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Nova Scotia Is Streaming Its Favorite Local Meat Log

The donair, a Haligonian delicacy, is getting its moment in the sun (or heatlamp).
Cara Giaimo November 15, 2017
A 1970s Portapak. Affordable and portable video made it possible to democratize television.
television

The Revolution Was Televised, Thanks to This 25-Pound Video Rig

In the 1970s, the Portapak gave a voice to outsiders and changed media forever.
Ashawnta Jackson November 3, 2017
Don't worry. Those cracks aren't real.
bridges

China's Cracking Glass Bridge Prank: Funny or Cruel?

Some people aren't cracking up over a stunt at 3,800 feet.
Eric Grundhauser October 11, 2017
STAYIN ALIVE! STAYIN ALIVE!
spiders

Disco-Dancing Peacock Spiders Are Impossible to Resist

Arachnophobes and chorophobes excepted.
Eric Grundhauser September 14, 2017
Echidnas are out there, looking for love.
animals

Warm Your Heart With Videos of 'Echidna Love Trains'

For the enigmatic mammal, mating season is trailing season.
Eric Grundhauser September 1, 2017
Keep an eye out for the invisible glass squid.
animals

Behold the Elegance and Horror of a Nearly Invisible Squid

Researchers recently captured video of a glass squid in the wild.
Eric Grundhauser August 29, 2017
video

The Atlas Obscura VR App Is Back

First stop, a mystical chamber hidden beneath the Italian countryside.
Dylan Thuras October 21, 2025
Charity Adams Earley, one of many black American women who served in WWII.
video

A Look Back at the Desegregation of the U.S. Military

On July 26, 1948, black leaders convinced President Truman to address discrimination in the armed services.
Michael Waters July 26, 2017
Wingtip vortices, 1990.
science

Watch a Swirly, Colorful NASA Vortex Test From the '70s

Wingtip vortices are pretty trippy.
Michael Waters July 24, 2017
art

The Artist Who Creates Portraits With a Clothing Iron

See a face in that tulle? It's not just you.
Michael Waters July 21, 2017
STS-1, the Space Shuttle <em>Columbia</em>, launching on April 12, 1981, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
nasa

NASA Just Released Hundreds of Historic Space and Aviation Videos

Watch the first space shuttle take off and an experimental aircraft set a speed record.
Kelsey Kennedy July 20, 2017
art

This Moving Light Fixture Mimics a Blooming Flower

Its actions parallel the process of "nyctinasty."
Michael Waters July 18, 2017
video

What Your Zodiac Sign Says About You, According to a 1930s Astrologer

Hey Geminis: Stop using the phone so volubly.
Michael Waters July 14, 2017
festivals

Video Captures a Gorgeous Chinese Lavender Bloom

Huocheng County celebrates the blossoms with an annual festival.
Michael Waters July 13, 2017
castles

This Russian Castle Is Actually a Kindergarten

Every enrolled kid can be a petite prince or princess.
Michael Waters July 7, 2017
underwater

The Yucatán's Hidden 'Underwater River'

There's something fascinating happening at Angelita Cenote.
Michael Waters July 6, 2017
art

This Artist's Deceptive Drawings Seem to Move Between Dimensions

It's 3D, it's 3D, it's 3D—no, wait, 2D!
Michael Waters June 28, 2017
animals

Local Condor Embraces the Argentinian Farmer Who Rescued It

The condor's name? Condorito.
Michael Waters June 27, 2017