pulled From the Sea
Twenty-two massive stone blocks — some weighing between 77 and 88 U.S. tons each —…
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The Name English Gave a Group of Hedgehogs Fits Them Perfectly
Type “group of hedgehogs” into a search bar and you’ll get back a word that…
Environment
Spain Revives a 40-Year Naval Silence With Morocco’s New Warship
For the first time in roughly four decades, a Spanish shipyard has built a warship…
Environment
He Dug a Fish Lake on Farmland and Wildlife Moved In Within 1,000 Days
A five-acre pond dug on a former peanut field to raise fish quietly became something…
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Parakeets Near Your Home Are Carrying a Message About Your City
Those loud, bright-green birds wheeling over your street in a tight, chattering flock are not…
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Colonial Maryland Cemetery Reveals an 8-Year-Old Buried Among White Settlers
Buried in a gable-lidded coffin, wrapped in a shroud, and laid to rest among some…
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What a Medieval Studies Scholar Told a Room Full of Academics About Teaching in Troubled Times
What happens when the debates raging outside the classroom walls are more urgent — and…
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Environment
A Medieval Ship Found Under Tallinn Still Holds Its Crew’s Belongings After 650 Years
Just 1.5 meters below a busy Tallinn street, construction crews in 2022 broke through the…
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Millions of Pets Could Cross EU Borders Differently After 2028
What happens when you try to bring your dog or cat into the European Union…
Environment
The Milky Way May Be Floating on a Dark Matter Sheet Nobody Mapped
What if the Milky Way isn’t just floating in space — but is actually resting…
Science
El Niño Is Heading Toward Its Strongest Phase in 150 Years
There is now a 65% chance that the El Niño developing this year will be…
Environment
Ancient Forest Fires Found in Asia Are 237 Million Years Old
Wildfires feel like a crisis of our time — worsened by drought, fanned by heat,…
Environment
Israel’s Fighter Jet Deal Costs Far More Than the Price of the Planes
Two full fighter jet squadrons. Tens of billions of dollars. And a question that rarely…
Science
AI Chatbots Are Giving Stalkers Personalized Advice And No One Is Stopping Them
AI chatbots are not just failing to prevent violence against women and girls — in…
Environment
Your Brain Hits Its Biggest Structural Change at Age 32
The human brain doesn’t finish developing when you graduate high school, or even when you…
Science
Antarctica Lost Massive Sea Ice in 2015 — Scientists Finally Know Why
Antarctica was supposed to be the exception. While the Arctic shrank and global temperatures climbed,…
Environment
Camden Put Something Small Inside Homes and Cut Flooding by 13%
A 13% reduction in urban flooding — not from a massive tunnel project or a…
Science
The Health Tracker That Looks Like a Watch and Has ECG Too
What if the most capable health tracker you could buy didn’t look anything like a…
Science
Don Juan Pond Never Freezes and Scientists Are Still Puzzled by It
Temperatures in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys regularly plunge to minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 50…