Cool Finds Travis Mudry, a Canadian miner who works in Canada's Klondike goldfields, was greeted by a drizzle on a June morning. He cut through a wall made of permafrost (or permanently frozen earth) and found his way to the Klondike goldfields. Miners...

Ever look at a seal and wonder if it is the same seal you saw yesterday? A new technology that recognizes seal faces could lead to an app. This seal-finding system, known as SealNet was created by Colgate University undergraduates in New York. Krista Ingram,...

Seagrass is declining all over the globe. Patrick Inglett, University of Florida biogeochemist, and his associates discovered a surprising key to increasing the effectiveness of recovery efforts. Crystallized human urine. Ecologists around the globe are working...

Tyrannosaurus Rex's small arms are what is most well-known about the dinosaur. For over 100 years, paleontologists have struggled to understand the dinosaur's anatomical peculiarities. Tyrannosaurus wasn't the only dinosaur with tiny appendages....

After seven weeks of sailing from Nicaragua, five monkeys and fifty parrots arrived in San Francisco in March 1853. The animals were likely to have drawn a crowd as they chattered and squawked on the wharf. Some people gathered to see the parrots' plumage...

Jean Carideo, a Chesapeake resident, spent seven miles on Chincoteague Island just before the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a barrier island that measures seven miles long, located at the northeastern tip on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Together with other Road...

There is an ocean hidden within the Earth, just a few hundred kilometers below its crust. This ocean is most likely the largest in the world. This water does not swim in large pools. No fish plumb its depths. This ocean is actually water in its most loosest...

The atmosphere was rich in oxygen and there was little competition for food when the first vertebrates emerged from the sea 390 million years ago. The coast was clean. Life on the land will be more difficult in 2022. Earth's population is expected increase...

The History of Now Monkeypox was first discovered in a Danish monkey colony in Copenhagen in 1958. It has been mostly ignored by the West since then. The disease, which causes fever, chills, and rashes in the body, is an infectious poxvirus. It is found in...

The sky was cloudy and dark, so there were no stars to guide us. As we moved through the three-meter-deep Arabian Sea, alone at the helm, somewhere between Oman, India, and the dimly lit compass on our ship's gimbal mount, I couldn't see anything...

Everyday stressors in modern life can take a toll on mental health. However, recent years have seen a significant increase in social unrest, climate change threats, increased violence, political debates about basic human rights and a deadly pandemic. These...

Even the most reserved cats can get excited by a few catnip leaves. Our feline friends are infected by silver vine (or matatabi in Japanese) that induces similar plant-induced euphoria. Although the cat's response looks fun, scientists have not yet been...

The History of Now Editor's note, June 30, 2022: The Supreme Court issued a 6-to-3 decision on Thursday that limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants as required by the Clean Air Act. Read...

One rare red fox, a rare species, is still surviving in Washington State's Cascade Mountains. It is smaller than its lowland counterparts and its feet are furrier. Pocket gophers are its primary food source. This alpine subspecies is thought to have...

It might seem strange to visit the Swiss Alps in search of ocean life. The highest peaks of the range rise to over 14,000 feet above the sea level. This landlocked country is very far from the ocean. The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology published this year...

Every year, hundreds of thousands die from diseases transmitted by mosquitoes. It is the most well-known disease, with malaria causing over 600,000. Around 4 billion people live in areas at high risk for dengue fever, which causes approximately 40,000 deaths...

Millions of Americans suffer from pain. Although pain is an indicator of health, it can also cause fatigue, depression, and affect quality of life. According to researchers from George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University, pain costs the United...

Researchers have discovered some of the oldest tools known to mankind at an archaeological site on the Homa peninsula in southwestern Kenya. It is located east of Lake Victoria. Experts call these implements Oldowan, named after the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania....

The dinosaurs appeared ready to rip each other apart. Charles R. Knight, a famous nature artist, depicted two carnivorous dinosaurs in deadly combat in 1897. These scaly reptiles, with their teeth and claws bared, were captured mid-tussle. This was a dynamic...

Q: Purple was once scarce and therefore it was known as the royal color. Why couldn't they just combine red and blue? Dan Warnock | Baker City, Oregon Indigo and woad are two types of blue dyes that can be used to color fabrics. Madder is a red dye....

Steven Preister's Washington, D.C. house is a beautiful 110-year-old colonial with wooden column and a porch, ideal for relaxing in summer. It has been in his family for nearly four decades. But Preister is very concerned about the environment so he...

Ezer Vierba was shocked at the size of Panama's Coiba Island when he first visited it in 2004. Coiba, which covers 194 miles of Central America's largest island, is 194 sq. mi. The island is covered by a large area of tropical forest, covering 80...

The History of Now It was unusually hot in Yellowstone National Park's early June, with temperatures reaching the 70s. A weekend storm quickly intensified, dropping more than a month worth of precipitation in a matter of days. Already the rivers and...

The History of Now It was unusually hot in Yellowstone National Park's early June, with temperatures reaching the 70s. A weekend storm quickly intensified, dropping more than a month worth of precipitation in a matter of days. Already the rivers and...