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music

The Spanish Nuns in Hot Water for an 'Unauthorized' Organ Refurbishment

$170,000 for repairs or a $200,000 fine. Choose wisely.
November 20, 2017
Gastro Obscura
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marshmallow

The Savvy Marketing That Put Marshmallows on Your Sweet Potato Casserole

"I’ll have it with my Roast … and again for dessert."
November 20, 2017
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new zealand

The Pit of Death That Holds the History of New Zealand's Flightless Birds

A natural trap that became a grave for thousands of avians.
November 17, 2017
Gastro Obscura
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pollution

With Smog Meringues, You Can Taste Your City's Air Pollution

Artists whip up a way for your taste buds to go through what your lungs do every day.
November 17, 2017
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amish

The Indiana Amish Are Blessed With a Genetic Fountain of Youth

The mutation confers longer life, but comes with a caveat.
November 16, 2017
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golf

Meet Ann Gregory, Who Shattered Racist and Sexist Barriers in the Golf World

An unheralded sports pioneer, she was known as "The Queen of Negro Women’s Golf."
November 15, 2017
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psychology

The Secret Chord That Makes Pop Music Sound Happy

The musical formula for good vibrations.
November 15, 2017
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psychiatry

How Great Art Can Make You a Little Crazy

Braving the long lines to see the last Leonardo in private hands.
November 14, 2017
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meteorites

A Meteor Struck the Grounds of a School in Northern Ireland (Or Did It?)

Strange things were afoot at Castle Gardens Primary School.
November 13, 2017
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combat

Male Mangrove Crabs Have a Taunting Victory Dance

These moves put the "man" in "mangrove crab."
November 13, 2017
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microbes

You Probably Share Your Home With at Least 100 Kinds of Bugs

And cleaning more often won't change a darned thing.
November 10, 2017
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otters

Meet the Rottweiler-Sized Prehistoric Otter With Teeth That Could Crunch Bone

Can an apex predator be cuddly?
November 9, 2017
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elections

Found: A Celebratory Roman Sundial, Two Millennia Old

A tribune of the people is still celebrating his electoral victory.
November 8, 2017
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nostalgia

The Twilight of the Analog Photo Booth

The effort to save a rare beast on the road to extinction.
November 8, 2017
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video wonders

Watch a Jacobean Painting Emerge From 200 Years of Grime in Seconds

A mysterious 1618 lady, revealed.
November 7, 2017
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north korea

The New Zealand Birdwatchers Who Fly to North Korea in the Spring

The quest for a bird that continues to defy international sanctions.
November 7, 2017
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turtles

Forensic Science Is Being Used to Crack the Secret Code of Turtle Foraging

Evidence never lies.
November 6, 2017
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new york city

Multidimensional Maps That Provide New Perspectives on New York City

The world's most mapped city, as you've never seen it before.
November 6, 2017
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mammoths

Why Teenage Male Mammoths Tended to Die in Really Silly Ways

YOLO
November 3, 2017
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gender

The Early 20th-Century ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe From Harassment

The radical days of the Weimar Republic, just before the rise of Nazism.
November 2, 2017
Gastro Obscura
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whiskey

The $10,000 Whisky Dram That Turned Out to Be Worthless

A refund was involved.
November 2, 2017
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slugs

The Luminescent Underwater Slug Pirates of the Mediterranean Sea

Crafty nudibranchs get two meals in one.
November 1, 2017
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new zealand

Was Minnie Dean Really the Wickedest Woman in New Zealand History?

Revisiting the case of the only woman ever executed on its shores.
November 1, 2017
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31 days of halloween

Meet a Scottish 'Witch' Who Died 300 Years Ago

Digital reconstruction gives a face to a sad tale.
October 31, 2017