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Does Larry Ellison Know His $600 Million Island Is Sinking?
CNN is reporting that Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle (the people who make Java), is buying 98% of Lanai, Hawaii’s sixth largest island. According to Reuters, ‘It is my understanding that Mr. Ellison has had a long standing interest in Lanai. His passion for nature, particularly the ocean, is well known specifically [...]
June 21, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
50 Years of Longline Fishermen Throwing Out the Endangered Half of Their Catch
Longline fishing uses strings of hooks stretching 30 miles in the Gulf of Mexico, regularly ensnaring around 80 non-target animals, including Atlantic bluefin tuna, blue and white marlin, sailfish and endangered sea turtles. Some studies indicate that longliners throw away more animals than they actually haul in for harvest. In the hopes of encouraging people [...]
June 20, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Nothing Unhealthy About McDonalds, Says Head Chef
It’ll take more than banana nut oatmeal with fresh blueberries to save McDonald’s image, which is why Daniel Coudreaut, the company’s “senior director of culinary innovation,” is trying his hardest to change that. Last week, the former child actor and Culinary Institute of America graduate faced off against Ohioans at a press event held at [...]
June 20, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Six Ways to Celebrate the Summer Solstice Around the World
From Eagle Summit in Alaska's White Mountains, watch as the sun dips, dips, dips---but remains just above the horizon
June 19, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
Today We Celebrate the Time Canada Burned Down the White House
Two hundred years ago today, a 36-year old America declared war, for the second time, against Great Britain. The plan was to conquer Canada and wrest North America for the United States once and for all. But, by pretty much all measures, the war was a total mess… It began in confusion, with the United [...]
June 18, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
How to Eat Lobster 10 Ways In 24 Hours
These innovative recipes entice the taste buds for every meal of the day
June 15, 2012 |
By Kat J. McAlpine
Why Do Men Grill?
Globally, it seems that this gendered division of cookery is an American thing
June 14, 2012 |
By Jesse Rhodes
The “Latin Lover” and His Enemies
Rudolph Valentino fought a long battle against innuendo about his masculinity right up until he died. But now he seems to have won
June 13, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
The Ax Murderer Who Got Away
One hundred years ago this week, a family of six were murdered by ax in the little town of Villisca, Iowa. Might those killings be linked to as many as nine other multiple ax murders that occurred across the North-West and Midwest in 1911-12?
June 08, 2012 |
By Mike Dash
John Wayne’s Hondo Comes Out on Blu-ray
The Duke's daughter-in-law Gretchen Wayne talks about the restored version of one of his moodier Westerns
June 06, 2012 |
By Daniel Eagan
Summer Vacation on Campus
Looking for unique, fun, inexpensive lodging? Stay in a university dorm
June 04, 2012 |
By Susan Spano
Passion in the Poconos
Home of the heart-shaped tub, the Pennsylvania mountains once rivaled Niagara Falls as a honeymoon destination
June 01, 2012 |
By Susan Spano
What Do Jackson Pollock, Tennessee Williams and Norman Mailer Have in Common?
Cape Cod's dune shacks are American culture's home away from home
June 2012 |
By Paul Starobin
Saved From Prohibition by Holy Wine
In downtown Los Angeles, a 95-year-old winery weathered hard times by making wine for church services. Now connoisseurs are devoted to it
June 2012 |
By Amy Scattergood
You've Never Heard A Music Box Like This
In a funky New Orleans experiment, musicians turn a ramshackle house into a cacophony of sounds
June 2012 |
By Jamie Katz
America's Monumental Dinosaur Site
For the first time in years, visitors can once again see the nation's most productive Jurassic park
May 31, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Travelers’ Tales in Utah’s Canyonlands
The trail is rough and hard to follow, marked chiefly by cairns; water is intermittent; and if something bad happens help is not at hand
May 30, 2012 |
By Susan Spano
The Birth of Non-Alcoholic Ketchup
One of the first recipes for ketchup published in the United States called for "love apples"
May 24, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
Team Hollywood’s Secret Weapons System
During World War II, Hedy Lamarr raised $7 million in one night by kissing war-bond buyers. But she and the Hollywood composer George Anthiel also designed a radical new torpedo-guidance system
May 23, 2012 |
By Gilbert King
Five Quintessential Cajun Foods
If you've only had the pleasure of eating a bowl of gumbo, queue up some Beausoleil and prepare some of these specialties
May 22, 2012 |
By Jesse Rhodes
