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mountains

At This Lost Alpine Resort, You Could Ski Among California's Orange Groves

Why choose a winter or summer vacation when you could have both at once?
Hadley Meares June 30, 2016
medicine

How Man-Midwives Armed With Rusty Forceps Shook Up Obstetrics

Men in the delivery room were not well received.
Ella Morton June 29, 2016
weapons

Wax Bullet Duels Were the Paintball Fights of 1909

Prideful men could fluff their feathers without anyone ending up dead.
Tao Tao Holmes June 29, 2016
objects of intrigue

Who Needs a Weather App When You Can Get This Weather Stick?

Swap your Apple phone for an actual branch.
Tao Tao Holmes June 28, 2016
food

Did an Uncredited Woman Invent Breakfast Cereal?

Before there was granola, there was granula—and billions turned out to be at stake.
Sarah Laskow June 28, 2016
television

The Lost Verses of Sitcom Theme Songs, From Fresh Prince to Cheers

Discover the secret lyrics of your favorite TV tunes.
Eric Grundhauser June 27, 2016
food

The Mysterious Origins of a Food That's Always Been Funny: The Sausage

Across civilizations and cultures, encased meat has been a human staple.
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie June 27, 2016
spies

9 Places Where You Can See Spying and Surveillance in Action

A different sort of listening party.
Dylan Thuras June 24, 2016
sex

The Sexual Intimidation Tactics of the Male Water Strider

Their mating rituals are pretty disturbing.
David Doochin June 24, 2016
features

Interviewing the Country's Preeminent Bed Bug Lawyer

Bed bugs are a menace, but there are lawyers out there joining the fight.
Eric Grundhauser June 24, 2016
insects

How to Hire a Bug as a Contract Killer

They have to be quarantined first, to make sure they won't go rogue.
Sarah Laskow June 24, 2016
disease

While Brazil Was Eradicating Zika Mosquitoes, America Made Them Into Weapons

Most of the Western hemisphere was trying to eliminate Aedes aegypti. Why not the U.S.?
Sarah Laskow June 22, 2016
Aaron Rodriques
nature

The Bronx Bug Whisperer and His Traveling Insect Zoo

Can insects and humans get to know each other?
Atlas Obscura June 22, 2016
insects

How to Choose the Pet Bug That's Right for You

Consider the millipede.
Tao Tao Holmes June 21, 2016
insects

How Big Can Bug Nests Actually Get?

Insects need many generations of wealth to build their mega mansions.
Sarah Laskow June 21, 2016
spiders

Japan’s Annual Spider Battle is the Arachnid Equivalent of WWE

Eight-legged wrestling, for your entertainment.
Emerson Easley June 20, 2016
Fans at the World Series in 1916. A quarter century earlier, Ella Black opened doors for baseball-loving women everywhere.
sports

America's First Woman Baseball Writer Broke Glass Ceilings Without A Bat

Ella Black bucked stereotypes and brought female fandom to the forefront.
Cara Giaimo June 17, 2016
art

The D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Is Famous. But What About Their Forgotten American Stories?

The husband-wife team chose to tell American myths first.
Sarah Laskow June 17, 2016