Curiosity Weekly

‘Zombie’ purple urchins have obliterated West Coast kelp forests with their insatiable appetites. Can they be stopped?

Lem’s 1964 story, published in English for the first time, tells the tale of a scientist in an insane asylum theorizing that the sun is alive.

Find the shortest hyperlinked paths between any two pages on Wikipedia.

The n-queens problem is about finding how many different ways queens can be placed on a chessboard so that none attack each other.

With only a single breath, Alexey Molchanov, history’s most daring freediver, is reaching improbable depths—and discovering a new kind of enlightenment as he conquers one of the world’s wildest sports.

Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.

From blood banks and barcodes to the Super Soaker and the pizza box, here are the fascinating stories behind inventions that changed the world.