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Confused Construction Workers Tore Down an Ancient Tomb and Replaced it With a Picnic Table
Is the tomb’s picnic table-like appearance to blame?
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“Full Blood Resurrection” and Other Gaming Terms Are Entering Chinese Vernacular
As online gaming is so popular in China, it’s changing the way people talk.
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3D Printing Molten Glass Is Beautiful
The innovation comes out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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How a Single Wedding Ring Led to a $6 Billion Gold Hoax
People really wanted to believe there were 13 million pounds of gold there for the taking
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There’s a Conference in the U.K. All About Werewolves Next Month
Wolf-to-human transformations in literature and history and their significance take the stage
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A 15-Foot-Tall, 250-Pound Inflatable Ball Got Loose in Toledo, Ohio
Sounds like the inspiration for a Pixar movie.
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Russia Wants Rachmaninoff’s Remains Back
Should a composer who abandoned his home forever be returned there 72 years after his death?
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Burning Man is Currently Infested With Biting, Stinky Desert Bugs
The plague of insects is really harshing the vibe
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American Vegetarianism Has a Religious Past
Thank the creators of corn flakes and graham crackers for veggie burgers and not-dogs
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Banksy May Be Opening A Dystopian Disneyland Park
The elusive street artist’s take on Disneyland is chock-full of dystopia
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Disney Will Add Star Wars Themed Lands to California and Florida Theme Parks
The 14-acre expansion will feature battles and the Millennium Falcon
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The World’s Oldest Multicolor Printed Book Was Too Fragile to Read…Until Now
The 1633 book has now been digitized
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This Animation Is Made of Embroidery
It took a year and a half to create a short film using “embroidermation”
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What’s Behind China’s Professional Tomb Raiding Trend?
Move over, Lara Croft: raiding tombs is an increasingly viable career in China
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Tobacco pipes in the Bard’s backyard may retain traces of cannabis, but some historians remain skeptical
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Teenage Girls Have Led Language Innovation for Centuries
They’ve been on the cutting edge of the English language since at least the 1500s
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Humans Evolved to Be Moved by Art
New research shows that while people respond to art for very different reasons, the ability to be moved in the first place is universal
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