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Noway's King Harald V Dies at 89; Who Will Rule Now?

Wren Corvayne — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:54:10 -0400

Norway has a new monarch following the death of King Harald V, whose 35-year reign helped transform the royal family into a more accessible and inclusive national institution.

Joseph Ducreux: An 18th-Century Painter Making 21st-Century Selfies

Isla Brevant — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:12:01 -0400

Long before reaction GIFs and image macros, Joseph Ducreux was painting himself with the kind of facial expressions that seem tailor-made for the internet. One self-portrait catches him yawning with his mouth wide open. In another, he points at the viewer with a knowing grin.

Black Diamond Apple Trees Grow at 10,000 Feet of Elevation

Elena Tralwyn — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:06:01 -0400

The Black Diamond apple sounds like a fruit invented for a fairy tale: glossy, nearly black skin wrapped around crisp white flesh. It really exists, although "black" is stretching things a bit. The fruit typically develops a deep purple or burgundy color.

Wild Devils Hole Pupfish Only Live in This Death Valley Thermal Pool

Nico Avelle — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:12:01 -0400

The Devils Hole pupfish lives in one of the smallest natural ranges of any vertebrate species on Earth. Its entire wild population occupies a single water-filled limestone cavern in the Nevada desert, where hot water, low oxygen and a tiny feeding area make survival an everyday challenge.

Chess Boxing Sprang From a Comic Trilogy and Has Gone Global

Isla Brevant — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:06:16 -0400

Chess boxing is a hybrid sport that asks competitors to do two very different things: outthink an opponent at a chess board and outfight that same opponent in a boxing ring. A typical chess boxing match alternates rounds of chess and boxing, so a competitor might be calculating a checkmate one minute and defending against punches the next.

Nepal Flash Floods Kill at Least 95 as Hundreds Remain Missing

Grant Virellan — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:09:20 -0400

A wall of mud, rock and water tore through northern Nepal on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, sweeping away homes, roads, bridges and hydropower projects near the country’s border with Tibet.

Texas Drag Show Ban Blocked Again After Federal Judge Rules It Unconstitutional

Lena Thaywick — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:08:59 -0400

A federal judge has again ruled that Texas’ controversial restrictions on drag performances violate the First Amendment and has barred enforcement against the remaining plaintiffs.

Secret Service Places 3 Officials on Leave Amid Misconduct Investigation

Wren Corvayne — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:08:38 -0400

Three U.S. Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave while the agency investigates allegations of potential misconduct.

How Anatoli Bugorski Survived a Radioactive Beam to the Face

Grant Virellan — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:12:01 -0400

On July 13, 1978, Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski experienced the kind of particle accelerator accident that sounds impossible to survive. A high-energy proton beam passed straight through his head while he was working at the U-70 synchrotron in Protvino, Soviet Union.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe Blended Blues and Gospel to Pioneer Rock 'n' Roll

Isla Brevant — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:06:29 -0400

Before Chuck Berry duck-walked across a stage and before Elvis Presley became a rock 'n' roll phenomenon, Rosetta Tharpe was already singing gospel music while attacking an electric guitar with distortion, rhythmic drive and unmistakable showmanship.

Dolly Parton, Country Music Icon and Philanthropist, Dies at 80

Isla Brevant — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:37:56 -0400

Dolly Parton, the singer, songwriter, actor and businesswoman who rose from poverty in the Great Smoky Mountains to become one of the most beloved figures in American entertainment, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. She was 80.

Why Are People Climbing Out of New York City Manholes?

Lena Thaywick — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:39:38 -0400

New York City’s underground has always inspired stories about hidden tunnels, abandoned stations and even sewer-dwelling alligators. But in 2026, some of the people emerging from below the streets have been very real.

Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Leaves 2 Dead as Cases Approach 400

Grant Virellan — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:23:19 -0400

Pennsylvania health officials have confirmed the state’s first measles-related deaths in 35 years as an outbreak continues to spread across the commonwealth.

Death Valley Tragedy Reminds Us Why Heat Safety Is Vital

Wren Corvayne — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:59:05 -0400

A 68-year-old French tourist died in Death Valley National Park after his vehicle became stuck on a remote road, forcing him and a companion to seek help in temperatures that reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius).

Now-Flooded Doggerland Once Connected Great Britain to Continental Europe

Lena Thaywick — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:12:01 -0400

About 12,000 years ago, Doggerland was a vast landscape where people could walk across territory that now lies beneath the North Sea. It connected Great Britain with continental Europe and included rivers, wetlands, plains and higher ground inhabited by animals and hunter-gatherers.

The Mars Moons Are Each Roughly the Size of Manhattan

Grant Virellan — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:06:01 -0400

Mars isn't alone on its journey around the sun. The Mars moons, Phobos and Deimos, are two tiny moons with irregular, potato-shaped bodies that look more like asteroids than Earth's nearly spherical moon.

How Much Does a Cloud Weigh? Over 1 Million Pounds

Grant Virellan — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:12:25 -0400

If you've ever looked up and wondered, "How much does a cloud weigh," the answer may seem impossible. Clouds float across the sky and look light, but an average cumulus cloud can contain about 1.1 million pounds (500,000 kilograms) of water. That's the mass of several adult blue whales.

Camazotz: The Death Bat of Mayan Mythology

Lena Thaywick — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:06:01 -0400

Camazotz is commonly described as a "death bat" from K'iche' Maya mythology, best known for a gruesome encounter with the Hero Twins in the "Popol Vuh." But calling Camazotz simply the Mayan bat god makes the story sound much tidier than the surviving evidence suggests.

Have You Heard of the Ainu People, Japan's Indigenous Population?

Lena Thaywick — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:12:01 -0400

The Ainu people are the Indigenous people of northern Japan, particularly Hokkaido, as well as territories extending historically into Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. They have their own language, spiritual traditions, foodways and cultural practices distinct from those of the ethnic Japanese majority.

What's a Stone Baby? Not a Fossil

Wren Corvayne — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:06:01 -0400

A stone baby isn't actually a baby that turns into stone. It's the common name for a lithopedion, an extremely rare condition in which a dead fetus, usually from an advanced extrauterine pregnancy, remains in the body long enough for calcification to occur.