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fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Japan's World Record Baby-Racing Competition

historical recipes

The Forgotten Baking Technique That Turns Bacteria Into Delicious, Cheesy Bread

Making salt-rising bread is a culinary science experiment dating back to the 1800s.

features

How to Trap Gators and Influence People

us civil war

FOUND: A Fake Historical Plaque on Trump Golf Course

birdweek

The World War II Tool That Changed How We Listen To Birdsong

birdweek

We Asked An Ornithologist To Factcheck Angry Birds–And the Results Might Surprise You

thanksgiving

25 Incredible Views From Plane Passengers' Windows, Collected By an Airline Pilot

thanksgiving

Cranberries Are the Only Thanksgiving Food That Actually Came From the United States

Anyone up for some mashed sunchokes?

oso

How Americans Changed the Meaning of 'Dream'

victorian

The Telharmonium Was the Spotify of 1906

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: A Sisyphean Snow Plow Ballet

birdweek

More Severe Storms Are Throwing off Bird Migration

found

FOUND: 10,000-Year-Old Fava Beans

birdweek

How to Seduce a Turkey: The Bizarre Poultry Sex Experiments of the 1960s

linguistics

'An Ostentation of Peacocks,' and Other Flowery Ways Medieval Hunters Grouped Birds

birdweek

Object of Intrigue: Chairman Mao's Maori Feather Cloak

spies

See the Flashcards the Stasi Used for Facial Recognition

birdweek

How Early Feminists Helped Revolutionize Birding