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The American Dream Doesn’t Mean the Same Thing to White People And Minorities
While many see the American Dream including a home, not everybody thinks about that home the same way
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India And the EU Are Making It Much Easier for Tourists to Get Visas
Traveling can get tangled in red tape, but some governments are trying to make it easier
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In Need of a New Nostril? Scientists Can Grow One From Your Cartilage
Researchers in Switzerland just performed the first reconstructive nasal surgery using lab-grown cartilage
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We Remember People We Met as Babies, Even If We Don’t Remember Being Babies
Babies can subconsciously remember people they’ve met, even if they don’t remember meeting them
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Ice-Age Bees Uncovered at the La Brea Tar Pits
The samples were actually excavated back in 1970, but were set aside because there wasn’t a way to analyze them at the time
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In the U.S., Mentally Ill People Are Ten Times More Likely To Be in Prison Than in a Hospital
The number of mentally ill people in prison is going up, and the number in hospitals is going down
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This May Have Been the Worst Diamond Heist in History
An Albuquerque museum was robbed of a diamond that was returned the next day
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Walmart’s About to Do for Organic Food What It Did for Every Other Consumer Product
Walmart’s going to give organic food a big push
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Message in a Bottle, Found in the Baltic Sea, Is 100 Years Old
While this new Baltic bottle will probably take the prize for oldest verified message in a bottle, it’s probably not actually the oldest
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Here’s a Six-Minute Explainer for the Turmoil Currently Underway in Venezuela
The 2014 protests have affected not just political activists but ordinary citizens, too
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Almost 2 Million People Ran a U.S. Half Marathon Last Year—And Most of Them Were Women
Fitness trendsters, take note: it’s about time you go run 13.1 miles
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Bidders Are Clamoring for Detroit’s Artwork, But the City Isn’t Selling
As the bankruptcy fight rages on, Detroit’s artworks are still objects of interest
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U.N.: Kidnappings, Torture, Propaganda Preceded Crimea’s Secession Vote
The conditions around Crimea’s secession vote were not clean, says a draft U.N. report
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Procuring strong painkillers in Russia - even when the prognosis is death - is exceedingly difficult
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Oldest Fossilized Heart Found…It Belonged to A Shrimp
Researchers found the oldest-known cardiovascular system in a fossilized “shrimp-like” anima
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French Workers Don’t Have It As Easy As Brits Want to Believe
New rules allow some workers time off, but don’t demand anybody turn off their phones when they go home
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It Is Possible for Grandmas to Overindulge on Time With Their Grandkids
One day with the kids is boon to cognitive performance, but five days is draining
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10,000 People Live in Houseboats on London’s Waterways
High rent prices have driven Londoners onto the water
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Sea Otters Can Get the Human Flu
Scientists have no idea how the otters contracted the H1N1 virus, however
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The “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” Is Most Likely Not a Modern Fake
Chemical analyses show the text was written thousands of years ago
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