photography Gorgeous photos show blue colored ice stacks on Great Lakes in Mackinaw City, MI Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Someone is 3-D printing tiny shiny unicorns and leaving the delightful creatures all over Providence, Rhode Island Jennifer Sandlin
the dysfunctional House Democratic Congressman says enough with the BS — he's resigning Carla Sinclair
Science The Anthropocene Working Group has chosen Crawford Lake as a "golden spike" that can help scientists understand this new geological epoch Jennifer Sandlin
documentaries New documentary about the 1990s Athens, Georgia underground music scene Jennifer Sandlin
fizzy air bubble curtain Army Corps of Engineers electrifies Illinois lock to keep Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan Andrew Yi
lake mead The "Monolith of Lake Mead" is a sunken speedboat sticking straight up out of the dry lakebed Jennifer Sandlin
invasive species Illinois officials change the name of invasive carp species in hopes that people will eat them Mark Frauenfelder
sexy handaxe theory Paleolithic people made handaxes to show off their sexiness, argue some paleontologists Mark Frauenfelder
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ice floes After warned to "stay off the ice" on Lake Erie, 18 people played on the ice — and got stranded Carla Sinclair