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The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism
Their seances with the departed launched a mass religious movement—and then one of them confessed that “it was common delusion”
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 06 – The Good Little Scouts
A camping trip to the moon might seem fanciful, but 1960s advertisers were already promoting space tourism
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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
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And the Winner Is: 2012 Inductees to the Robot Hall of Fame
Much to our chagrin, Rosey did not make it. But who did?
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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
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A Brief History of the Teleprompter
How a makeshift show business memory aid became the centerpiece of modern political campaigning
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 05 – Jetson’s Nite Out
George and Mr. Spacely sneak off to watch the big game, but are caught in the act by Jane on the family’s super-sized television
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Sex and Space Travel: Predictions from the 1950s
The cure for lonely space missions? One astronomer proposed hiring astronaut concubines
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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
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 04 – The Coming of Astro
Man’s best friend has been fending off the the threat of a robot replacement for decades, not just on television
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A New Great Depression and Ladies on the Moon: 1970s Middle School Kids Look to the Year 2000
The ideal future according to a ten-year-old: shorter school days, lower taxes, and lots and lots of robots
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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
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Document Deep Dive: What Did Analysts Find in the Recon Photographs From the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Dino Brugioni explains how he and other CIA photo analysts located Soviet missiles just 90 miles away from the United States
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 03 – The Space Car
The Jetsons didn’t invent the flying car, but it sure did a lot to cement the idea of the airborne automobile into the American imagination
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What (or Who) Caused the Great Chicago Fire?
The true story behind the myth of Mrs. O’Leary and her cow
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Predictions From The Father of Science Fiction
Hugo Gernsback’s predictions give us a look at the most radical of technological utopianism from the 1920s
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Revisiting Epcot Center on its 30th Birthday
Has the Disney theme park outlived its purpose as a monument to science and technology?
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Recapping “The Jetsons”: Episode 02 – A Date With Jet Screamer
The Jetson family’s descent into sex, drugs and rock & roll
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The Unsolved Mystery of the Tunnels at Baiae
Did ancient priests fool visitors to a sulfurous subterranean stream that they had crossed the River Styx and entered Hades?
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