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Lauren J Young

Former AO Editorial Fellow. Now Science Friday Web Producer. @laurenjyoung617

http://www.laurenjyoung.com/

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Take a Soothing Swim in a Lake Swarming With Golden Jellyfish

The marine environment of the famous Jellyfish Lake is a sanctuary for these majestic drifting creatures.

underwater week

A Graphic Guide to All the Weird Things in New York City's Waterways

The digital journal Underwater New York tells the stories of objects submerged and washed ashore.

Watch Amazing Tiny Sea Creatures Light Up and Dance

Who knew plankton could be so mesmerizing?

persuasive cartography

The Most Popular Sea Creature in Cartography

The ominous octopus is a key figure on many propaganda maps.

Watch These Mesmerizing Air Bubbles Flow Under Frozen Streams

It's the most relaxing five minutes ever.

The Victorian Tool for Everything From Hernias to Sex—a Vibrating Electric Belt

How a medical invention abused the electrotherapy fad.

toothpick carnival

The Folsom Prisoner Who Built Functional Miniature Carnivals Out of Toothpicks

It was the best way for William Jennings-Bryan Burke to kill time during his 23 years in prison.

Watch Slime Molds Creep and Crawl Like Alien Slugs

A Princeton biologist's clips look like footage taken from a 1950s science-fiction movie.

The Hidden Security Bugs in Architecture That You Never Noticed

Some of the best security features are subtly interwoven into the fabric of building design.

Watch This Delicate Orchid Mantis Not-So-Delicately Snatch its Prey

They may look and behave like docile creatures, but orchid mantises will attack at the sight of a meal.

How a Kitten Video Can Transmit Secret Instructions to Criminals

An ancient form of information-hiding known as steganography has infiltrated the viral internet.

The Israeli Company Sending 500 Million Bees and Mites to Russia

The insects will target pests, among other things.

The Most Beautiful Part of a Taiko Drum is Hidden Inside It

The hand-carved drums have intricate patterns concealed within.

Watch Estonian Brides Race Each Other in Their Wedding Dresses

Who will take the title of the "Most Runaway Bride?"

How Chewing Gave Humans Flat Faces, Little Teeth and Wimpy Jaws

It doesn't seem like juice diets and Soylent are going to improve matters.

Watch 2 Men Waltz in the First Experimental Film With Sound

While this sound-film system failed to synchronize properly, film curators completed the experiment 105 years later.

These Eerie Bronze Hands Were Tokens of a Mysterious Ancient Cult

The Hand of Sabazius is one of the last artifacts of this lost religion.

woman explorers

The First Woman to Drive Around the World Wore Men’s Breeches and Had a Pet Monkey

Aloha Wanderwell was the Amelia Earhart of the automobile.

Watch These Racers Book It on 5-Foot-Tall Penny-Farthing Bikes

Daring competitors still race on the high wheeler bikes today.

Watch This Elevated Bus Swallow Cars and Straddle Roads

A Chinese company's transportation proposal may give subways good competition.

These Artists Twist Thousands of Rubik's Cubes a Day to Create Massive Murals

Cube Works invokes childhood nostalgia and old toys to create its retro artwork.

These Stunning Maps Highlight the Tricks in a Cartographer's Toolkit

The 10 techniques that help convert our 3-D world into maps.

The Scientific Squabble Over the Dodo Tree

An extinct bird, an ailing tree, and a controversial hypothesis.

Lumberjack Contests are the Coolest College Extracurricular

How a campfire competition between 19th-century loggers became a professional sport.