Articles by Cara Giaimo

The 1966 Apollo Guidance Computer paved the way for the moon landing—and then sat in a scrap heap for decades.

A Scandinavian company is beginning a worldwide fizzy milk rollout.

Nightly garbage feedings, roadside gangster bears, and a public "Bear Lunch Counter" were a deliberate strategy to help set the park apart.

South Africa is "fixated on the Mandelisation of everything," he says.

The latest came Monday night, though police so far have turned up nothing.

After their invention by Venetian merchants, forms of these books were kept by everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Thomas Jefferson.

The beach failed two tests in a row.

A year into their fame, the LA Reservoir is still covered with the little guys.

A 100-mile stretch of the state claims to have come up with baseball, basketball, candlepin bowling, and more.

The sturgeon has haunted British Columbia's waterways for nearly a century.

They're spraying it in elevator shafts once per hour.

Meet The Guberif, Johnny Horizon, Howdy The Good Outdoor Manners Raccoon, and more!

It's to spend on books, movie tickets, museums, and national parks.

One of JFK's first campaign strategies involved a rambunctious goat.

15,035 people have "unsubscribed" from the church since Monday.

Lake Burlinskoye has spent much of the summer looking like a huge pitcher of lemonade.

Airlander 10, everyone's favorite butt-shaped airship, finally flew yesterday evening.

Since Russia's infamous Promobot "escaped" in June, he's been up to other weird—and slightly suspicious—stuff.

It's PetFinder for pianos.

It made a one-centimeter dent.

For his "Grounds" series, photographer Martin John Callanan gets a unique view of restricted buildings.

Two hundred tiny Monserrat tarantulas now have the run of the Chester Zoo.

Success is all well and good, but which famous advice columnist had a better cake recipe?

The huge "Flower Carpet" is built once every two years.