There hasn't been a lot of coverage in the news, but Ethiopia's Erta'Ale has started issuing new lava flows over the last week. I got a note from an Eruptions reader who is near the volcano that ...

I have to admit, I was sad to lose Kyatchi, the Japanese restaurant that opened a second location in Lowertown St. Paul in 2017, only to close after the pandemic. Saying goodbye seems to be a common ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Located in the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression) in the Afar Region of ...

Artificial intelligence can help satellites and other spacecraft observe interesting phenomena before humans even spot them. Case in point: NASA's Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) spacecraft started capturing ...