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natashafrost

I'm a former writer for Atlas Obscura and present-day fan. Find me now @natashamfrost on Twitter.

www.natashamfrost.com

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The Forgotten History of New York’s Bagel Famines

Remembering Local 338 and the world's toughest bagel bakers.

February 9, 2018

The Gay Coffeehouse Where Off-Off Broadway Theater Was Born

Remembering the Caffe Cino of 31 Cornelia Street, New York.

February 9, 2018

Australian Magpies From Big Families Do Better in Intelligence Tests

The bigger the brood, the brighter the bird.

February 8, 2018

Meet a Briton From 10,000 Years Ago

New research has given a face to the famous Mesolithic Cheddar Man.

February 7, 2018

How Long Is a Moment?

The physics, neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy behind a little bit of time.

February 6, 2018

The Mutant, All-Female Crayfish That Reproduce by Cloning Themselves

A horror film made real.

February 6, 2018

The Court Case That Killed the 'Ladies Menu'

Upscale restaurants once listed prices only for men.

February 2, 2018

Why Two Anthropologists Reconstructed Prehistoric Weaponry

Hunter-gatherers were more tech-savvy than we give them credit for.

February 2, 2018

Has Artificial Intelligence Cracked the Voynich Manuscript's Mysterious Code?

Send in the bots.

February 1, 2018

The Killer Wasp That Saws Its Way Out of Its Victims

A six-legged terror the size of a sesame seed.

January 31, 2018

Unlike Other Animals, Naked Mole Rats Don't Seem to Age

Don't believe the wrinkles.

January 30, 2018

A Cache of Historical Sugar Samples Seeks a New Home

A very sweet find.

January 29, 2018

50 Escaped Baboons Shut Down a Paris Zoo

Precisely how they got out remains a mystery.

January 26, 2018

A Forgotten Portion of the Berlin Wall Has Been Found in the Woods

A German historian stumbled upon the chunk in 1999, but kept it a secret until now.

January 25, 2018

How America Fell in Love With Vodka

The “white whiskey” traded on its tastelessness.

January 25, 2018

The Sad Demise of a Village Cheese-Rolling Competition

It is no longer seen as "cool," organizers say.

January 24, 2018

One of the Last Two Dead Sea Scrolls Has Been Decoded

Israeli researchers found an ancient calendar by piecing together fragments of the text.

January 23, 2018

How Climate Change Inspires Monsters

"The Year Without a Summer" produced some of the most iconic fictional beasts of all time.

January 23, 2018

Help Us Design a Climate Change Monster

What fictional beasts will our shifting environments bring?

January 22, 2018

Saving the Great Barrier Reef Means Saying Goodbye to a Lot of Starfish

The crown-of-thorns starfish preys upon coral, munching on its stony polyps.

January 22, 2018

Southern Italians Are Tussling Over Tomatoes

The latest twist in a food-based war between Campania and Puglia.

January 19, 2018

Why Brigham Young University Had a Secret Cola Vending Machine

The complex relationship between Mormons and caffeinated soda.

January 18, 2018

A Life of Solitude Makes Yellow-Bellied Marmots Live Longer

Party animals pay the price.

January 18, 2018

This Map Shows Every Adorably Named Salt Truck in Scotland

From Luke Snowalker to Sir Salter Scott.

January 17, 2018