Levon Biss’s insect photography turns bugs into visual art. He uses macro lenses to get highly detailed pictures of endangered and extinct specimens. Insects appear prominently in art, film, and literature. […]
Russia claims to have a nuclear missile that outwits defenses. President Vladimir Putin calls it a warning against any nations that would attack Russia. Putin’s 1999 rise to power changed the country. […]
France’s presidential election put NATO and Russia in its crosshairs. Incumbent Emmanuel Macron faced off against challenger Marine Le Pen in a potentially historic election. France once came close to war with the United States. […]
An Illinois man inhaled a drill bit at the dentist’s office in March. The one-inch bit landed in his lung and was removed at a nearby hospital shortly thereafter. Our airways are part of the respiratory system. […]
Workers repairing Notre Dame after a 2019 fire found a sarcophagus. The stone coffin is believed to be up to 700 years old. Forensics experts will soon exhume it. […]
A Connecticut mechanic found abstract art worth millions in a dumpster. After getting a tip from a friend, he found the dumpster was full of paintings and drawings by abstract artist Francis Hines. Abstract art emerged in the 1910s. […]
Psilocybin, the ingredient in “magic” mushrooms, helps with depression. Patients in test groups have found rapid and sustained relief from their depressive symptoms as compared to those taking normal antidepressants. The use of psilocybin goes back to the Aztecs and Greeks. […]
President Joe Biden informally accused Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine. However, his comment is different from a determination of genocide by the U.S. government, which would require specific action. What constitutes genocide? […]
Two of Charles Darwin’s handwritten notebooks vanished in 2001. They were returned to Cambridge University anonymously in a pink bag after a 20-year search. His first notes on natural selection were inside. […]
The “Monster of Florence” killed eight couples in 18 years. More than 100,000 men were investigated for the crime and several arrested, but the case remains unsolved. Could eight, new double homicides in Italy be related? […]
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