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Incredible Political Fashion Statements From Past Elections
Forget buttons and T-shirts. Check out these mini dresses, bell bottoms and digital watches from old campaign trails
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In a funereal setting, food often servers a number of symbolic functions
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In the Middle East, Female Scientists Face Different Challenges
Rana Danaji, a professor of molecular biology in Jordan, weighed in in the journal Nature on what it’s like to be a woman in science in an Arab world
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Why Does Dracula Wear a Tuxedo? The Origins of Bram Stoker’s Timeless Vampire
The evolution of Dracula, from the mind of a sickly youth to an iconic portrayal on the silver screen
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The Haunted and the Haunting: Best Places to Visit on Halloween
This Halloween, indulge in the the electric, nerve-zapping thrill of fear, and consider visiting real destinations of creepy history and ghostly legends
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The Halloween Tradition Best Left Dead: Kale as Matchmaker
Be happy this Scottish tradition is passé, your future marriage may have depended on it
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Thanks to some historical detectivework, a pair of researchers has relocated one of the earliest recognized dinosaur sites in the American west
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Sauropods are iconic dinosaurs, but the first of their kind ever found was initially thought to be a huge crocodile
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Sexy or scary, the outfit has cast a spell on costume wearers going back many years
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Napoleon’s Army May Have Suffered From the Greatest Wardrobe Malfunction in History
Historians still puzzle over Napoleon’s catastrophic Russian defeat, but materials scientists think the army’s buttons may be to blame
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Should Americans Travel to the Middle East?
Today the area is often perceived as a murky and dangerous blur on the map. But how unsafe, really, is this area for tourists?
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These Were the First Debates Since 1988 In Which Climate Change Went Unmentioned
Climate change was conspicuously missing from this season’s presidential debates, the first time the topic has not come up since 1988
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Dress Codes and Etiquette, Part 2: Diana Vreeland vs. Emily Post on Vulgarity
How much drama is too much? These two famous women, who wielded power over how we dress, could have debated the subject
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In 2012 Election, Gender Gap Is As Wide As It’s Ever Been
Men and women haven’t agreed in three elections: 1996, 2000 and 2004
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Two Pillars of Skepticism—Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz—Died This Weekend
Leon Jaroff and Paul Kurtz both died this weekend. Together, the two men represent some of the founding ideas of the modern skeptic community
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For over a century and a half, paleontologists have been confounded by the sail-backed carnivore Becklespinax. What did this dinosaur really look like?
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Taking a Closer Look at an Odd Pair of Very, Very Old Socks
With their divided toes and extreme length, these red knit wonders from an excavated Egyptian site have an otherworldly quality
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1950s Game Show Guest Had a Secret: He Saw Lincoln’s Assassination
A 5-year old Samuel J. Seymour saw Lincoln’s assassination, lived to talk about it on a 1956 game show
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Dress Codes and Etiquette, Part 1: What Not to Wear to High School in the 1960s
Before the Age of Aquarius, there was the age of administrators and their button-down rules about students’ wardrobes
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The Michelin Guide: Why We Look to Automotive Experts for Dining Advice
How did a tire company get in the restaurant reviewing business?
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