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In 1905, according to the Popsicle origin story, an 11-year-old in the San Francisco Bay Area left a cup of soda mixture outside overnight with its stirring stick still inside and found it frozen by morning; 19 years later Frank Epperson patented the???frozen confectionery??? as the Epsicle, his children persuaded him to rename it the Popsicle, and the brand says more than 2 billion are now sold each year.
9+ hour, 38+ min ago (788+ words) The famous frozen-cup story is brand lore, but Frank Epperson’s 1924 patent shows the engineering that turned flavoured ice on a stick into a mass-market product. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit The Popsicle…...
A farmer lost a hammer in his field and went looking for it with a metal detector — instead he found nearly 15,000 Roman coins, gold jewelry and silver tableware buried beneath the soil, one of the richest Roman treasure hoards ever discovered in Britain
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (521+ words) Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a Suffolk field in November 1992, the sort of thing that happens on a farm most weeks and never gets written down anywhere. Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a…...
A British businessman bought the island of Lundy in 1925, decided it should largely govern itself and began issuing his own stamps and “Puffin” coins — until the British government prosecuted him for making his own money
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (687+ words) When a financier's fantasy of island sovereignty collided with crown law, a handful of homemade coins became evidence in one of Britain's most peculiar prosecutions. Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Put a 1929 puffin in your palm and it feels like…...
An ROV survey in October 2024 under a tuna ranch off north-east Malta counted an estimated 100 to 150 common eagle rays — the largest known aggregation of Myliobatis aquila, apparently feeding on leftover baitfish
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (174+ words) Industrial aquaculture creates unexpected wildlife magnets, drawing massive gatherings of rays to feed on the scraps of farmed fish operations. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit Which is part of what makes the observation…...
Scientists in Switzerland made a sponge from cheesemaking waste that captures gold from discarded electronics — after dissolving metal parts from 20 old computer motherboards, they recovered enough to melt into a 22-carat gold nugget
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (533+ words) A Swiss lab transformed dairy waste into a gold-recovery tool, extracting precious metal from e-waste that most recyclers leave behind. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Daniel Moran Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit Cheese leaves behind a pale, watery…...
Rescuers took in a hedgehog swollen up like a balloon and worked out what was inflating it before treating the swelling itself, The Dodo reports — the shape had a specific cause, not an unexplained one
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (515+ words) Behind the bizarre balloon shape was a treatable culprit—and rescuers knew exactly how to deflate the problem. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit The veterinary term for this presentation is subcutaneous emphysema, while…...
In 1948, Idaho wildlife officials packed 76 beavers into boxes and parachuted them into remote country — 75 survived the drops, after an older test beaver named Geronimo had repeatedly ridden the same system back to the ground to prove the boxes worked.
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (934+ words) Idaho’s 1948 parachute relocation moved 76 beavers with one fatality. The original account explains the tested boxes, Geronimo’s role and the limits of the survival figure. By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit In 1948, Idaho wildlife officials…...
Birdwatching and mental health: what the research actually shows about the mood boost from birds
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (48+ words) Birdwatching has an unfair reputation as a gentle hobby for the retired, all binoculars and quiet patience. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 8, 2026 · How we edit Follow Science Blog on Google Add us as a preferred source to see…...
We’re travelling around Queensland and the water in this tiny outback town smells rather strange — but the science of what’s happening 500 metres beneath our feet is fascinating
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (1425+ words) Published September 7, 2026 · How we edit We’re travelling around Queensland at the moment, and one of the things I love about travelling this way is that you never quite know what is going to make you curious. Sometimes it’s the landscape....
Over roughly 150 years, Dutch men gained about 20 centimetres in average height, while American men — who had started 5 to 8 centimetres taller — gained only about six, reversing one of the most remarkable national height gaps ever recorded.
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (1180+ words) America began the nineteenth-century comparison several centimetres ahead. Military records and modern surveys show how the Netherlands reversed that gap, and why no single cause explains it. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit…...