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Dog Movies Create Ten-Year Spikes in Breeds’ Popularity
“Lassie” alone led to a 40 percent increase in the number of border collies that families adopted
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The Social Media Fight Between the U.S. and ISIS Is Weirder Than You’d Imagine
The U.S. has decided to fight propaganda with propaganda
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Every Year for the Next 100 Years, Authors Will Write Books That Won’t Be Read Until 2114
Author Margaret Atwood’s new book became the first to go into the century-long time capsule project
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High-tech Chopsticks Developed To Combat Food Safety Issues In China
Could utensils be a way to keep consumers safe?
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500 Years’ Worth of Book Illustrations Have Just Been Liberated From Print
The internet’s about to get a wealth of illustrations from more than two million books
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Home-Cooked Meals Are a Burden on Women
Cash- and time-strapped moms often feel pressured to cook meals for unappreciative kids and men
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Nine Different Households, Surrounded by a Week’s Worth Garbage
Photographer Gregg Segal wanted to highlight the problems of waste, pollution and overconsumption
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A Lost Chapter From Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Was Just Released
The chapter was removed after being deemed “too wild” and subversive
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Public Health Orgs Are Weighing In on E-Cigarettes
The AHA is neutral on e-cigarettes in U.S., but the WHO wants to ban them indoors
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Dear Americans: You Don’t Understand What the Burger King-Tim Hortons Merger Means to Canadians
Tim Hortons is a core component of the amorphous “Canadian identity”
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Tasmanian Sheep May Be Wooliest In World
Shaun the sheep might beat out the previous champ, Shrek, as the world’s wooliest sheep
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Women Now Outnumber Adolescent Boys in the Gamer Community
Smartphones likely explain the sudden spike in the number of female gamers
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Some zoo landscaping is designed to keep the animals within their cages, not for them to interact with
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Facebook Users Want Help Distinguishing Satire From Reality
A special label could indicate whether content posted on Facebook is in jest
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An American Tribe Wants a German Museum to Return Native American Scalps
The German Museums Association says that scalps are not subject to the same ethical guidelines that govern other human remains
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Watch How Jim Henson Animated Jazz With Tiny, Dancing Strips of Paper
Jim Henson had a soft spot for jazz
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Here’s What the Real People Robin Williams Portrayed Had to Say About Him
Robin Williams played a number of real people throughout his career
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Hummus and Goat Cheese Are Out; Ramen and Brussels Sprouts Are In
Food trends, as revealed by the New York Times’ coverage
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Iceland’s Naming Laws Prevented a 10-Year-Old From Getting a Passport
Iceland’s rules for naming children are getting a lot of attention after a few high-profile cases
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The World’s Longest Horse Race Is Going on Right Now in Mongolia
With wild horses, broken bones and treacherous terrain, this isn’t a steeplechase
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