Meghan Bartels

Outdoor art is made to be resilient, and not just against pigeons. But in the past week, public commemorative statues have been challenged like never before. Suddenly, Americans realized the U.S. Capitol’s statue collection commemorates more…

Most people have some sort of beauty routine, whether straightforward or complex. But society’s definition of “beauty” doesn’t affect us all equally. A new article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology argues that trying to meet these…

If you’re planning a trip to watch the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, you’ll be partaking in an incredible, 150-year-old tradition. Particularly in the early years, they were dangerous, expensive and time-consuming. In case you run into traffic or clouds…

There are people who have been planning for the Aug. 21 eclipse for years. And then there are the rest of us, the ones who couldn’t take time off work to travel to the middle of nowhere and hope the clouds don’t follow, or the ones who didn’t…

If you purchased eclipse glasses through Amazon, be sure to check your email — the company announced Aug. 12 that it was recalling and refunding certain glasses after they decided to double-check the safety certification. (If you didn’t get an…

So you’ve heard that the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse will cross the U.S. — but in what direction? The sun rises in the east because Earth is rotating in that direction, so surely the eclipse should also start in the east and move west,…

Aug. 21’s total solar eclipse will be the first of its kind for American smartphone-toting citizen scientists. But people around the world have been studying eclipses for millennia. It’s sometimes difficult to draw the line between legends and…

Most people don’t read the fine print of the terms of service that are baked into many websites and products. On Aug. 13, white supremacist site the Daily Stormer was reminded that the fine print can have consequences. The site’s domain — but not…

Animals, like humans, can’t live without oxygen — our cells need it in order to suck the most energy out of sugary glucose molecules. When we exercise, panting for more oxygen, we cut corners and only break down glucose a little bit, to a chemical…