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Google's New 5,500-Mile Undersea Cable from the U.S. to Japan Is Now Going Online

It's faster than your modem.

Beijing is Sinking up to 4 Inches Every Year Because They're Using Too Much Water

It doesn't look good.

The Artist Who Makes Bug Infestations Beautiful

Jennifer Angus has bought thousands of insects in her lifetime.

Wings Found from 99 Million Years Ago Are a Lot Like Those on Birds Today

They were encased in amber.

Watch a Man Throw a Bucket of Water at the Olympic Torch and Miss

It was a good try.

Huge New Trove of 'Life-Saving' Helium Is Discovered

We've long fretted over a possible helium shortage.

Some 14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bones Were Found Near Mexico City

The animal was probably cut up by humans after its death.

Massive New $5.2 Billion Panama Canal Opens

A Pyrrhic victory?

How Brexit Could Be a Disaster for British Scientists

Stephen Hawking predicted as much.

border crossings

Britain's Longest Land Border with the E.U. Has a Complicated Future

It's totally porous, for now.

Sick South Pole Workers Reach Chile After Daring Mid-Winter Rescue

They spent a long time in the air.

India's New Presidential Plane Will be Able to Absorb Grenades and Dodge Missiles

The country is upgrading.

An Incomplete if Exhaustive Tally of Recent Highway Truck Spills

From bees to beers.

Robot Workers Could Become 'Electronic Persons' in Europe

The future is here.

A Famous Edible Bug Market in Beijing Is Closing

Neighbors complained.

Dan Brown Is Paying a Lot of Money to Digitize a Library Devoted to Mysticism

The "Da Vinci Code" author has an abiding interest in ancient symbols.

Egypt's Biggest Pyramid Isn't Quite Square at Its Base

But the ancient builders got pretty close.

A Volcano in Iceland May be Close to Erupting

Hekla could blow at any minute.

The Rare, Dangerous Mission to Rescue Workers at the South Pole

Flights to the end of the world.

The Weird and Very Long History of State Liquor Laws

It's about control.

India to Break a Record by Sending 22 Satellites Into Space on a Single Rocket

They're feeling the heat.

Black Holes Collided and Produced a New Set of Gravitational Waves

Further confirmation of what Einstein predicted over 100 years ago.

The Story Behind the Most Baffling Photo Taken on the Golden Gate Bridge

Why San Francisco’s mayor brought a blowtorch to open the city's new bridge.

crime and punishment

There's a Crime Wave in New Zealand Because of Avocado Shortages

People are seeing green.