science
Can You Taste Where Your Water is From?
When water is purified, 'pixie dust' is added back in.
Articles by Tao Tao Holmes
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Stories
Stories shared by this traveler.
cliffs
Watch One Man Walk 1,630 Feet Across the Utah Sky
Théo Sanson is quite the slackliner.
art
Watch This Psychedelic Sand Pizza Spin Into Existence
Sand art is ephemeral and mesmerizing.
video
Extreme Speed Pipe Smoking is Not for the Weak of Stomach
Welcome to adrenalin sports, British gentleman style.
animals
Tailing an Overnight Doctor at New York's Busiest Animal ER
A sleepover with radioactive cats and malady-riddled French bulldogs.
nature
Protesters are Rebuilding Thoreau’s Cabin to Block a Gas Pipeline
Henry David Thoreau is helping fight big industry from beyond the grave.
monkeys
Have You Ever Felt as Good as These Sunbathing Lemurs?
Ah, the sensation of sunlight warming one's belly fur.
animals
The Colorful, Crocheted World of Turkish Camel Wrestling
Selçuk, are you ready to rumble?
obscura day
Learn the Secrets of Technical Tree-Climbing
It's more ropes and ladders than arms and legs.
television
Are You Popular? This 1947 Video Has the Answer
Key point: Don't park in cars with boys.
underwater
The Wet and Wild World of Underwater Sports
Sure, rugby is fun on land, but why not play it at the bottom of a swimming pool?
video
Porcupinefish Refuses to Abandon Ensnared Best Friend
Just hold on, buddy. We're gonna get you out of there.
books
The Illegal Birth Control Handbook That Spread Across College Campuses in 1968
A group of Canadian teenagers wrote the first popular text on contraception.
objects of intrigue
Hail Cannons, the Devices That Supposedly Blast Away Bad Weather
They're startlingly loud and scientifically unproven.
animals
Meet Patrick, the Biggest, Oldest Wombat in the World
The 30-year-old marsupial weighs around 85 pounds.
monkeys
The Untold Story of the World's First Monkey Face Transplant
In the mid 1980s, a medical resident attempted a then-untested procedure
video
Blowing Bubbles is More Fun in Subzero-Degree Weather
Instant ice, in bubble formation!
ethnographic
Tropical Storms Were Once Named After Wives, Girlfriends, and Disliked Politicians
Want a storm named after you? Well, it's complicated.
aquariums
Pulsate Your Way to a Peaceful Lunch Break With This Jellyfish Cam
Get lost in a tangle of tentacles.
fashion
When Going Out Without a Hat Was Grounds for Scandal
Back in the day, women with bare heads may as well have been naked.
bioluminescence
Bros Discover The Crazy Wondrousness of Bioluminescence
Did you just see that, bruh?
saints
How the St. Patrick's Day Parade Paved the Way for Other Immigrant Groups
The parade, invented in America, inspired others to come.
objects of intrigue
Object of Intrigue: Disneyland's Flirty, Talking Trash Can
An animatronic trash can named PUSH eventually got the shove.
garbage
Video Wonder: Roosevelt Island's Trash Vacuum
One of only six in the U.S.
