Danny Lewis

 

Danny Lewis is a multimedia journalist working in print, radio, and illustration. He focuses on stories with a health/science bent and has reported some of his favorite pieces from the prow of a canoe. Danny is based in Brooklyn, NY.

For A Better-Tasting Tomato, Dip It In Hot Water Before Sticking It In The Fridge

A simple chemical trick could make supermarket tomatoes taste way better.

Burning Man 2013 CARGO CULT

Burning Man is Currently Infested With Biting, Stinky Desert Bugs

The plague of insects is really harshing the vibe

American Vegetarianism Has a Religious Past

Thank the creators of corn flakes and graham crackers for veggie burgers and not-dogs

Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Joe Pothering points to human bones in embankment along Route 61 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania August 14, 2015. Forensic archaeologists on Friday began excavating a highway embankment in eastern Pennsylvania, looking for more bones believed to be from impoverished victims of the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic in 1918.

Human Bones Found Near Pennsylvania Highway Could Be From the 1918 Flu

Roadside construction reveals mass gravesite

Weston-super-mare, United Kingdom. 18th August 2015 -- A structure of a sinister fairy castle can be seen in Weston-super-Mare. High security has been put in place. Image courtesy of Martyn East on Instagram. -- Fans of street artist Bansky expect whispers of a secret sinister pop-up exhibition called 'Dismaland' in seaside town to be true. A fairy castle structure, like a sinister twist on Disneyland, can be seen by locals from Weston-super-mare beach.

Banksy May Be Opening A Dystopian Disneyland Park

The elusive street artist’s take on Disneyland is chock-full of dystopia

Black Holes Might Catapult Rogue Supernovas Into Space

Like being fired from a slingshot at 4.5 million miles an hour

Why Airplane Seats Come With Barf Bags

One of the last remaining luxuries of airplane travel

Drone Racing Wants to Become a Professional Sport

The Drone Racing League just got $1 million from Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross

Cadavers Are Teaching Doctors to Be More Empathetic

By getting to know the person behind the cadaver, new doctors are honing the skills they'll use on living patients

A New Cooking Oil Can Be Reused 80 Times

Could it make for better French fries and disrupt a worldwide black market at the same time?

The Color White Has a Dark Past

From race to wealth to cleanliness, the color's connotations have a long history

Modern Life Could Be Making Dementia More Common

Dementia is affecting people more and earlier than ever before — but is pollution the culprit?

The European Space Agency Wants to Build a Moon Village

Someday soon, the hot new European vacation spot could have a great view of the planet Earth

Modern Milk is Kind of Miraculous

...at least in the USA

Russia Might Own the North Pole

Thanks to global warming, Russia has claimed a new ocean in the Arctic

Bats and Balloon Bombs: The Weird Weapons That Could Have Won WWII

World War II's lesser-known weapons were ingenious, indeed

These Academics Are Outracing (and Outwitting) ISIS

Historians, archaeologists and librarians scramble to save precious cultural capital before it can be sold or destroyed by militants

The crew of the Bockscar

The Nagasaki Bombing Almost Didn’t Happen

What really happened on the mission to drop the second atomic bomb

Austin Just Sidestepped a Brawl Over BBQ Smoke

Don't mess with Texas...barbecue

Feeling Small in the Face of Nature Makes People More Generous

Awe, yeah

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