A fence meant to deter refugees is threatening one of Europe’s rarest mammals

Hungary’s prime minister says refugees in Europe should be “rounded up and shipped out”

The mayors of London, Paris, and New York City affirm their commitment to welcoming refugees

How a duck painting contest launched in 1949 gained a cult following in America today

The entire history of humanity and climate change, in one cartoon chart

All of a sudden, nobody wants one of Hungary’s highest national honors

Climate change could be to blame for an unusual avalanche in Tibet that can be seen from space

The first humans in Australia may have encountered eight-foot-tall kangaroos

Conservationists have finally found a way to beat Japanese whalers: outrun them

A NASA-funded, year-long experiment in Hawaii to mimic life on Mars has come to an end

Yet another thing driving species to extinction: bureaucracy

The future of soft robotics: a 3D-printed, farting, gummy octopus

Researchers built a power saw with sharks’ teeth for blades, for science

Surreal scenes from the first time the London Tube ran all night

Coral reefs suffer when deprived of a vital, life-giving ingredient: fish pee

Photos: The camp that most of the refugee team calls home has been holding a massive daily screening of the Olympic games

Scientists prove how magic tricks hijack your mind

Photos: When the shortest Olympians meet the tallest, magic happens

A brief history of countries that shunned the Olympics and did their own thing instead

Machine-gunning goats from helicopters is just one way to stop the spread of invasive species

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