Pressed chestnut leaves
Plants & Animals

When Chestnuts Ruled Our Forests

Once plentiful, chestnuts were virtually extirpated from the forests of eastern North America by WWII.
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Science & Technology

EPA Announces 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Award Winners

The 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Award winners discover new strategies for pollution prevention.
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Arts & Culture

Florence Foster Jenkins, World’s Worst Opera Diva

Florence Foster Jenkins, the legendary diva of awfulness, known as the world's worst opera singer.
The sun rising over the Earth's horizon
Science & Technology

Welcome to the Anthropocene

What is the anthropocene?
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Education & Society

Humans and Neanderthals: History Revealed in an Ancient Femur

Recent findings narrow the period in which both Neanderthals and modern humans existed together.
FedEx trucks lined up in a parking lot
Business

Before Amazon, There Was FedEx

How FedEx's data-driven approach paved the way for Amazon.
A maternity ward worker holds a baby in an empty hospital hall
Business

Ready for the 11-Hour Work Day?

Will the 11-hour work day become a reality?
A tower of giraffes
Plants & Animals

The Secret Lives of Giraffes

Despite being such conspicuous animals, researchers still know surprisingly little about giraffes.
An older black and white headshot of Nelly Bly beside the cover of Round the World with Nelly Bly
Politics & History

Nellie Bly, Girl Reporter

A look back on Nellie Bly and the era of "stunt-reporting."
Painting of Ebinezer Elliot
Business

Nineteenth-Century Rappers, Corn Laws, and the Rise of Free Trade

The strange intersection of corn laws, rap, poetry, and free trade.