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Lam's plush viscera include kidneys, the gallbladder, and intestines.

The Most Adorable Way to Learn Anatomy Is With Knitted Organs

Using needles and yarn, a medical student is working his way through the human body.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 6, 2018

Ancient cryptomeria cedar trees line both sides of the Daimonzaka trail.

Hiking Kumano Kodo, a Remote Ancient Pilgrimage Route in Japan

Follow in the footsteps of 10th-century emperors.

Ali Jaffe February 2, 2018

Centerville, California, May 9, 1942. The family's name and identifying symbol are painted on the bags. The tags display the number assigned to the family.

How Photographers Captured the Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII

A new exhibition examines a dark history.

Anika Burgess January 26, 2018

The USS <em>Leviathan</em> with dazzle paint, January 1919.

The Painstaking Process Behind Those Wild WWI Naval Paint Jobs

"Dazzle" paint was first tested on tiny model ships.

Anika Burgess January 19, 2018

One of the village's five churches, made out of wool.

See an Entire Northern Ireland Village Knitted Out of Wool

An incredible yarn from Cloughmills, County Antrim.

Natasha Frost January 16, 2018

The Intricate Craft of Using Human Hair for Jewelry, Art, and Decoration

Your guide to the four techniques of hair work.

Anika Burgess January 12, 2018

Path to Carrive Mass Rock.

The Secret Paths That Led Ireland’s Catholics to Forbidden Mass

Passages to salvation from a time of persecution.

Anika Burgess January 10, 2018

A sea monster looms off the coast of Venezuela.

A Vast, 430-Year-Old World Map, Full of Places and Creatures, Real and Imagined

More than 60 square feet of cartographic wonder.

Natasha Frost January 8, 2018

Photographer Sangsuk Sylvia Kang's mother Kyung Ae Lee performs <em>kimjang</em>, the practice of making kimchi, at her home in South Korea.

How Kiddie Pools of Kimchi Bind Korean Families Together

The practice of "kimjang" is about more than fermenting napa cabbage.

Natasha Frost January 5, 2018

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania operating amphitheater, 1915.

Student Life at the First Medical College for Women

The pioneering women who faced jeers and discrimination to become doctors.

Anika Burgess January 4, 2018

Collagen fibers (green) and fat cells (red).

Have a Microscopic Christmas

Thanks to a visualization tool being used to develop stem cell therapies.

Vittoria Traverso December 21, 2017

Drawing, 1932.

J.R.R. Tolkien Is Our Favorite Father Christmas

For 23 years he role-played in holiday letters to his children.

Anika Burgess December 21, 2017

<em> Empire City Skating Rink</em>, c. 1868

Ice Skating in New York Has Always Been Magical

And here are the vintage images to prove it.

Anika Burgess December 20, 2017

The Most Amazing Archival Treasures That Were Recently Digitized

Thousands of priceless images, books, documents, and more are now at your fingertips.

Anika Burgess December 15, 2017

A series of color-enhanced images of Jupiter, taken by NASA's <em>Juno</em> spacecraft, September.

space exploration

2017 Was an Astounding Year for Space Images

From super moons to Saturn's rings to distant galaxies.

Anika Burgess December 13, 2017

A map of the "summer aromas" of Newport, Rhode Island.

Learning About Cities by Mapping Their Smells

The U.K. artist Kate McLean is trying to preserve our olfactory memory.

Vittoria Traverso December 8, 2017

A detail from an oil painting, <em>Life and Death</em>, depicting half-woman, half-skeleton figure bearing a scythe, 18th century.

How Humans Have Embraced Life, With Images of Death

Masterpieces of memento mori.

Anika Burgess December 7, 2017

See Scale Models of the Greatest Skyscrapers Never Built

A new exhibition is full of diminutive versions of big buildings and even bigger ideas.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 4, 2017