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A diorama at the River Raisin visitor center depicts the war’s northern front.

The War of 1812’s Forgotten Battle Cry

Remember the Raisin? You probably don’t

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The War of 1812: 200 Years Later

What is there to remember about the battles long relegated to footnote status? More than you might think!

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Great Moments in Chicken Culinary History

Where did these six poultry-based dishes (with one imposter) get their start?

Nestlé researchers prepare to discover whether consumers will like reformulated cereal.

Can Technology Save Breakfast?

Cereal companies, maligned for overprocessing, are now using the same techniques to put some nature back in the bowl

Scientists are racing against time: 100,000 species of flora-imperiled by habitat destruction, overharvesting and climate change—are threatened with extinction.

The Noah’s Ark of Plants and Flowers

Scientists at a British laboratory are racing to preserve thousands of the world’s threatened plants, one seed at a time

Alfred Wegener, in Greenland, c. 1930, was ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.”

When Continental Drift Was Considered Pseudoscience

More than 100 years ago, a German scientist was ridiculed for advancing the shocking idea that the continents were adrift

Manhattan’s Museum of Mathematics is teaching kids that math is exciting.

Coming Soon: The New York City Math Museum

New York’s newest museum is anything but formulaic

Animals, like humans, do go bald. Hair loss or fur loss can be seen in several animals, including coatis, Andean bears and cats of various species.

Why Don’t Animals Go Bald, Like Humans and Other Questions From Our Readers

Your questions answered by our experts

Century-old casks line the winery’s restaurant, built inside its 1940s redwood wine tank room.

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

Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes that America is still the land of opportunity.

Why America is the World’s Shelter

The renowned author of the memoir Infidel found refuge here from persecution abroad

A 72 hour survival test of a typical family in a bomb shelter, circa 1955.

The New Hot Item on the Housing Market: Bomb Shelters

The cold war may be over, but sales of a new breed of bomb shelter are on the rise. Prepare to survive Armageddon in style

The transformation of a homeless America.

Inside the Plan to Get 100,000 Homeless Off the Streets

A new campaign has enjoyed stunning success in lowering the number of chronically homeless in the United States

"I would try to pitch my flimsy home off animal trails but close enough to the others so that they could hear me scream." – Tim Cahill

Deep in the Ndoki Jungle, A Few Sheets of Nylon Can Feel a Lot Like Home

The founding editor of Outside magazine explains why a tent is sometimes the difference between life and death

The shanties were erected with materials salvaged mainly from an 18th-century Creole cottage that collapsed on the site in 2009—everything from mahogany paneling to rattraps.

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

The 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption, one of the largest in recent history, is dwarfed by the scale of supervolcano eruptions

Can Supervolcanoes Erupt More Suddenly Than We Think?

Enormous magma reserves may sit quietly for just thousands or even hundreds of years

The author was recruited very temporarily by this traveling team of cyclists from Corsica when he arrived at Col du Soulor (1,474 meters/4,724 feet).

Where Lance Remains the King

Among the peaks, cirques and summits of the French Pyrenees, the greeting call to an American on a bike may always be “Armstrong!”

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Fate of Auctioned Tarbosaurus Yet to be Determined

An almost complete skeleton was sold for more than a million dollars, but what will become of this rare specimen?

Thomas Scott Baldwin's airship at the St. Louis Exposition

Don’t Let Your Money Fly Away: A 1909 Warning to Airship Investors

Flying aboard aircraft? Just a passing fad

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How a Federally-Regulated Safety Message Distinguished a Brand

If you’ve flown Virgin America, you’ve seen its distinctive safety video. But what’s the story behind it?

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