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jellyfish lake

Take a Soothing Swim in a Lake Swarming With Golden Jellyfish

The marine environment of the famous Jellyfish Lake is a sanctuary for these majestic drifting creatures.
July 22, 2016
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underwater week

A Graphic Guide to All the Weird Things in New York City's Waterways

The digital journal Underwater New York tells the stories of objects submerged and washed ashore.
July 20, 2016
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plankton

Watch Amazing Tiny Sea Creatures Light Up and Dance

Who knew plankton could be so mesmerizing?
July 19, 2016
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persuasive cartography

The Most Popular Sea Creature in Cartography

The ominous octopus is a key figure on many propaganda maps.
July 18, 2016
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bubbles

Watch These Mesmerizing Air Bubbles Flow Under Frozen Streams

It's the most relaxing five minutes ever.
July 13, 2016
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electric belt

The Victorian Tool for Everything From Hernias to Sex—a Vibrating Electric Belt

How a medical invention abused the electrotherapy fad.
July 12, 2016
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toothpick carnival

The Folsom Prisoner Who Built Functional Miniature Carnivals Out of Toothpicks

It was the best way for William Jennings-Bryan Burke to kill time during his 23 years in prison.
July 8, 2016
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slime mold

Watch Slime Molds Creep and Crawl Like Alien Slugs

A Princeton biologist's clips look like footage taken from a 1950s science-fiction movie.
July 7, 2016
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security

The Hidden Security Bugs in Architecture That You Never Noticed

Some of the best security features are subtly interwoven into the fabric of building design.
June 24, 2016
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orchid mantis

Watch This Delicate Orchid Mantis Not-So-Delicately Snatch its Prey

They may look and behave like docile creatures, but orchid mantises will attack at the sight of a meal.
June 22, 2016
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data

How a Kitten Video Can Transmit Secret Instructions to Criminals

An ancient form of information-hiding known as steganography has infiltrated the viral internet.
June 22, 2016
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bug week

The Israeli Company Sending 500 Million Bees and Mites to Russia

The insects will target pests, among other things.
June 20, 2016
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taiko drum

The Most Beautiful Part of a Taiko Drum is Hidden Inside It

The hand-carved drums have intricate patterns concealed within.
June 16, 2016
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wedding day

Watch Estonian Brides Race Each Other in Their Wedding Dresses

Who will take the title of the "Most Runaway Bride?"
June 14, 2016
Gastro Obscura
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features

How Chewing Gave Humans Flat Faces, Little Teeth and Wimpy Jaws

It doesn't seem like juice diets and Soylent are going to improve matters.
June 10, 2016
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sounds

Watch 2 Men Waltz in the First Experimental Film With Sound

While this sound-film system failed to synchronize properly, film curators completed the experiment 105 years later.
June 8, 2016
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cults

These Eerie Bronze Hands Were Tokens of a Mysterious Ancient Cult

The Hand of Sabazius is one of the last artifacts of this lost religion.
June 7, 2016
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woman explorers

The First Woman to Drive Around the World Wore Men’s Breeches and Had a Pet Monkey

Aloha Wanderwell was the Amelia Earhart of the automobile.
June 3, 2016
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penny-farthing

Watch These Racers Book It on 5-Foot-Tall Penny-Farthing Bikes

Daring competitors still race on the high wheeler bikes today.
June 2, 2016
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video wonders

Watch This Elevated Bus Swallow Cars and Straddle Roads

A Chinese company's transportation proposal may give subways good competition.
May 26, 2016
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rubik's cubes

These Artists Twist Thousands of Rubik's Cubes a Day to Create Massive Murals

Cube Works invokes childhood nostalgia and old toys to create its retro artwork.
May 25, 2016
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map monday

These Stunning Maps Highlight the Tricks in a Cartographer's Toolkit

The 10 techniques that help convert our 3-D world into maps.
May 23, 2016
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tree week

The Scientific Squabble Over the Dodo Tree

An extinct bird, an ailing tree, and a controversial hypothesis.
May 20, 2016
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logging

Lumberjack Contests are the Coolest College Extracurricular

How a campfire competition between 19th-century loggers became a professional sport.
May 18, 2016