The Bonhams sale features more than 1,000 books from the late Supreme Court justice’s personal library. Photo by Nikki Kahn / The Washington Post via Getty Images More than 1,000 books from the personal collection of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are up for auction at Bonhams. The trove features legal textbooks, […]

Carlos Vives performed onstage during the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, in November. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Stringer/Getty Images Carlos Vives dreams of someday recording an album on a floating soundstage, cruising down Colombia’s greatest river. That’s because the communities along the 949-mile Río Magdalena and across […]

Seahorses build a strong pair bond—but if the couple is forcibly separated, they are more than willing to move on. Francis Apesteguy / Getty Images Male seahorses take commitment seriously, famously going so far as to release their partners from the burden of pregnancy by taking it on themselves. Scientists have generally assumed that female […]

This image shows the Wordle instruction page. Photo Illustration by Brandon Bell/Getty Images Twitter users may have noticed more and more people posting gray, green and yellow squares in a grid on their feeds this month. On other platforms, memes, art and even cross-stitching inspired by these matrices have popped up across the internet. The source is the latest […]

Ancient people might have used these elongated tubes to drink beer from the same pot during ceremonial feasts or gatherings.  Courtesy of Antiquity In 1897, archaeologists excavating an ancient burial mound near Maikop, Russia, unearthed eight tubes made of gold and silver. Each object measured more than three feet long and about a half-inch in […]

With Omicron’s high transmissibility and record number of infections, public health experts encourage the use of high-quality masks to prevent spreading the airborne virus. Alex Wong/Getty Images Approximately 400 million high-quality, non-surgical N95 masks are set to be distributed by the Biden administration for free, White House officials announced on Wednesday. Amid surging Covid-19 cases, […]

The 55-faceted gemstone is believed to be the largest cut black diamond in the world. Sotheby’s A one-of-a-kind black diamond dubbed the “Enigma” will go up for auction next month and is expected to sell for more around $7 million USD. The diamond was unveiled Tuesday by Sotheby’s Dubai, who says the massive black gem […]

The first-ever archaeology experiment in space is being conducted on the International Space Station. NASA Scientists are taking the study of archaeology to a whole other dimension: space. For the first time, researchers are examining the ways humans live on the International Space Station (ISS), more specifically how they live culturally and materially,  since it […]

David Kindy Daily Correspondent The young woman in the cockpit of the biplane studied the control panel, then flipped a switch and signaled to the ground crew. Grabbing the propeller blade, a crew member spun it hard. The engine coughed and sputtered, then caught with a load roar. After the motor had warmed up, the […]

A queen Oecophylla smaragdina ant Didier Descouens via Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 Small animals don’t usually grow very old. Since they’re always at risk of becoming another critter’s quick snack, the best way to ensure that their genes will make it into the next generation is having a bunch of young as soon as […]

Shoichi Yokoi fled to the jungles of Guam to avoid capture in the summer of 1944. He remained in hiding until January 1972. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons / Photo by Keystone / Getty Images When Japanese sergeant Shoichi Yokoi returned to his home country after almost three decades in hiding, his initial reaction was […]

Staff members from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department in Hong Kong investigate a pet shop that was closed after hamsters tested positive for the coronavirus. AP Photo / Kin Cheung Hong Kong officials will cull 2,000 hamsters and small animals after a worker and 11 hamsters from the Little Boss pet shop tested positive […]

A murder of crows flies around an apartment building in downtown Sunnyvale, California. Anda Chu / MediaNews Group / The Mercury News via Getty Images Every evening at dusk, a murder of crows swoops down on the California city of Sunnyvale, cawing loudly and flying over the heads of locals. “They’re very intimidating,” resident Katelin […]

Caravaggio’s Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto (1597) is the only known ceiling work painted by the Baroque artist.  Public domain via Wikimedia Commons A luxurious Italian estate featuring the only ceiling ever painted by Baroque artist Caravaggio went up for auction this week, only to receive no bids. Nestled in the historic heart of Rome, the 16th-century Villa […]

The T. rex specimen was discovered in 1987 by fossil hunter Stan Sacrison in South Dakota’s Badlands.  NFL/YouTube Actor, former wrestler and sports commentator Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson caused a brief stir in the scientific community after appearing virtually on ESPN’s ManningCast on Monday night. Peeking out from behind his left shoulder was the skull of a Tyrannosaurus […]