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Hell camp executives in training in Japan, wearing "ribbons of shame."

features

The Intense Corporate 'Hell Camps' of 1980s Japan

They involved night hikes, forced public singing, and "ribbons of shame."

Allan Richarz
Atlas Obscura
May 30, 2017
The new sponge is about 6.5 feet long and looks nothing like a typical sponge.

oceans

Meet the Ocean's Newest Carnivorous Sponge

In the deep sea, sometimes its takes rows of tiny glass spikes to survive.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
May 30, 2017
It looks innocent enough.

evil plants

Invasive Plants Can Transform a Forest, Even After They're Wiped Out

Their impact on ecosystems comes on fast and can be permanent.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 30, 2017
A diver examines the timber Steve Libert believes to be part of the Griffon prior to its excavation in 2013.

shipwrecks

The White Whale for Great Lakes Shipwreck Hunters

Inside the consuming obsession with finding the 300-year-old Griffon.

Sarah Kramer, Bryce Gray, Lizz Giordano, and Anne Arntson
Atlas Obscura
May 30, 2017
BlessU-2, in a slightly more threatening pose, smile notwithstanding.

robots

In Germany, You Can Get Blessed by a New Robot Priest

BlessU-2 is meant to be controversial.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 30, 2017
Edith Wharton around 1890.

archive

Found: A Lost Play by Edith Wharton

In which woman's past as a nurse comes back to haunt her.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 30, 2017
Les Fantômes, Paul Landowski's WWI memorial sculpture.

wwi

The WWI Memorial That Refuses to Glorify War

There are countless monuments to the Great War in France, but Paul Landowski's "Les Fantômes" is unlike any other.

Winnie Lee
Atlas Obscura
May 29, 2017
Jupiter's southern pole, complete with giant cyclones.

planets

Jupiter Is Even Weirder Than We Thought

Thanks to Juno, textbooks are going to need an overhaul.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
The newest innovation in burn treatment?

medicine

Brazilian Doctors Are Using Fish Skin to Treat Burn Victims

It might not be pretty, but it is effective.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
Saint Therese of Lisieux in a bathtub, in front of a house in Somerville, MA.*

visual

Getting to Know the Bathtub Marys of Somerville, Massachusetts

A local anthropologist has spent a decade photographing the unlikely statues.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
Stones like this one make up miles-long pumice rafts.

volcanoes

Scientists Have Figured Out How Floating Islands Work

Spongy rocks don't exactly act like sponges.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
Explore the Off-Centered Ale Trail with Dogfish Head and Atlas Obscura

summer

Explore the Off-Centered Ale Trail with Dogfish Head and Atlas Obscura

Sponsored By Dogfish Head Brewery
Popular in the early 20th century as souvenir books, these tiny books of travel photos (Maine, in this case) had tags attached so they could be dropped in the mail.

miniatures

Beautiful Miniature Books That Are Worth Sacrificing Your Eyesight For

Good things come in (very) small packages.

Anika Burgess
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
The barge Marsden rode down the river Lena.

disease

The Scandalous Life of Nurse and Adventurer Kate Marsden

She spent 11 months trekking to Siberia to find a cure for leprosy, but her love life overshadowed everything.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
A diagram of the apparatus needed for Marsh's test.

law

The Dramatic Courtroom Demo Designed to Expose Arsenic Murders

The Marsh test involved fire, mirrors, and collective gasps.

Betsy Golden Kellem
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
Creator of the peer review cube concept, Igor Chirikov.

science

A Moscow University Has Erected a Monument to Peer Review

Rejection is just one possible outcome.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
The demise of N6946-BH1, from red supergiant to failed supernova to black hole.

space

The Unspectacular End of Star N6946-BH1

The quiet collapse of a red supergiant reveals a new fate for some stars: the "massive fail."

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
The creator of the sign has yet to be found.

lost

Found: A Mysterious SOS Sign in the Australian Outback

Someone may have been in distress—but how long ago?

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 26, 2017
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