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Sarah Laskow

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The Carr fire burns along Highway 299 between Whiskeytown and Redding, July 28, 2018.

fires

A California Wildfire Whirled Into a 'Fire Tornado'

Wind speeds were as strong as 143 miles per hour.

By Sarah Laskow
The air between these blueberries would matter a lot.

food

The Disturbing Fate of a Planet Made of Blueberries

You'll never look at blueberry jam the same way again.

By Sarah Laskow
The construction site where the walls were found.

libraries

Found: The Oldest Public Library in Germany

Niches in the walls hinted at the building's past.

By Sarah Laskow
Cool, There's Water on Mars. But Does It Make Good Pickles?

mars

Cool, There's Water on Mars. But Does It Make Good Pickles?

What would happen if briny Martian liquid met an Earthling cucumber?

By Sarah Laskow
Tipu Sultan during the siege of Seringapatam in 1791.

military history

Found: A Cache of 18th-Century Rockets in India

One of the fiercest opponents of British colonialists had rockets unlike any his enemies had seen.

By Sarah Laskow
A nemotode worm like the ones found in the Siberian permafrost, drawn in 1792.

news

Siberian Worms Survived More Than 30,000 Years Stuck in Permafrost

The worms, all female, thawed out and started eating.

By Sarah Laskow
An air tanker drops retardant to help contain the Ferguson fire in Stanislaus National Forest.

fires

Why Fire Retardant Is Colored Bright Red

A California fire has closed down Yosemite National Park.

By Sarah Laskow
Northampton Castle, in an 1883 illustration, is now a railway station.

railroads

Why Build Your Railroad Around a Castle When You Can Just Go Through It?

Runaway railway expansion helped inspire Britain's preservationist movement.

By Sarah Laskow
Artistic impression of the Mars Express spacecraft probing Mars and of Planum Australe.

lakes

Found: Liquid Water on Mars

It's probably about five times as briny as the Dead Sea.

By Sarah Laskow
Railway company publications warned about hazards at work.

transportation

Railyards Were Once So Dangerous They Needed Their Own Railway Surgeons

Feet, hands, and lives were at risk.

By Sarah Laskow
Anabaptists, as depicted in this engraving from c. 1819, were part of Landmarkist history.

churches

Charting the Succession of the 'True Church' Through History

Landmark Baptists believed that an unbroken chain of Christians kept alive the true teachings of the New Testament.

By Sarah Laskow
The foot, in situ.

dinosaurs

Found: One Very Big Foot

Paleontologists describe the largest dinosaur footprint ever found.

By Sarah Laskow
Houses with eyes.

politics

How the Mesmerizing 'Sibiu Eyes' Became a Protest Symbol in Romania

The eerie windows of one Romanian town are watching for political corruption.

By Sarah Laskow
The stern of the wreck.

shipwrecks

Found: A Newly Discovered Shipwreck, Rumored to Be Full of Gold

In 1905, the Dmitri Donskoi sank off the coast of a South Korean island.

By Sarah Laskow
Tree-shaped tombstones in Miami City Cemetery.

cemeteries

Why Some Gravestones Are Shaped Like Tree Stumps

When nature and secret societies get together.

By Sarah Laskow
Tāne Mahuta

trees

One of New Zealand's Most Majestic Trees Is in Danger

Tāne Mahuta is one of the oldest kauri trees in the world.

By Sarah Laskow
Lava quickly connected the island to the mainland.

islands

A Lava Island Comes Into Being, For a Few Days

Hawaii's ongoing eruption created new land.

By Sarah Laskow
The papyrus before conservation.

medieval

A 2,000-Year-Old Mystery Papyrus Reveals Its Secrets

For centuries, no one could read it.

By Sarah Laskow
Freud's friends and disciples made up a secret society.

museums

Freud Gave Special Signet Rings to a 'Secret Society' of His Students

The seals depict Greek gods and—surprise, surprise—erotic scenes.

By Sarah Laskow
These marks reveal the location of a large prehistoric enclosure in the Vale of Glamorgan.

hidden

The Hidden Cropmarks of Wales, Revealed by a Drought

These unmistakable squares and circles are the remnants of settlements from as far back as the Bronze Age.

By Sarah Laskow
North Atlantic right whales.

animals

Rediscovering the Forgotten Whales of the Mediterranean Sea

Researchers uncovered evidence of the cetaceans at sites connected to the Roman fish-processing industry.

By Sarah Laskow
The calving front of the Helheim glacier.

glaciers

See a Giant Iceberg Fall Into the Sea

Scientists filmed the break-up of a Greenland glacier.

By Sarah Laskow
Idaho yard.

transportation

The Dangers of Train Yards, Through the Eyes of Railroad Employees

A collection of photos from the 1960s tried to show why locomotives need two people in the cab.

By Sarah Laskow
The Mystery Soda Machine as of July 5, 2017

mystery

Seattle's Mystery Soda Machine Has Gone Missing

Will it ever return?

By Sarah Laskow
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