He Spent 40 Years Alone in the Woods, and Now Scientists Love Him
AdultsEnvironmentLifeStyleHistorySociety... Welcome to Gothic, Colorado-one of the coldest places in the United States. This ghost town has been abandoned since the 1920s, but there is at least one person who still calls it home.
Why is Aristophanes called
AdultsHistoryHumorSociety Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world's earliest surviving comic dramas.
A day in the life of an ancient Egyptian doctor
AdultsHealthHistorySociety It's another sweltering morning in Memphis, Egypt. As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet checks her supplies.
Did the Amazons really exist?
AdultsHistoryWomen It was long assumed that Amazons, the fierce and fearsome women warriors of Greece, were imaginary.
How one scientist averted a national health crisis - Andrea Tone
AdultsHealthHistoryWomen In 1960, Frances Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration's newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives - though no one knew it at the time.
Which is stronger: Glue or tape? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsHistoryScience The oldest glue in the world is over 8,000 years old and comes from a cave near the Dead Sea.
This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?
AdultsHistoryScience If we didn't have neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible.
What causes headaches? - Dan Kwartler
AdultsHealthHistoryNeuroscience In ancient Greece, the best-known remedy for a long-standing headache was to drill a small hole in the skull to drain supposedly infected blood.
A day in the life of an ancient Athenian
AdultsHistorySociety It's 427 BCE, and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year.
The myth of King Midas and his golden touch - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsHistoryReligionSocietyMythologyCulture... In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics bemused his people and irritated the Gods.
The myth of Thor's journey to the land of giants - Scott A. Mellor
AdultsHistoryReligionMythologyCulture... Thor - son of Odin, god of thunder, and protector of mankind - struggled mightily against his greatest challenge yet: opening a bag of food.
The coin flip conundrum - Po-Shen Loh
AdultsHistoryMathProblem-Solving When you flip a coin to make a decision, there's an equal chance of getting heads and tails.
How Evolution works
AdultsBiologyGeneticsHistoryScienceEvolution... The theory of evolution explains how the enormous variety of life could come into existence. How it is possible for primitive life forms to spawn the millions of different creatures, that exist today.
The rise and fall of the Inca empire
AdultsHistorySocietyCulture It was the western hemisphere's largest empire ever, with a population of nearly 10 million subjects.
Ugly history: The 1937 Haitian Massacre - Edward Paulino
AdultsHistoryLifeSocietyJustice... When historians talk about the atrocities of the 20th century, we often think of those that took place during and between the two World Wars. But two months before the Rape of Nanking in China, and a year before Kristallnacht in Germany, a horrific ethnic cleansing campaign occurred on an island between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Edward Paulino details the 1937 Haitian Massacre.