To Display 500,000 Ants, No Simple Ant Farm Will Do
When the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium opens on May 4, a half-million leafcutter ants will share the title of star attraction. The...
Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story
Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening new illness officially got the name Covid-19, a team of scientists from the United States...
¿La inteligencia puede separarse del cuerpo?
¿Qué relación hay entre la mente y el cuerpo? Es posible que la mente sea como el control de un videojuego; desplaza el cuerpo por...
Carnivorous Plants Use a Smelly Trick to Catch Their Prey
Pitcher plants supplement their diets with this one strange trick: eating flesh. Usually found growing in relatively poor soil, the plants sprout pitcher-shaped cups with...
Many States Are Trying to Restrict Gender Treatments for Adults, Too
Missouri this month became the first state in the country to severely restrict gender treatments for people of all ages, following a series of quieter...
They May Be Just Acquaintances. They’re Important to You Anyway.
Ilze Earner, 67, retired last year after 25 years of teaching at Hunter College in Manhattan. Life in rural Claverack, N.Y., had its satisfactions and...
Cellphones Across Britain Will Blast a ‘Loud Siren-like’ Alert This Weekend
A “loud siren-like sound” will blare from cellphones for up to 10 seconds across Britain on Sunday as part of a test for a new...
Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, and ‘Beef’ Creator Respond to Backlash Over Comments by Artist and Actor David Choe
The creator and stars of the hit Netflix show Beef have issued a statement in response to the growing criticism over artist and cast member...
ARTnews in Brief: MOCA LA Names José Luis Blondet Senior Curator, Walker Art Center Hires Rosario Güiraldes
Several major museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, have announced new curatorial appointments. Below,...
5 Best Booths at the Dallas Art Fair, From Cowboy Rococo to Intimate Visions of Aging
“If you look at the way Texans dress, you know what kind of work they like,” one attendee of the Dallas Art Fair said of...
UNESCO Resumes Preservation of Endangered Heritage Sites in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
An UNESCO initiative in the imperiled heritage sites of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, has resumed after its sudden pause following the Taliban takeover in 2021. The...
Amateur Archaeologist Finds Ancient Silver Coins Near Viking Castle in Denmark
A young amateur archaeologist discovered a hoard of coins and silver jewelry near a Viking castle in northwestern Denmark that experts believe are more than...
Twitter Removes ‘Government-Funded’ Labels From NPR and Other Media Accounts
Twitter has removed labels that described prominent news organizations as “government-funded” or “state-affiliated” after NPR and public broadcasters in several countries criticized the labels as...
SpaceX Was Probably Behind the Mysterious Spiral in the Alaska Sky
At first, Ronnie Cole thought the bright light in the sky over southern Alaska was an airplane. Mr. Cole, a tour guide with Alaska Photo...