Arts
Will Catalan Elections Allow an Old Nation to Become a New State In Europe?
Catalonians have long asserted they are not part of Spain, now the historical question of independence is on the ballot
Five of the World's Most Fascinating Topiary Gardens
Whimsical gardens in surprising shapes decorate homes, churches and cemeteries around the world. We’ve rounded up five of the most extraordinary
A Long-Forgotten, Underground Tunnel in D.C. Is Finally Getting Some Fresh Air
The 75,000-square-foot space underneath the city's Dupont Circle will become an impressive new art space
Tactical Urbanists Are Improving Cities, One Rogue Fix at a Time
And city governments are paying attention, turning homemade infrastructure changes into permanent solutions
A Lost John Steinbeck Short Story Was Rediscovered, Published
The short story deals with the racial politics of the mid-20th century
When Dazzling Art Transforms the Cityscape
Janet Echelman’s sky-high sculptures, created from miles of fiber, cast a magical spell over urban spaces
Copyright Law Kept These Famous Works From Entering the Public Domain This Year
Here is a list of books, movies, music & scientific research that would have entered the public domain today had the 1978 copyright law not been passed
How to Make Awesome Frozen Soap Bubbles Without Having to Brave the Cold
Frozen soap bubbles are really cool looking. But going outside to make them means braving the cold. Here's how to make them at home
Futurists Once Dreamed of Submarine Helicopters And Spaceships Powered by Swans
The ships that we've dreamed up tell us a lot about just how badly humans have wanted to travel beyond our own world
Tolkien's Dwarves Would Have Needed 38 Mini-Nuclear Plants to Melt All That Gold So Quickly
Unless those dwarf furnaces were burning some sort of Middle-earth super fuel, in real life Smaug probably would have just eaten the dwarves
Victorians Made Jewelry Out of Human Hair
Hair work went out of fashion around 1925, but it was popular for hundreds of years before that
This Sea Slug Was Just Named After a Game of Thrones Character
There's a Stephen Colbert beetle, a Lady Gaga genus of plant, and a Beyonce bee. And now, a Game of Thrones slug
Playing an Instrument Won’t Make Your Kid Smarter
Music can, however, boost children's creativity and teach them important life skills such as discipline and concentration--but so can other hobbies
Breakdance Competitions Are Adding Fingerbreaking to Their Lineup
This is not a bad-cop interrogation method, but rather a newly recognized form of dance
Benjamin Franklin Invented a Glass Harp
Here you can hear a man play the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies on the armonica - which looks a lot like a man massaging a stack of plastic cups
The Pictures in Your Home Goods Catalogs Are Probably Computer Rendered
Some materials are harder to render than others, but soon those catalogs will be full of space that never existed in the real world
Which Seat Should You Pick at the Movie Theater?
When you walk into a theater, you're probably still going to argue with your friends about which seat to pick. But now you know the right answer
Here’s How Disney Animates Snow
In the Disney animation studio, different types of snow are made by tweaking a computer model. In the real world, they're made by changing the temperature
This Museum Exhibit Shows How Awesome Overlooked Female Drummers Actually Are
It turns out that there are, in fact, women who drum. And they are amazing
This Exhibit Features Cheese Made From the Bacteria of Human Tears, Belly Buttons And Noses
The artists recently held a wine and cheese pairing event, in which visitors stuck their noses close to the human cheese and took a big whiff
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