Cool Finds
Woodrow Wilson's Family Home Opens in Columbia
Woodrow Wilson’s boyhood home in Columbia, South Carolina is having it’s grand opening on Saturday, February 15
Here’s What Sochi Looks Like from the ISS
In some ways, they have the best view of anybody this year - no stray dogs, or double toilets, just beautiful lights and an interrupted stream
Wisdom the Albatross, the World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird, Has Yet Another Baby
Wisdom is 63, and this is thought to be her 35th-or-so chick
Finding the Best Office Temperature Is Basically Impossible
Is there a universally perfect working temperature? Probably not, and trying to find it might be a wild goose chase
China Gets Its First American-Style Chinese Restaurant
Located in Shanghai, the American-style Chinese restaurant Fortune Cookie was founded by two Cornell graduates, Fung Lam and David Rossi
Happy Birthday Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh's entrance wasn’t loud or flashy, much like the bear himself it was simple and sweet: a short poem in a little magazine
Vietnam's Black Market Is Selling Dogs With Rabies To Meet Demand for Dog Meat
The Vietnamese government, however, is pledging to start better regulating the predominately illegal industry
Researchers Have Found a Treasure Trove of Fossils in Canada
Researchers have found a treasure trove of fossils in Canada
New York Could Grow All Its Own Food
Theoretically, New York City could become largely self-sufficient
The Tooth Fairy Is a Very Recent, Very American Creation
The tooth fairy first appeared around the turn of the 20th century
King Richard III Will Be the First Famous Historical Person Whose Genome Is Sequenced
And it'll be public, so anyone can check it out
Chocolate Milk Was Invented in Jamaica
As with many things, the European who gets credit for inventing chocolate milk probably did not actually invent it
This Chip Will Self Destruct (If DARPA Can Get It To)
Should a United States computer fall into the wrong hands, the army wants to be able to disintegrate that chip and its information on command
Which Sci-Fi Armor Is the Military's Fancy New Battle Suit Actually Like?
They're calling it the "Iron Man" suit, but we think there's a closer analogy
Send Your Valentine a Secret Message in the Language of Flowers, Updated for Modern Lovers
Certain flowers had well-understood meanings back in Victorian times, and now a London startup is trying to revive floriography for current times
You Could Soon Make Coca-Cola in the Comfort of Your Own Home
How a Keurig Coke pack will work is still under wraps, but Coca-Cola is taking aim at the home-made soda market
Take a Lovely Two-Minute Tour of Antarctica From the Air
A brief helicopter trip around Italy's Mario Zucchelli Research Station
Mathematician Calculates 177,147 Ways to Tie a Tie
"I have tried 10 or 20 of them, and most of them to be quite honest look kind of awkward,” he says
The Oldest Human Footprints Ever Discovered Outside of Africa Have Already Been Washed Away
Casts and computer images are all that's of footprints made 900,000 years ago on the British coast
Americans Are More Into BDSM Than The Rest of the World
Not only is BDSM far more common than you might think, it’s also far less of a red-flag when it comes to health and psychology
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