Step aside, color red, there's a new, scariest hue in town. This Earth Day, the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control announced a new, color-coded heat risk system.… Read the rest of the article: Magenta is the color of danger in new climate change heat risk chart

The iconic windmill that decorates the Moulin Rouge Cabaret in Paris has collapsed like a dying diva in the third act. The New York Times reports that the blades fell… Read the rest of the article: Moulin Rouge goes "topless" as blades fall off famed Parisian windmill

There are some food prep traditions that don't do a lick of good. The Five Second Rule — you can eat any food that falls on the floor if you… Read the rest of the article: Washing away pesticides works

It's one of those mundane little daily mysteries: why are there fractions on gas station prices? It's the sort of thing you mean to look up, but then forget before… Read the rest of the article: Why gas prices are always fractions of a cent

An attempt to prove the existence of alien astronauts has revealed an ancient, all-too human practice — grave robbing. According to Reuters, journalist Jaime Maussan presented two mummified "alien" bodies… Read the rest of the article: Alien corpse was human, stolen by grave robbers

It's been an unnerving time to be an airline passenger, especially on a Boeing in a window seat. We don't have the golden parachutes that the Boeing execs are getting!… Read the rest of the article: Irish national carrier's annual Blessing of the Planes

In 1984, George Orwell created a slogan for his oppressive government, The Party — "Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the present controls the past". Written in… Read the rest of the article: The Soviets mastered photo manipulation long before the age of Photoshop

There are very few constants in our world, but one American tradition has changed very little in almost a century — the school bus. According to Jalopnik the black and… Read the rest of the article: Why school buses all look alike

It is a truth universally acknowledged that New York pizza is infinitely superior to Los Angeles za. But the Big Apple's reign may be coming to an end. LAist reports… Read the rest of the article: New York water coming to a pizza near you

Can a spoonful of apple cider vinegar a day keep the doctor away? Extravagant claims, spread by social media, are made for the efficacy of the sour substance, including weight… Read the rest of the article: Apple cider vinegar isn't the cure-all it's cracked up to be

The signs of impending disaster are everywhere in the Mexico City Metro— tilted concrete road barriers, sinuous train tracks that rise and dip like a serpent. The cause, differential subsidence,… Read the rest of the article: Mexico City Metro threatened by subsidence

You know Paul Bunyan, but have you heard the tale of Snowshoe Thompson? He was a real life heroic mailman during the California gold rush, and Atlas Obscura has the… Read the rest of the article: Legendary gold rush milkman Snowshoe Thompson gets his due

Turning lemons into lemonade is all well and good, but how about transforming bat poop into antibiotics? Via The Inquirer, we read today that the National Research Council of the… Read the rest of the article: Bat guano yields antibiotic treasure in Philippines

"Dirigo",  the motto of the State of Maine, translates to "I lead". Now, Maine Senators are doing just that. Last fall, U.S. Army Reservist Robert Card murdered 18 people in… Read the rest of the article: Maine lawmakers call for military brain scans

Trench warfare in WWI was infamously brutal, but it also produced remarkably delicate works of art, called leaf drawings. According to the Public Domain Review, soldiers would pluck hardy oak… Read the rest of the article: Trench warfare art of World War 1

From Gizmodo, and also my personal nightmare files, a man was sent to the ICU after tangling with a rat he found in his toilet. A 76-year old Montreal resident… Read the rest of the article: Man sent to ICU after toilet rat attack

Mother Nature seems irked. First, a surprise earthquake in New York. Then, a total eclipse of the sun. And, due up at the end of April, a trillion cicadas. The… Read the rest of the article: Year of the cicadas: two 17-year broods wake up at once

A multi-story hotel with no windows and a fetid pool on the ground floor is a non-starter for humans. But for certain birds in Borneo, we're talking five-star accommodation. The… Read the rest of the article: A bird hotel in Borneo

No matter what team you're rooting for, NCAA women's basketball has a definite winner this year. According to the Sporting News, 6.9 million people watched Iowa, led by phenom Caitlin… Read the rest of the article: Women's sports bar opening in Long Beach, California

There's an exciting alternative to liver transplants on the horizon —growing a new organ inside the patient. According to Wired, human trials have begun on an ingenious new process that… Read the rest of the article: Turning lymph nodes into livers