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photo of the week

Photo of the Week: Hands On Fire

chernobyl

The Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Most Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie

The Elephant’s Foot would have killed anyone within a couple of minutes.

snow

Why Snow Shoveling is an Unusually Deadly Type of Exercise

blizzard

NAM, the Little Weather Model That Could

this week in google news alerts

This Week in Google News Alerts: 'Ghost Town'

columns

Palm Trees Have Vanished All Over Athens, But Not For The Reason People Think

mystery

FOUND: The Stolen Statue of a Berkeley Crew Coach, Now Decapitated

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Gold-Sprinkled Haggis With a $5,700 Price Tag

witches

Changes in Climate Have Always Made Things Worse for (Accused) Witches

visual

From Wine Labels to Rembrandt: Celebrating a Century Of Striking Prints at the Met

original road trip

The First Cross-Country Road Trip Took 2 Men and a Pitbull 63 Days

clowns

How Victor Hugo Helped Create The Joker

canada

A Blizzard In This Part Of Canada Delays Exams For 6 Months

list

7 Dubai Locations That Defy Their Desert Setting

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Vacation In a WWI Cable Hut

100 wonders

100 Wonders: The Mapparium

murder

FOUND: Evidence of Early Violence Between Foraging Humans

culture

What Happened to the Bottom Third of a Famous Tintoretto Artwork?