Your wallet is a portable petri dish. Each bill carries about 3,000 types of bacteria on its surface, mostly harmless. But your cash also has DNA from drug-resistant microbes, and maybe even smudges of anthrax and diphtheria!
Your wallet is a portable petri dish. Each bill carries about 3,000 types of bacteria on its surface, mostly harmless. But your cash also has DNA from drug-resistant microbes, and maybe even smudges of anthrax and diphtheria!
Your wallet is a portable petri dish. Each bill carries about 3,000 types of bacteria on its surface, mostly harmless. But your cash also has DNA from drug-resistant microbes, and maybe even smudges of anthrax and diphtheria!
Your wallet is a portable petri dish. Each bill carries about 3,000 types of bacteria on its surface, mostly harmless. But your cash also has DNA from drug-resistant microbes, and maybe even smudges of anthrax and diphtheria!
It's humbling to know that there are still vast swathes of our planet’s surface in which it’s surprisingly easy to lose things. Even a ship the size of a large building, like the 1,400 ton ghost ship MV Lyubov Orlova.
It's humbling to know that there are still vast swathes of our planet’s surface in which it’s surprisingly easy to lose things. Even a ship the size of a large building, like the 1,400 ton ghost ship MV Lyubov Orlova.
It's humbling to know that there are still vast swathes of our planet’s surface in which it’s surprisingly easy to lose things. Even a ship the size of a large building, like the 1,400 ton ghost ship MV Lyubov Orlova.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
Niaqornat is a place of extremes - we move from midnight sun to midday darkness, the young craft shaman symbols and also surf the internet. The population of 59 has dropped and the village faces potential closure.
Niaqornat is a place of extremes - we move from midnight sun to midday darkness, the young craft shaman symbols and also surf the internet. The population of 59 has dropped and the village faces potential closure.
Niaqornat is a place of extremes - we move from midnight sun to midday darkness, the young craft shaman symbols and also surf the internet. The population of 59 has dropped and the village faces potential closure.
Niaqornat is a place of extremes - we move from midnight sun to midday darkness, the young craft shaman symbols and also surf the internet. The population of 59 has dropped and the village faces potential closure.
On the surface, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Larry the Cable Guy, and Rosie O'Donnell have little in common. Yet, these popular figures, successful in different fields, each had to take time off for the same reason: acid reflux.
Mars landing missions use wheels to move around, but their progress can be stymied by sand-traps, steep slopes and boulder fields. A hopper would simply leap across these obstacles to the next safest, flat surface.
Mars landing missions use wheels to move around, but their progress can be stymied by sand-traps, steep slopes and boulder fields. A hopper would simply leap across these obstacles to the next safest, flat surface.
Mars landing missions use wheels to move around, but their progress can be stymied by sand-traps, steep slopes and boulder fields. A hopper would simply leap across these obstacles to the next safest, flat surface.
The dreams of many young educated Chinese run up against the realities of China's rapid economic ascent. Rising living costs and low salaries, the result of a surfeit of university graduates, are dashing high expectations.
The dreams of many young educated Chinese run up against the realities of China's rapid economic ascent. Rising living costs and low salaries, the result of a surfeit of university graduates, are dashing high expectations.
The dreams of many young educated Chinese run up against the realities of China's rapid economic ascent. Rising living costs and low salaries, the result of a surfeit of university graduates, are dashing high expectations.
Concerned that its network was being hacked, a company discovered an employee outsourcing his own job to a Chinese consulting firm. The worker spent his office hours surfing the web and checking Facebook.
Ebb and Flow, two NASA space probes, have been orbiting the Moon and measuring its gravity field for the last year. Now that their fuel is depleted, NASA will orchestrate their death, a plunge into the lunar surface.
Ebb and Flow, two NASA space probes, have been orbiting the Moon and measuring its gravity field for the last year. Now that their fuel is depleted, NASA will orchestrate their death, a plunge into the lunar surface.
Ebb and Flow, two NASA space probes, have been orbiting the Moon and measuring its gravity field for the last year. Now that their fuel is depleted, NASA will orchestrate their death, a plunge into the lunar surface.
Book Mountain, a ziggurat of bookshelves that spirals upward underneath a pyramidal glass enclosure. Unfolded, the construction consists of 480 meters of terraces with a bookshelf surface area of 9,300 square meters.
Book Mountain, a ziggurat of bookshelves that spirals upward underneath a pyramidal glass enclosure. Unfolded, the construction consists of 480 meters of terraces with a bookshelf surface area of 9,300 square meters.
Book Mountain, a ziggurat of bookshelves that spirals upward underneath a pyramidal glass enclosure. Unfolded, the construction consists of 480 meters of terraces with a bookshelf surface area of 9,300 square meters.
I start climbing, scaling the Cornucopia on my hands and feet. The pure gold surface has been designed to resemble the woven horn that we fill at harvest, so there are little ridges and seams to get a decent hold on.