A brown bear with its fur caught in the wind

Drones Stress Out Bears, Too

The effects of drones and planes on animal stress.
Textured canvas with Buildings of Parliament and Big Ben tower in London UK view from Thames river.

Old Smoke: London’s Famous Fog

The history of "Old Smoke", London's famous fog.
Estonian flag pinned into a globe showing the location of Estonia

How Singing Started a Revolution in Estonia

The vibrant and revolutionary culture of singing in Estonia.
An Earth-like planet in the foreground and the sun in the background

Kepler Finds Truly Earth-like World

The Kepler telescope discovers a habitable planet.
Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

The Internet Didn’t Doom the Daily New Orleans Times-Picayune; Katrina Did

The Times-Picayune had no choice after Katrina but to publish primarily online.
A woman in a modest swimsuit with sleeves and a skirt past her knees

Modesty in Fashion

The intersection of religion and fashion has led to modesty in bathing suits.
Salt flat Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia at sunrise

Bolivia Plans to Mine the Salar de Uyuni for Lithium

The Salar de Uyuni, which belongs to the Altiplano of the high Andes, is a unique and important ecosystem. It’s also an enormous lithium reserve.
Hadron Collider

A Brief History of Quarks

Understanding the history and future of quarks.
Still from an an older dating show

Before Tinder, There Was Video Dating

The precursor to online dating was video dating.
Dolphin on the forehead of a whale rising out of the water

Nothing Beats a Dolphin Riding a Whale

Studies of play in dolphins