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China's Plans for a Huge 'Space Station' Nearly 2 Miles Underwater
The South China Sea. (Photo: Rod Waddington/CC BY-SA 2.0)China has long been behind the U.S. and other countries when it comes to deep-sea research, which can be expensive, since it requires...
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Aghlabid Basins in Kairouan, Tunisia
The ancient town of Kairouan, Tunisia is located within a semi-arid region, prone to drought, without any nearby rivers or natural water sources. Water supply and storage has been a problem for more...
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Meat Raffles are the Juiciest Bar Trend
Meat prizes on display at a meat raffle. (Photo: Erick Hansen)If you’re from Minnesota, Wisconsin, or West New York, you’d likely recognize a carnivorous event known as the meat raffle, where locals...
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They've Finally Named 4 New Elements
(Photo: Ed Uthman/CC BY 2.0)Last January, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced something big: four new elements. All super-heavy—meaning they each contain a high number of...
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European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, Netherlands
While the European Space Agency has centers in many different countries, the beating heart of the Europe’s space program is here in the unassuming town of Noordwijk in the western Netherlands. This...
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Read the Public Testimony to Make the Stonewall Inn a New York Landmark
(Photo: Travis Wise/CC BY 2.0)A version of this story originally appeared on Muckrock.com.Last year, days before the 46th anniversary of the eponymous riots that sparked the modern LGBT movement, the...
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The Pinnacles in Sturgeon, Missouri
It’s common for steep cliffs to be formed by rivers eroding their rocky edge over time. But in Boone County, Missouri, something curious happened. A mass of 300 million-year-old limestone wedged...
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The Grave of Mister Rogers in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Born in 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania — a town which also produced golfer Arnold Palmer and Rolling Rock beer — Fred McFeely Rogers went on to become an American cultural icon. Though he lived most of...
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The Pinnacles in Sturgeon, Missouri
It’s common for steep cliffs to be formed by rivers eroding their rocky edge over time. But in Boone County, Missouri, something curious happened. A mass of 300 million-year-old limestone wedged...
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Photographing the World's Secret Subterranean Spaces
Data centre in the former Pionen bunker, 100ft below the Södermalm district in Stockholm. (Photo: Samuel Merrill)If you found yourself walking around the Södermalm district of Stockholm, you may see...
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How a Hotel in Chicago Convinced Drivers They Needed Parking Garages
An ad targeted towards auto travelers. (Photo: Landmarks Illinois/Public domain)The arms race for parking in cities began at an upscale hotel in Chicago. The city's La Salle Hotel was an opulent,...
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Found: The Last, Lost Olympic Gold Medals Given for Golf
One of the golfers on the winning 1904 team. (Photo: Public domain)Golf has only been an Olympic sport twice in history, most recently in 1904, in St. Louis, Missouri. And H. Chandler Egan, the World’s...
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How Chewing Gave Humans Flat Faces, Little Teeth and Wimpy Jaws
Our soft, processed foods have played a significant role in the development of our jaw bones (Photo: Joshua Rappeneker/CC BY-SA 2.0)For a couple years as a Harvard graduate student, Katherine Zink...
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How Glitch Fare Hunters Turn Airlines' Tricks Against Them
Why not just go? (Photo: Jay Mantri/CC0)Dewey Cyr figured it would be years before she made it back to Barcelona. She loves the city—she spent a blissful semester there in college—but even a cheap...
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How A 1918 Author Introduced the World to the Concept of Female Pleasure
Marie Stopes at her microscope. Before tackling birth control, her studies were focused on botany. (Photo: Marie Stopes International Australia/Public Domain)“I have some things to say about sex,...
View ArticleKim Jong-Un Wants Kimchi Factories In Every North Korean Region
#news RT BBCNewsAsia: The art of making North Korean kimchi gets Unesco nod https://t.co/TCsQJOtXwJpic.twitter.com/jlN5au8ve1— m.ohammeddki88557474 (@mohammeddki8852) December 3, 2015North Korean...
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Meet the Hallucinogenic Fish That Can Give You LSD-Esque Nightmares
Sarpa salpa, the "dreamfish." (Photo: Tino Strauss/CC BY-SA 3.0)On rare occasions, people have gotten high using not pills, but gills—by eating the fish Sarpa salpa. Recognizable by gold stripes...
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The Garden of Philosophy in Budapest, Hungary
In a secret corner of Budapest's Gellért Hill, the world's greatest religious figures meet silently around an orb. At least, that's what Hungarian sculptor Nándor Wagner envisioned when he created "The...
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Cave of Kelpius in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tucked away in a remote section of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, you’ll find the “Kelpius Cave,” an enhanced cave built into the side of a hill, with a stone frame entrance marking what's believed to...
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Hopalong Cassidy Museum in Cambridge, Ohio
At the Hopalong Cassidy Museum, almost any household item you could think of is branded with the image of one of television’s greatest cowboys.Currently located in the 10th Street Antique Mall in...
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