The Mississippi River has been consistently changing its path across the American landscape. But the shape-shifting river made it not only fascinating and beautiful, but also [...]
Mary Poppins and a striptease artist have something in common: They failed at true reversal. But not for the reasons you [...]
This 80-year-old illustration from an H.G. Wells' book reveals some of the world's largest animals and plants. But show the animal listed as no. 10 to an 8 year old, and you'll create a lifelong [...]
Time seems to slow down when we fear for our lives. A neuroscientist believes he has figured out what's going on in our brains that makes us feel this [...]
You may have to watch it more than once, but see if you can find the words hiding in this video. There are at least a half-dozen. Seek 'em out and report [...]
Look up at the sky and what do you see? Well, blue, yes. And maybe a plane or a bird, but otherwise ... nothing. Or so you think.Right above you, totally invisible, is an enormous herd of animal life -- tiny bugs riding the wind [...]
The vuvuzela, the traditional instrument we've all come to know (and love) from the fans at the World Cup, shares a special kinship with both alligator pits and black holes. And just in case you're worried, no, the vuvuzela can't swallow you [...]
Things happen when you spend time in wild places. Things that you can't explain. Like this: One day psychology professor Barb Smuts was walking through a Michigan forest when out popped a little mouse. And then [...]
Back in 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb, creating what might be the greatest fireworks spectacular ever. People in Hawaii gathered on rooftops, sipping drinks, as they watched a radioactive rainbow display in the night [...]
Imagine you wake up and can't read. The letters on the page have turned into squiggles. They make no sense. Howard Engel, a writer of detective stories, has this condition, but amazingly, has found a way to trick his brain to almost read [...]
One of Agatha Christie's last novels apparently contains not only a messy plot, but signs of undiagnosed Alzheimer's. Likewise, early diaries by Catholic sisters revealed clues to the eventual fate of their [...]
Think we've never heard from an alien? A radio transmission recorded in Ohio and translated into six little numbers and letters suggests there's a chance we [...]
There once was a man who liked to spend his time inhaling a lot of different gases. He was looking for a cure to tuberculosis. Some of the gases burned like heck, but one made him feel sublime. But doctors said, "No, thank you; pain is a good [...]
In the 1770s, a scientist named Dr. Joseph Priestley was studying mice to try to understand how animals breathe and how oxygen moved into the bloodstream. One day, he found a note, apparently penned by a mouse, wedged in the bars of the mouse's [...]
A Slovenian jazz choir turns syncopated claps and stomps into thunder and rain. This simple, but astonishing, a cappella feat gradually gives way to a song — actually a cover of the 80s hit "Africa" by the Californian rock band, [...] |
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