solar power
For Sale: Solar Panels at IKEA
To power that fancy lamp you just bought.
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giant food
Enormous KFC Chicken Bucket Crashes Into Long Beach
What happens when a California windstorm gets hungry.
hair art
Found: Rare Footage of the Beatles Obsessing Over Their Hair
It's all about the sideburns.
squirrel
The Epic Century-Long English Battle to Rid Itself of American Squirrels
The American Revolution looks easy compared to the problem of grey squirrels.
pollution
Why a Bunch of Rivers in France Were Dyed Neon Green
Environmentalists went rogue.
bronze age
Half of All Western European Men Are Descendants of a Bronze Age King
It started around 4,000 years ago, a new study says.
features
Can You Taste Where Your Water is From?
When water is purified, 'pixie dust' is added back in.
wales
Sheepdog Quits Job, Runs 240 Miles to Return Home
Pero was just not feeling his new Cumbrian farm.
sleep
Watching Sheep Herding Online is the New Counting Sheep
A mesmerizing video shows sheep flocking through New Zealand's grasslands.
spices
How Turmeric Became a Cure-All Product in India
The West's current health food trend is the subcontinent's millennia-old staple.
oceans
Bubble Runner Again Picked Up By Coast Guard, Which Is Tired of This
The aspiring ocean ultramarathoner was trying to reach Bermuda.
schools
The California Teens Reinventing the Science of Space Ballooning
The small-town high schoolers have turned their favorite after-school activity into a bonafide stratospheric research institute.
for sale
Bought: The Most Expensive Pumpkin Seed Ever
Will an oversize, £1,250 seed be able to produce the world's largest pumpkin?
crime
Found: Harper Lee’s Own Article About the ‘In Cold Blood’ Murders
It didn't have a byline.
competitions
Here Are the Medals Given to Eugenically Healthy Humans in the 1920s
People were judged alongside livestock at state fairs.
interactive
A Devilishly Detailed Map of the Most Hellish Places in America
Or, more specifically, 63 locations named "Hell's Half Acre".
presidents
The Billiken is Much More Than the Strangest College Mascot
The history of The God of Things As They Ought to Be, from tchotchke to college sports oddity.
antarctic
A Giant, Secret Lake May Have Just Been Discovered in Antarctica
In a part of the continent that has not been extensively researched.
