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Mayfly 'Tornadoes' Briefly Took Over Saskatchewan

swarms

Mayfly 'Tornadoes' Briefly Took Over Saskatchewan

They reproduced and then died.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
A billion-lightyear section of the simulated universe. The yellow clumps are dark matter concentrations, and white areas are cosmic void.

space

Scientists Have Created a Virtual Universe to Practice Mapping the Real One

It took a computer 80 hours to generate 25 billion galaxies.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
A moving man took the spider home in a lunchbox to meet his six-year-old son before it was picked up by authorities.

spiders

A Giant Spider Traveled 10,000 Miles in a Swing Set

He saw the world, with all eight eyes.

Natasha Frost
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
A knit hat.

hats

What Do You Call This Hat?

The strange case of the knit cap and its many, many regional names.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
Wingtip vortices, 1990.

space

Watch a Swirly, Colorful NASA Vortex Test From the '70s

Wingtip vortices are pretty trippy.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
Debating was a key skill in 18th century society.

debate

Asking the Tough Questions With an 18th-Century Debate Society

Is polygamy justifiable? Is it lawful to eat swine's flesh?

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
A polar bear in Svalbard navigates some melting ice.

bears

Hungry Polar Bears in Norway Have Resorted to Sucking Eggs

Svalbard's ursine residents can't find much other food.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
A skull found in Zambia of an archaic Homo sapiens.

genetics

Found: A Hint of Humans’ Connection to an Ancient ‘Ghost Species’

An unusual gene shows humans interbred with a mysterious species 150,000 years ago.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2017
A rock structure on Iona.

religion

Found: The 'Cell' of a 6th-Century Monk in Scotland

It's where he prayed and wrote.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
Graffiti courtesy of medieval Egyptian pilgrims.

graffiti

Medieval Graffiti Discovered on an Egyptian Cave Wall

It was more religious than rebellious.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
The Artist Who Creates Portraits With a Clothing Iron

clothing

The Artist Who Creates Portraits With a Clothing Iron

See a face in that tulle? It's not just you.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
Automat on 977 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, 1936.

technology

The Anti-Waiter Sentiment That Made Automat Restaurants Go Mainstream

The "waiterless" restaurants that weren't.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
Do you dream of hunting for treasure?

treasure

The World of an 'Armchair Treasure Hunter'

Jenny Kile spends her days solving artificially constructed mysteries, and she's not alone.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
The nozzle of a bottle of Toilet Duck.

tedium

The Surprisingly Recent Innovation of the Toilet Duck

It wasn't with us until the '80s.

Ernie Smith
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
The dark blue area is the Diamantina Trench southwest of Perth. It is up to 26,401 feet deep.

airplanes

Explore the Seafloor With Data Collected During the Search for MH370

The Australian government has released the results of a survey of the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
Dalí in 1965.

hair

Salvador Dalí's Moustache Is Still Intact

According to an embalmer who participated in his exhumation.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
Live artillery shells found at a Massachusetts library

civil war

Librarian Finds Live Civil-War Artillery Shells on Her First Day

But not even that could faze her.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
First observation of neutrinos, which may also be Majorana fermions.

physics

Found: A Particle That’s Its Own Anti-Particle

Whooooaaaa.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2017
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