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Carbon Dating Reveals One of the Oldest Known Copies of the Quran
Manuscript fragments found in U.K. library were written between 568 and 645
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Why Are People Still Using Asbestos?
The story holds parallels with that of the tobacco industry
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The International Olympic Committee Just Rescued Its Priceless Video Archive
Seven years and 100,000 hours of work later, the IOC’s archive has been digitized and preserved
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Central Park Has 22 Statues of Historical Figures. Every Single One is a Man.
Could a crusade to bring historic women into the park change the face of the city?
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In the 1960s, One Man Took Washington D.C.’s Rat Problem Into His Own Hands, Literally
And challenged the city’s race and wealth divide in the process
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Here’s What Steam-Powered Cars Were Like Before the Combustion Engine
The Doble brothers’ built a beautiful steam car in 1924 but mismanagement kept it from being a financial sucess
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150 Years Ago, a Fire in P.T. Barnum’s Museum Boiled Two Whales Alive
Attracting tourists and locals alike, the museum mixed freakshow performers with educational collections
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Divers Turn to Robots for Help Scouring the Pacific for Long-Lost WWII Soldiers
An ongoing effort to recover those missing in action teams military historians, volunteers and scientists
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Archeologists Have Found 2,000 Ancient Golden Spirals and They Have No Idea What They Are
The meaning or purpose behind the spirals is unclear, but they probably were part of a ritual
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The Statue of Liberty Arrived in New York in 350 Pieces
Luckily, she also came with an instruction manual
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Explore This Map of 13 Centuries’ Worth of English Metaphors
How long ago did English speakers start linking chickens with fearfulness?
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How Pluto Got Its Name
New Horizons carries an instrument named for Venetia Burney, the 11-year-old girl who named Pluto
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Here’s What the First Lady Has to Do if She Wants to Redecorate
A few throw pillows and a touch of new paint? No way.
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Why Was One of Hollywood’s First Female Film Directors, Dorothy Arzner, Forgotten?
Arzner directed 20 feature films
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Obama Just Established Three New National Monuments Covering Over a Million Acres
Art, fossils and natural beauty
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Ever Heard of the Bontebok? It’s an African Animal Humans Nearly Destroyed, Then Saved
Part of this conservation success story relies on the bontebok’s inability to jump
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In South Africa, People Painted with Cow Milk Long Before They Domesticated Cattle
The need to hunt wild cow relatives would have made this paint valuable
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Why Is there Wine on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
Bordeaux, Champagne wine regions get world heritage designations
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In 1915 a Former Harvard Professor Tried to Blow Up the U.S. Capitol
Driven by anti-war sentiment, he went on to carry out several terrorist attacks in NYC to protest U.S. involvement in WWI
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Croquet Was Once the Big Thing at Wimbledon
The club has croquet to thank for its famous lawns
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