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bicycles

What Footage From 1980s Bike Races Can Teach Us About Climate Change

Ignore the Lycra—look at the flowers.
July 9, 2018
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sheep

When Bighorn Sheep Decide to Cross a Highway

For decades, they stayed on either side of Interstate 40, but those days appear to be over.
June 18, 2018
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youth

A New Accent Is Developing in Southwest Kansas

The diverse young people of the town of Liberal are coming up with their own way to talk.
June 15, 2018
Gastro Obscura
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biology

The Many Reasons Biologists Eat Their Study Subjects

Snacking on specimens from raw monkey to bee vomit can help scientists figure stuff out.
June 14, 2018
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preservation

The Victorian Photographic Society That Tried to Preserve 'Old London'

In capturing images of doomed buildings, they documented the city they thought they were losing.
June 13, 2018
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jazz

Found: A Lost John Coltrane Record

It's from sessions at New Jersey's Van Gelder Studio, the same place Coltrane made A Love Supreme.
June 8, 2018
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civil war

The Racism of American Monuments Goes Well Beyond Confederate Statues

A new map of Civil War-related landmarks is only the beginning.
June 7, 2018
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media

The Lost Newspaper Archives of Black Chicago Are Now at Your Fingertips

The Obsidian Collection and Google are bringing historic African-American media outlets online.
June 7, 2018
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chernobyl

A Fire Has Broken Out at Chernobyl

Authorities are thus far unconcerned about radiation levels.
June 5, 2018
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prohibition

How Many Liquor Bottles Can You Find in This 1931 Map of Chicago?

The "Gangland Map" features drunken fish and goofy jokes alongside descriptions of brutal murders.
June 4, 2018
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trash

The World's Most Well-Traveled Real Estate Sign

It disappeared in New Jersey. Nearly six years later, it was found in France.
June 4, 2018
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aliens

Aliens Might Never Appreciate How Cool Voyager's Golden Record Is

If they find it, they may just be confused.
June 1, 2018
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records

Dispatches From Inside a Record-Breaking Bird Migration

What it's like to find yourself among 721,620 warblers, all in a hurry.
May 31, 2018
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oregon

The World's Tiniest City Park Just Got a Little More Official

Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, now has its own sign.
May 24, 2018
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anatomy

We Have Probably Been Imagining Pterosaurs All Wrong

New research suggests we've misunderstood the legs of these prehistoric flyers.
May 24, 2018
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senate

Remembering One of the Most Violent Days in the History of the U.S. Senate

On May 22, 1856, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives caned a Senator into unconsciousness.
May 22, 2018
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sounds

The World's Best Violins Sing Like Humans

Some are baritones, some are tenors.
May 21, 2018
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weddings

In the U.K. You Need Permission to Put 'Royal' in Your Business Name

It's not a word you can just throw around.
May 18, 2018
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mexico

The Endlessly Adaptable Skeletons of José Guadalupe Posada

Calaveras created by the Mexican artist have been repurposed for generations, with wildly varying intent.
May 8, 2018
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map monday

This 11-Foot 'Ribbon Map' Puts the Whole Mississippi River in Your Pocket

Steamboat tourists of the late 1860s wrapped it around a spool.
May 7, 2018
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performances

Freddy, Manitoba's Beloved Rogue Bison, Has Been Immortalized in Song

"Run, Freddy, Run!" features Renaissance-style singing, Metís fiddle, and electronically distorted bison noises.
May 4, 2018
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plastic

The Artist Making Tapestries Out of Aquatic Trash

Jo Atherton's colorful works turn our plastic crisis into a meditation on memory and time.
May 2, 2018
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data

An Algorithmic Investigation of the Highfalutin 'Poet Voice'

New research suggests that the affected reading style consists of a particular set of attributes.
May 1, 2018
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geysers

The World's Tallest Active Geyser Keeps Erupting

Steamboat, normally quiet for months at a stretch, has already blown its top three times this spring.
April 30, 2018