glass flowers
Rotten Apples That Will Last Forever
A close-up look at the botanical glass artist Rudolf Blaschka's last—and strangest—project.
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dolphins
How a Female Dolphin May Use Her Vagina to Choose the Father of Her Calf
Inside the weird world of cetacean sex.
31 days of halloween
America's Top Fears in 2017
Pollution, politicians, and Pyongyang all made the list this year.
31 days of halloween
Why the Jelly Belly Factory Has a Shrine to Ronald Reagan
The Gipper loved his sweet, sweet beans.
chemicals
Scientists Have Figured Out What Makes Wagyu Beef Smell So Delicious
One of the key molecules smells like egg whites.
jewels
See the Most Luxurious Medieval Manuscripts in Existence
Feel free to judge these books by their covers.
furniture
The Creepy Cabinet That Inspired Jekyll and Hyde
How a piece of furniture informed an iconic horror story.
jewels
Found: The Elaborate Coal Belt Buckles of First-Century Women Warriors
Only 10 examples of these type of accessories are known in the world.
feats
One of the World's Largest Pianos Has Returned Home
The nearly 19-foot instrument will now live in the workshop of Adrian Mann, who built it as a teenager.
climate change
Volcanic Eruptions That Shaped Oregon May Have Had a Chilling Effect
A massive amount of sulfur gas probably impacted climate around the world.
genetics
Scientists Have Found Some of the Genes That Make Us So Complex
The root difference between us and worms.
pumpkins
More Than 20 Years Later, Cornell's Great Pumpkin Mystery Remains Unsolved
Who put a gourd on top of this 173-foot bell tower?
prank
China's Cracking Glass Bridge Prank: Funny or Cruel?
Some people aren't cracking up over a stunt at 3,800 feet.
theater
The Small Script-Copying Service That Powered NYC Entertainment for Decades
Among many other jobs, Studio Duplicating staff did frenzied, last-minute typing for Saturday Night Live.
murder
Archaeologists Strike Gold at the Site of a Mysterious 5th-Century Massacre
New discoveries deepen the enigma of Sweden's Sandby borg.
pigeons
This Pigeon Was in Danger, So a Woman Called Him a Cab
"They asked 'how many passengers,' and I said 'none, just one pigeon.'"
garbage
There's Gold in Switzerland's Sewage
Also, a whole lot of silver.
31 days of halloween
A Brief History of the 'Danse Macabre'
Skeletons have been dancing people to their graves since at least 1424.
