Articles by Jessie Guy-Ryan

If they won't look up, maybe they'll at least look down.

Before presidents were the standard, a variety of American figures could be found on our banknotes.

The Nebraska ruling is a small setback as the movement expands its noodly reach.

Welcome to the best psychopomp.

The "giant makeshift sign" trick comes through again.

The government's efforts to dissociate the building from its most notorious resident has become a 5-year battle against its landlord.

When your town is named after the man who gave the Bowie knife its name, you embrace it.

We failed five years ago, but Saudi Arabia and Egypt are trying again.

Springtime for insects!

Like "Hamilton" but...different.

Because who wouldn't want to vacation there?

The artist JR, in collaboration with Os Gemeos, had made a permanent installation almost no one can see.

Apparently, the bright "air dancers" scare the marine mammals.

Architecture that works with astronomy.

Forensic evidence gives credence to mythic life (and death) of Erik the Lawgiver.

The internet is currently obsessed with an eagle's nest in D.C. But where did animal cams come from?

For the past 40 years, programmers have been trying to train their computers on this deceptively-complex game.

You think one hour is bad? Europe's clocks were in chaos during the 1940s.

A new paper argues that courts need to keep up with technology, or risk angering our future overlords.

Hitler invented German roots for the greeting—but its history was already filled with fraud.

It's a sport that is as terrifying as it is poetic.

Who's to blame for this horrifying situation? Time itself.

New report alleges cheating from prominent crossword maker.

The International Criminal Court hears its first property case.