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Unboxing a Prehistoric Fish

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Unboxing a Prehistoric Fish

Watch how a 400-million-year-old species is preserved.

Lizzie Philip
Atlas Obscura
August 8, 2018
Often, crows were cooked with lard or butter.

trends

When Eating Crow Was an American Food Trend

The birds briefly became a delicacy.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
August 7, 2018
Show us your best black sesame sweet soup!

soup

Introducing Gastro Obscura's Black Sesame Sweet Soup Cook-Off

It's a wondrous dessert popular in Hong Kong, and we're challenging our readers to make it at home.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
August 7, 2018
A popcorn-powered robot actuator successfully grips a balloon.

corn

How to Make a Robot Move, Using Popcorn

The future is now and it’s happening, appropriately, at Cornell University.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
August 7, 2018
Replicas of the ship Columbus sailed across the ocean, photographed in New York in 1912.

wealth

The Ultimate Rich Kids Were the Children of Famous Explorers

Wealthy and entitled, as only the scions of conquistadors could be.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
August 7, 2018
TK

olukai

The Birth of Hawai‘i's Native-Language Newspaper Archive

Hawaiian-language experts are working to preserve a century’s worth of history.

Sponsored By Olukai
Pui Wan's model of an old kopitiam.

gentrification

Making Miniatures to Preserve Local Memories

Painstaking recreations of a rapidly changing city.

Lizzie Philip
Atlas Obscura
August 7, 2018
Ghost peppers, some of the hottest peppers on earth.

peppers

To Discourage Rodents From Eating Seeds, Scientists Are Getting Spicy

A ghost pepper–based coating could help ecosystems recover from wildfires.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
August 6, 2018
I remember there was a person in it and they did something ...

memory

The Crack Squad of Librarians Who Track Down Half-Forgotten Books

Reuniting stumped readers with the books from the edges of their memories.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
August 6, 2018
The letters had been hidden beneath the gorse.

signs

Ireland's Coast Has Giant, Hidden Signs Telling Pilots Where They Are

A wildfire has just uncovered one of these "Éire" signs from World War II.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
August 6, 2018
George Adams draws on his thousands of steins to tell stories about beer and drinking.

beer

Drink Up at the Home-Museum Displaying Over 10,000 Beer Steins

Tours start at the kegerator.

Eric J. Wallace
Atlas Obscura
August 6, 2018
Marconi was considered one of the founding fathers of radio—and was bullish about messages from Mars.

mars

Everybody Shut Up! We're Listening to Mars

When the red planet comes close to Earth, some people have tried to tune in to see if it has anything to say.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2018
The famous Mickey's Diner was once called "Mickey's Dining Car."

diner

Why So Many Diners Look Like Train Cars

Often, they traveled by rail and were built that way too.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2018
The Carr fire burns along Highway 299 between Whiskeytown and Redding, July 28, 2018.

fires

A California Wildfire Whirled Into a 'Fire Tornado'

Wind speeds were as strong as 143 miles per hour.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2018
Chef Rich Francis at his home in Six Nations, Ontario.

gastro obscura profiles

How an Indigenous Chef Is Decolonizing Canadian Cuisine

Rich Francis is reclaiming and reinventing an erased food culture.

Gautham Krishnaraj
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2018
The air between these blueberries would matter a lot.

blueberries

The Disturbing Fate of a Planet Made of Blueberries

You'll never look at blueberry jam the same way again.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
August 2, 2018
Could you pass the gagh?

star trek

What Fictional Food Do You Most Want to Try?

Just because it's not real doesn't mean it can't make your mouth water.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
August 2, 2018
A western basilisk lizard—one of nearly 500* types of Ecuadorian reptiles that have gotten the lightbox photo treatment from Tropical Herping.

reptiles

Glamour Shots of Reptiles, Brought to You by Science

"All right Mr. Herpetologist, I'm ready for my close-up."

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
August 2, 2018
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