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The Most Inaccessible Places in the World People Desperately Want To Visit

We looked in the Atlas for places where the most people marked "want go to," but have no actual visitors—yet.

Meg Neal August 15, 2016

Grave of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Giessen, Germany

Grave of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

How a Deadly Camping Trip Revealed an Arms Race Between Snakes and Newts

Snakes' incredible resistance to newt poison started before either creature even existed.

Matt Soniak August 11, 2016

The monument

Atlanta, Georgia

Gravity Research Foundation Monument

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

Watch This Beautiful, Chaotic Bat Ballet

Scientists have found that bats collide into each other more often than they thought.

Lauren Young August 5, 2016

Dorr Museum

Bar Harbor, Maine

Dorr Museum of Natural History

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

A Titanium-Gold Alloy Harder Than Most Steel Was Just Discovered

It was sort of an accident.

Erik Shilling July 29, 2016

The 17th-Century Language that Divided Everything in the Universe into 40 Categories

So much effort. Such little payoff.

David Doochin July 28, 2016

Check Out This New Fleshy Metamaterial for Prostheses, Smiles

Thanks, geometry!

Eric Grundhauser July 28, 2016

We're Getting Closer to Knowing Why Bees Are Dying Off Worldwide

One widely-used pesticide was found to reduce bee sperm counts.

Erik Shilling July 27, 2016

The Lost Mushroom Masterpiece Unearthed in a Dusty Drawer

How an obscure woman mycologist left her mark on fungi.

Atlas Obscura July 27, 2016

Dutch Men and Latvian Women Are the Tallest in the World

It's not a competition.

Erik Shilling July 26, 2016

Google Just Accurately Simulated a Molecule With Quantum Computing

Erik Shilling July 25, 2016

Mystery of Why Turtles Have Shells Solved After 8-Year-Old Finds Fossil

They weren't, initially, for protection.

Erik Shilling July 19, 2016

Gravity Research Foundation Monument

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

The Case Against Honeybees

The buzz around America's favorite workers grows louder every year. Is it drowning out the real story of our food system?

Cara Giaimo July 14, 2016

objects of intrigue

The Victorian Tool for Everything From Hernias to Sex—a Vibrating Electric Belt

How a medical invention abused the electrotherapy fad.

Lauren Young July 12, 2016

These Scientists' Field Site Competition Will Make You Consider a Career Change

How beauty and boredom led to a #fieldworkfaceoff

Sarah Laskow July 7, 2016