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Whatever is causing whales to strand themselves on shore, it's likely a more complicated cocktail of factors.

The members-only Spring Street Social Society branches out into interactive theater.

"Who may keepe dogges within a forrest?"

And how can we help them do it safely?

The U.K. artist Kate McLean is trying to preserve our olfactory memory.

Today's craze is a second act; medieval chefs were equally enamored.

In an exhibit honoring the work of conductor Arturo Toscanini, there's an odd slice of recording technology.

Mobile phones are putting this ancient form of communication at risk.

Why blow hundreds of dollars on gifts this season when you can create wonder right at home?

How one of the country's favorite apples went from pint-sized to pound-sized.

The famed scientist was known for his habit of using walls as sketchpads.

What looking at animals from the past can tell us about our world now.

Welcome to the molly house.

Chefs are recreating pickled foods she made as an ex-slave turned successful chef.

Weekly gift ideas from the staff of Atlas Obscura.

Tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling.

It's so unique that paleontologists initially doubted its authenticity.

Masterpieces of memento mori.