Tom McNamara

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Rockets from ships landing on a fort on a island in an old painting
Military

What is the ‘red glare’ in the Star Spangled Banner?

By Tom McNamara

Frasier (The Sensuous Lion) at Lion Country Safari south of Los Angeles.
Animals

How a 19-year-old lion fathered 35 cubs in 18 months

By Tom McNamara

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
Animals

Here’s the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’

By Tom McNamara

Science

The coincidental geometry of a total solar eclipse

By Tom McNamara

Mammoth Bison carved illusion
Archaeology

This ancient optical illusion is a 14,000-year-old puzzle

By Tom McNamara

A stomach full of food, a balloon
Biology

Is it possible to eat so much that your stomach explodes?

By Tom McNamara

7 science fiction inventions that became reality
Science

7 science fiction inventions that became reality

By Tom McNamara

Super rodents, atomic math, and Marilyn Monroe: everything you need to know about moles
Animals

Super rodents, atomic math, and Marilyn Monroe: everything you need to know about moles

By Tom McNamara

10000 year clock illustration
Science

How to send messages 10,000 years into the future

By Tom McNamara

andy weir answers tweets for popular science
Mars

‘The Martian’ author Andy Weir answers your questions about Mars

By Tom McNamara

What if hibernating animals formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep?
Animals

What if hibernating animals formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep?

By Tom McNamara

60 years ago today, a Soviet street dog became the first animal to orbit Earth
Animals

60 years ago today, a Soviet street dog became the first animal to orbit Earth

By Tom McNamara

E=mc² became famous for all the wrong reasons
Energy

E=mc² became famous for all the wrong reasons

By Tom McNamara

WATCH: The coincidental geometry of a total solar eclipse
Moons

WATCH: The coincidental geometry of a total solar eclipse

By Tom McNamara