Smithsonian called out by congresswoman for mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations

Last week The Verge published a lengthy investigation into the Smithsonian Institution’s apparent mishandling of a case of sexual assault ...

How a cash-strapped UN is struggling to solve the cholera epidemic in Haiti

Haiti has been grappling with a devastating cholera epidemic for six years. The outbreak began in 2010, nine months after the small Caribbe...

NASA is great at Halloween because space is genuinely terrifying

Every October, NASA gets into the Halloween spirit by sharing "spooky" pictures of space, such as the creepy jack-o'-lantern ...

Spinach can be engineered to detect explosives

Forget bomb-sniffing dogs, we can now use spinach to detect explosives. Scientists have implanted the leafy greens with tiny tubes that let...

Storm Sentinels

In his late 40s, with an average build and short, dark hair flecked with gray, Olson has lived in Prattsville all his life. Soft-spoken almo...

The irrationality of voting: why shark attacks have influenced elections

Take heart, everyone, the election is winding down. There are only a few more days until we can heave a sigh of relief — at least, until ca...

Watch three astronauts return home from the International Space Station tonight

A trio of astronauts will depart the International Space Station this evening, embarking on a three-and-a-half hour journey back to Earth. ...

Why going to a haunted house can actually feel good

An actress dressed as a killer doll with bloody scratches on her face is perched on a handrail, smiling wide as if she can’t wait to play w...

Soylent stops shipping powder that was making people sick

Soylent has paused production on its main product, the Soylent Powder, after determining that it’s been making people sick. That’s now two...

SpaceX is still trying to pinpoint what caused its Falcon 9 rocket to explode

SpaceX still doesn’t know exactly what caused its Falcon 9 rocket to explode in September, but the company says it has narrowed down the pr...

Dakota Access Pipeline protesters arrested and pepper sprayed

Authorities began arresting people at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest site in Morton County, North Dakota today, according to the Associat...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just sent back the last bit of its Pluto data

NASA now has all the science data that the New Horizons spacecraft gathered of Pluto and its moons over a year ago. Early in the morning on...

Rancid tortilla chips sickened 79 Wyoming inmates and prison staff

A mystery began unfolding at a correctional facility in Wyoming in the hours after lunch on October 11th, 2015. Inmates and staff became su...

This hoverboard startup wants to create floating cities to combat climate change

As rising sea levels continue to threaten coastal communities around the world, a potential (and far-fetched) idea has emerged to protect h...

Astronomers capture birth of triple-star system

A triple-star system has been captured in the middle of its birth, giving astronomers one of the first direct glimpses into how multiple-st...