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Hearts Week
February 13–17

Hearts Week

February 13-17

Only a select number of patients can experience holding their own heart in their hands.
medicine

What It's Like to Hold Your Own Heart

Baylor University Medical Center in Texas is encouraging transplant patients to meet their former organs.
Lauren Young February 17, 2017
New Horizon's glamor shot of Pluto, with its heart on full display.
space exploration

What We Can Learn From Pluto's Icy Heart

The celestial snowball's most stunning feature might be cold, but it sure isn't dead.
Cara Giaimo February 17, 2017
rivers

A Creek in Florida Turned Red Overnight

Residents are unhappy.
Cara Giaimo February 17, 2017
Two lamb hearts and a goat heart.
food

I Heart New York

My quest to buy (and eat) as many different hearts as I could in a single day in the city.
Sarah Laskow February 17, 2017
When Beethoven was writing, was he listening to his heart?
music

The Surprisingly Stubborn Theory That Beethoven's Heartbeat Influenced His Music

For decades, doctors have been trying to use a few sonatas to diagnose the composer with cardiac arrhythmia.
Cara Giaimo February 16, 2017
engineering

Using a Motor to Make Two Hearts Fuse

Try it today!
Lauren Young February 16, 2017
The original Colleoni coat of arms.
hearts

In Heraldry, Hearts Can Symbolize Everything From Lily Pads to Testicles

Love, schmove.
Eric Grundhauser February 16, 2017
The inscription from a 1375 John Barbour poem translates to, "A noble heart can know no ease without freedom."
Melrose, Scotland

Robert the Bruce's Heart

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.
King Richard the Lionheart's heart is entombed beneath his effigy.
Rouen, France

King Richard I's Embalmed Heart

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.
San Francisco, California

Banker's Heart

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.
Westbrook Pegler with Eleanor Roosevelt.
politics

The True Origins of the Phrase 'Bleeding-Heart Liberal'

Thank Westbrook Pegler, Joe McCarthy, and Ronald Reagan.
Sarah Laskow February 15, 2017
Phar Lap's heart at the National Museum of Australia.
Canberra, Australia

Phar Lap's Heart

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.
art

Watch Lights in Madison Square Park Pulse to Heartbeats

Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer creates art installations with heart rate monitors.
Lauren Young February 14, 2017
archaeology

A 17th-Century French Couple Traded Hearts Before Being Buried

Love beyond the grave.
Cara Giaimo February 14, 2017
A drawing of a heart from the 16th century.
mythology

Medieval Europe Couldn't Quit This Story About a Woman Eating Her Lover's Heart

Her husband tricks her into eating it.
Sarah Laskow February 14, 2017
A blue whale heart, preserved by researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum.
animals

What Animal Has the Weirdest Heart?

There's a lot of competition.
Cara Giaimo February 14, 2017
The Heart of Midlothian marks the former entrance to the Old Tolbooth.
Edinburgh, Scotland

The Heart of Midlothian

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Cedar Key Heart of Palm Salad.
hearts week

An Iconic Salad Has Two Key Ingredients: Hearts of Palm and Green Ice Cream

It's from Florida, naturally.
Sarah Laskow February 13, 2017