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Climate Change, and Cod, Are Causing One Heck of a Lobster Boom in Maine
The complex relationships between humans, lobster, and cod are creating boom times—for now
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Germany Moves Forward with Controversial Monument to Reunification
The German Memorial to Freedom and Unity has a fraught history
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Three Very Modern Uses For A Nineteenth-Century Text Generator
Andrey Markov was trying to understand poems with math when he created a whole new field of probability studies
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In a Fit of 1940s Optimism, Greyhound Proposed a Fleet of Helicopter Buses
“Greyhound Skyways” would have turned major cities into bustling helicopter hubs
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How Sheep’s Blood Helped Disprove This Wacky Nineteenth-Century Theory of Illness
Scientists didn’t understand that bacteria caused disease, but then enter Louis Pasteur
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Crowdfunding Project Aims to Put 200 Holocaust Diaries Online
Eyewitness accounts bring the brutal chapter in history to life
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After 130 Years, Lost Natural Wonder May Have Been Rediscovered in New Zealand
It was believed the Pink and White Terraces were destroyed in an eruption, but research suggests they are buried under ash and mud
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Ancient Mask Challenges Theories on Origin of Metalworking in South America
The 3,000-year-old mask found in Argentina suggests that advanced metallurgy may not have been born in Peru
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Massive Wooden Fire Monument Is Older Than Stonehenge
Carbon dating shows that the site dates back to 3300 B.C.
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Puerto Rico Will Seek Statehood Again
Successful referendum sets the stage for another statehood bid
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In 1913, One Gluttonous Pupper Changed the Course of Animation History
Years before “Steamboat Willie,” this animated dog hammed it up onscreen
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When Franklin Delano Roosevelt Served Hot Dogs to a King
A king had never visited a president at home before, but by all accounts they got along fine
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257-Year-Old Coloring Book Rediscovered in St. Louis
The Florist contains 60 drawings, and recommends watercolor pigments like “gall-stone brown”
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Indonesia’s Trying to Figure Out How Many Islands It Contains
And it’s really complicated
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Google Digitizes 3,000 Years of Fashion History
The massive “We Wear Culture Project” includes 30,000 online artifacts from over 180 institutions
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Prehistoric Native American Site Discovered Off the California Coast
Sophisticated stone tools date back thousands of years
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What Hattie McDaniel Said About Her Oscar-Winning Career Playing Racial Stereotypes
Hattie McDaniel saw herself as a groundbreaker for black Americans
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The “Nobel Prize Sperm Bank” Was Racist. It Also Helped Change the Fertility Industry
The Repository for Germinal Choice was supposed to produce super-kids from the sperm of white high achievers
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Two Centuries Ago, These Ill-Fated Laborers Attempted to Overthrow the British Government
In 1817, the tragic Pentrich Revolution was short and brutal
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