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What If You Replaced All of New York City’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions with Big Blue Bouncy Balls?
Watch New York City get buried under its own carbon emissions
October 26, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Before Salem, There Was the Not-So-Wicked Witch of the Hamptons
Why was Goody Garlick, accused of witchcraft in 1658, spared the fate that would befall the women of Massachusetts decades later
October 26, 2012 |
By John Hanc
A Massive Field Of Frozen Greenhouse Gas Is Thawing Out
Vast stores of methane hydrates off the US east coast are thawing out, but what this means is still up in the air
October 25, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
A Halloween Massacre at the White House
In the fall of 1975 President Gerald Ford survived two assassination attempts and a car accident. Then his life got really complicated
October 25, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
Q&A: Joe Bataan, The King of Latin Soul
Mixing soul music with cultural pride in hits like "Ordinary Guy" and "Gypsy Woman," Joe Bataan speaks to the times and to the generations
October 24, 2012 |
By Joann Stevens
These Were the First Debates Since 1988 In Which Climate Change Went Unmentioned
Climate change was conspicuously missing from this season's presidential debates, the first time the topic has not come up since 1988
October 23, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Will NASA’s Newest Crowdsourcing Gambit End with a Curiosity or a COLBERT?
NASA needs your help naming its new research facility
October 23, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Young People Still Love Libraries
Most Americans between 16 - 29 still use the library to get books—real, paper books
October 23, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Volcanoes: The Top Hotspots of the World
Volcanic landscapes draw countless tourists to rumbling mountains, rivers of lava and boiling geysers. Here are a few of the hottest destinations
October 19, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
1950s Game Show Guest Had a Secret: He Saw Lincoln’s Assassination
A 5-year old Samuel J. Seymour saw Lincoln's assassination, lived to talk about it on a 1956 game show
October 19, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Sophie Blanchard – The High Flying Frenchwoman Who Revealed the Thrill and Danger of Ballooning
Blanchard was said to be afraid of riding in a carriage, but she became one of the great promoters of human flight
October 18, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
More Wines from Unexpected Places
Good, locally made wines can now be found in such unlikely locales as equatorial Kenya, the Texas Hill Country, and temperate and rainy Japan
October 17, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
Never-Before-Seen Photos Taken 50 Years Ago During Preparations for Cuba Invasion
During the dark days of October 1962, Marines trained on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques to train for an amphibious assault on Cuba
October 17, 2012 |
By Brian Wolly
Nobel Economists Looked at Finding The Best Deals When You Can’t Use Money
Two Americans explain how to best bring groups together
October 15, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
The Traumatic Birth of the Modern (and Vicious) Political Campaign
When Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California in 1934, new media were marshaled to beat him
October 11, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
Kenai the Sea Otter, Rescued From Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Has Died
One of the last two otters rescued from the Exxon Valdez oil spill has just passed away
October 11, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Four Surprising Places Where Local Wines Thrive
Almost everywhere European explorers went, vineyards grew behind them. Here are a few places tourists might never have known there was wine to taste
October 11, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
What’s Up With the Winds That Keep Grounding Felix Baumgartner’s Leap From the Stratosphere?
Getting the right weather conditions to launch may be one of the hardest parts of Felix Baumgartner's 23-mile sky dive
October 11, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Trial By Judgmental Jury—Attractive Women Seem More Guilty
A recent study suggested that women who are blonde and beautiful are less likely to get any sympathy from a jury
October 10, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
