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Starving Settlers in Jamestown Colony Resorted to Cannibalism
New archaeological evidence and forensic analysis reveals that a 14-year-old girl was cannibalized in desperation
We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like. Until Now
Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
Nikola Tesla’s Amazing Predictions for the 21st Century
The famed inventor believed "the solution of our problems does not lie in destroying but in mastering the machine"
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The honored Brit—50 years in the business—goes for the bold in her designer collections
May 02, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
Mark Zuckerberg wasn't even a year old when a graduate student foresaw the emergence of online personal profiles
May 02, 2013
| By Matt Novak
This week one of the strangest flying machines you've ever seen will start its journey across America--without a drop of fuel
April 30, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
New archaeological evidence and forensic analysis reveals that a 14-year-old girl was cannibalized in desperation
May 01, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
Corporate violence against union organizers might have gone unrecorded—if it not for an enterprising news photographer
April 30, 2013
| By Gilbert King
Venture into the highly regulated and fascinating world of bovine pyroglyphics
April 30, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
As strange as it may seem today, the automobile was seen by many as the progressive solution to the transportation problems of Los Angeles
April 26, 2013
| By Matt Novak
A talented seamstress and savvy businesswoman, she catered to Washington's socialites
April 24, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
Kids tend to be pretty optimistic, but each generation betrays its own fears about the future
April 24, 2013
| By Matt Novak
Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
May 2013
| By Charlotte Gray
Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles
May 2013
| By Tony Horwitz
This simple innovation transformed the reading habits of an entire nation
May 2013
| By Clive Thompson
For a brief period in 1810, Florida was truly a country of its own
May 2013
| By William C. Davis
Was the man whose assassination began World War I riding in a car destined to bring death to a series of owners?
April 22, 2013
| By Mike Dash
The famed inventor believed "the solution of our problems does not lie in destroying but in mastering the machine"
April 19, 2013
| By Matt Novak
See some early sketches of the cartoon family that shaped our vision of what life would be like in the 21st century
April 18, 2013
| By Matt Novak
Explore the exam that has been stressing out college-bound high school students since 1926
April 12, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
The actor talks about getting vetted by the baseball legend's grandchildren, meeting with his wife and why baseball was actually his worst sport
April 16, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
In the 1970s, Joe Brainard wrote a book-length poem that paid heed to fashion
April 16, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
From corporate donations to workplace restrictions, what’s taught in the classroom has always been influenced by American industry
April 15, 2013
| By Dana Goldstein
In 1836, three Scottish boys discovered a strange cache of miniature coffins concealed on a hillside above Edinburgh. Who put them there—and why?
April 15, 2013
| By Mike Dash
The Harris family struck gold when they introduced the ice house to England in 1856, but what were the costs of their innovation?
April 15, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Photos of the Titanic Tragedy From 101 Years Ago
Sears styles sprung from the ideas of European artists and couturiers
April 05, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
Her tropical slashes of color enlivened the old-money crowd
April 09, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
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