Sarah Laskow

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

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FOUND: Hydrogen Plasma That Could Be New Energy Source

power stations

FOUND: Hydrogen Plasma That Could Be New Energy Source

The Secret Weapon That Could Make Waiting for the Bus Less Terrible

trees

The Secret Weapon That Could Make Waiting for the Bus Less Terrible

FOUND: An Incredibly Well Preserved Egyptian Funeral Boat From 4,500 Years Ago

boats

FOUND: An Incredibly Well Preserved Egyptian Funeral Boat From 4,500 Years Ago

FOUND: A California 'Sin Ship' Wreck, Revealed by El Niño

shipwrecks

FOUND: A California 'Sin Ship' Wreck, Revealed by El Niño

Who Has the Time to Use All 24 Clock Emojis?

clocks

Who Has the Time to Use All 24 Clock Emojis?

How Do Board Games Go Viral?

games

How Do Board Games Go Viral?

FOUND: Evidence That Stalin Analyzed Mao's Excrement

cold war

FOUND: Evidence That Stalin Analyzed Mao's Excrement

The Strange–and Sometimes Secret–Ways Cities Deal With Massive Piles of Snow

waterworks

The Strange–and Sometimes Secret–Ways Cities Deal With Massive Piles of Snow

FOUND: A Cuneiform Text That Shows How Babylonians Used Geometry to Track Jupiter

astronomy

FOUND: A Cuneiform Text That Shows How Babylonians Used Geometry to Track Jupiter

FOUND: Snow Leopards in Sikkim

animals

FOUND: Snow Leopards in Sikkim

To Truly Know an Ancient Society, One Must Analyze Its Feces

science

To Truly Know an Ancient Society, One Must Analyze Its Feces

FOUND: The Largest Solar System Ever Discovered

space exploration

FOUND: The Largest Solar System Ever Discovered

How the ‘Einstein of Sex’ Kept the World’s First LGBT Movie Safe from Nazis

film

How the ‘Einstein of Sex’ Kept the World’s First LGBT Movie Safe from Nazis

FOUND: A New Beatrix Potter Story About a Cat with a 'Double Life'

literature

FOUND: A New Beatrix Potter Story About a Cat with a 'Double Life'

FOUND: A Human Skull in a L.A. Religious Shop

skulls

FOUND: A Human Skull in a L.A. Religious Shop

FOUND: The Stolen Statue of a Berkeley Crew Coach, Now Decapitated

statues

FOUND: The Stolen Statue of a Berkeley Crew Coach, Now Decapitated

The First Cross-Country Road Trip Took 2 Men and a Pitbull 63 Days

roads

The First Cross-Country Road Trip Took 2 Men and a Pitbull 63 Days

FOUND: Evidence of Early Violence Between Foraging Humans

murder

FOUND: Evidence of Early Violence Between Foraging Humans

A Map of Methane Levels Near the Massive Gas Leak in L.A.

maps

A Map of Methane Levels Near the Massive Gas Leak in L.A.

FOUND: The New 9th Planet! (Maybe)

space exploration

FOUND: The New 9th Planet! (Maybe)

FOUND: Desert Hot Spots Just for Microbes

deserts

FOUND: Desert Hot Spots Just for Microbes

FOUND: A Fish That Looks Like It Has Legs

islands

FOUND: A Fish That Looks Like It Has Legs

160-Year-Old Ganges Canal Super-Passages Are An Engineering Marvel

bridges

160-Year-Old Ganges Canal Super-Passages Are An Engineering Marvel

FOUND: A Very Early and Very Rare Ottoman Atlas

maps

FOUND: A Very Early and Very Rare Ottoman Atlas