At 3,277 meters below the Pacific, an MBARI ROV caught a rare bigfin squid drifting into view. Its strange bent arms helped researchers identify it—and the institute’s original footage lets you see the encounter.
A natural impact carved a 728-foot crater on the Moon. NASA found the fresh scar by comparing old orbital images—and discovered the blast changed the surrounding ground, too.
A recovered 1964 TV clip became a 16mm calling card for The Seekers in Britain. Watch the eight-minute performance that helped turn a planned visit into an international break.
A preprint reports radio bursts localized to the giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. The authors interpret them as likely auroral emissions tied to a magnetic field—not an alien signal.
Jack Kirby’s unused Lord of Light artwork helped the CIA sell its fake Argo movie cover during the 1980 rescue of six Americans from Iran.
The missing 1999 Phantom Menace vending machine resurfaced 2,400 miles away in Los Angeles after its creator took it on a cross-country trip.
Ken Carter spent five years and about $1 million building a rocket car and ten-storey ramp for an attempted mile-wide jump across the St. Lawrence.
Researchers carbonized a modern papyrus replica, then used X-rays to read its hidden text. The experiment may help identify which fragile Herculaneum scrolls are worth scanning next.
Harvard’s natural-history exhibit pairs an oyster containing a mummified pearlfish with a Komodo skull tied by curators to the story behind King Kong.
Two sea spider species new to science were described from the Salish Sea. One has red eyes, bristly legs and comb-like appendages it uses to groom itself.
