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Nearly 4,500 Kids Are Injured on Amusement Park Rides Each Year
Based on current trends in the amusement park market, these injury numbers probably won't go down any time soon
May 06, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Order Your Groceries Online
Ordering groceries online for delivery cuts carbon emissions by half when compared with traveling to the store by car
April 30, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Here’s How Scientists Are Keeping You From Inhaling Deadly Microbes in the Subway
An invisible odorless gas will be released into seven subways throughout New York City this July
April 26, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Nobody Walks in L.A.: The Rise of Cars and the Monorails That Never Were
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
Children of the 1980s Build Their Cities of Tomorrow
Kids tend to be pretty optimistic, but each generation betrays its own fears about the future
April 24, 2013 |
By Matt Novak
Prisoners Have Some Ingenious Ideas on How to Make the Most of Tiny Apartments
In Italy, prisoners teamed up with designers to re-imagine the cell
April 23, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Edinburgh’s Mysterious Miniature Coffins
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
When New York City Tamed the Feared Gunslinger Bat Masterson
The lawman had a reputation to protect—but that reputation shifted after he moved East
April 03, 2013 |
By Gilbert King
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013
From the blues to the big top, we’ve picked the most intriguing small towns to enjoy arts and smarts
April 2013 |
By Susan Spano
Are You Here on Earth Just to Make Babies?
If so, what does that really mean for what we do each day, our culture and our society?
March 26, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Count of Dead Pigs Pulled Out of Chinese Rivers Is Up to 16,000
Recent plagues of dead animals floating down China's rivers may be due to farmers evading heightened environmental regulations
March 25, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
The Twisted Reasons People Poison Pets
Journalist Deborah Blum found a few culprits that cropped up again and again
March 13, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Faces From Afar: One American’s Endeavor to Kick Ecuador’s Vegetable Oil Habit
Coconut oil is healthy. It smells and tastes like sweet tropical butter. Yet almost nobody in Ecuador uses it
March 12, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
The Sun Can Heal the Cracks in This New Type of Concrete
When the sun lights the concrete jungle, this new material can heal its wounds
March 07, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
The Gettysburg Cyclorama Is Gone Forever
Richard Neutra's Gettysburg Cyclorama building demolished
March 05, 2013 |
By Angela Serratore
Biking Ecuador’s Spectacular Avenue of the Volcanoes
Home to a string of high peaks, including 20,564-foot Chimborazo, the area offers some of the finest cycling, hiking and adventuring country anywhere
March 03, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
What Makes These Avocados Different From All Others?
The spectrum of the fruit here is almost as varied as the people who grow them, and for avo advocates, Ecuador is a excellent place to go tasting
February 26, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
China Acknowledges It Has a Problem With Pollution-Laden ‘Cancer Villages’
This is most likely the first that authorities dubbed pollution-laden problem locations "cancer villages" in an official report
February 26, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
The Dead Woman Who Brought Down the Mayor
Vivian Gordon was a reputed prostitute and blackmailer—but her murder led to the downfall of New York Mayor Jimmy Walker
February 25, 2013 |
By Rachel Shteir
Who Owns This Half-Million Dollar Banksy Mural?
A public piece of art, painted on a private wall, by an pseudonymous artist. Who owns the work?
February 25, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
