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The Unlikely Nightlife Hotspot at United Nations Headquarters

A.M. Brune February 10, 2016

A Look At Mr. Wonderful's Secret Society for Wine Snobs

Eric Grundhauser February 9, 2016

T.H. Matheson's rendition of "The First Prayer in Congress," given by Reverend Jacob Duché at the First Constitutional Convention in 1744.

Behind The Custom-Tailored Ritual That Has Powered Congress Since 1774

Cara Giaimo February 8, 2016

GPS Doodles Turn Your Workout Into an Art Project

Tao Tao Holmes February 8, 2016

Minute-by-Minute, Donald Trump's Time Is Among the Most Expensive in America

Tao Tao Holmes February 5, 2016

How 'Live' is Live TV?

Eric Grundhauser February 5, 2016

Like Lucille Bluth, bacteria moms play favorites like crazy.

Savvy Bacteria Parents Distribute Damage Unevenly Among Their Children

Cara Giaimo February 5, 2016

Wrapping Armchairs in Wire, and Other Childhood Attempts to Travel in Time

Tao Tao Holmes February 3, 2016

crime and punishment

What's the Point of Sentencing Anyone to 141,000 Years in Prison?

Eric Grundhauser February 3, 2016

The 15th of 20 seed bottles that make up the world's longest-running experiment. "Some people say it looks like a whiskey flask," says curator Dr. Frank Telewski.

The World's Longest-Running Experiment Is Buried in a Secret Spot in Michigan

Cara Giaimo February 3, 2016

How 'Used Clothing' Became 'Vintage Fashion'

Ella Morton February 2, 2016

Astronomical Clocks Are the Most Beautiful Way to Track Hours, Years, and the Moon

Eric Grundhauser February 2, 2016

How the Birth Certificate Became a Ticket to Society

Tao Tao Holmes February 1, 2016

A series of images from the countdown sequence of Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon.

space exploration

NASA Stole the Rocket Countdown From a 1929 Fritz Lang Film

Cara Giaimo February 1, 2016

Hackathon participant Nelly Rosaria, making the Wiki-world a more textured place.

Fighting Whitewashed History With MIT's Diversity Hackers

Cara Giaimo January 30, 2016

A still from the movie version of So Aljannar Duniya, the first work published in Hausa by a woman.

How Nigerian Romance Novelists Sneak Feminism Into Their Plots

Cara Giaimo January 29, 2016

Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It

Cincinnati is home to the largest unused subway system in the world.

Kevin Williams January 29, 2016

2005 photo

The Bad Deed that Robbed Compton Avenue of Its Most Iconic Church

Catherine Wagley January 28, 2016