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Revisit the Enchantment of 'Into the Veil'

A short film for those who missed this year's big event in New York—or want to relive it.
October 30, 2017
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artificial intelligence

An Artificial Intelligence Bot Writes Stories of the Macabre

"Shelley" conjures tales of disembodied mouths, surprise male pregnancies, and a house full of dolls.
October 30, 2017
Gastro Obscura
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delicacies

Italian Truffle Prices Mushroom After a Parched October

A lot of money for a little fungus.
October 27, 2017
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dating

The Dramatically Different World of '70s Dating Ads

Before Tinder, there was "Singles News."
October 27, 2017
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skulls

This Skull May Have Belonged to the Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

Sediments tell of a disaster in Papua New Guinea 6,000 years ago.
October 26, 2017
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jellyfish

Watch Very Old Jellyfish Glide Beneath the Arctic Ice

Life under the ice is long and slow.
October 25, 2017
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fossils

Ancient Trees Were Bafflingly Complicated, and Scientists Don't Really Know Why

Tree rings are so much simpler.
October 24, 2017
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sea

Would You Kindly Spy on the Sex Life of the Humble Lugworm?

British researchers need more information about what gets this marine worm in the mood.
October 23, 2017
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lost

What Happened to the Severed Head of Peter the Great's Wife's Lover

Don't believe the hype.
October 20, 2017
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acoustics

Can You Really Hear a Coin Drop From the Back Row of an Ancient Greek Theater?

An acoustic study sparks a classical kerfuffle.
October 20, 2017
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storms

Watch Ophelia's Winds Send a Cumbrian Waterfall Into the Sky

Another strange effect of a profoundly strange storm.
October 19, 2017
Gastro Obscura
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blimps

The Brief, Wondrous, High-Flying Era of Zeppelin Dining

The Hindenburg’s fattened ducklings and caviar were essentially German propaganda.
October 18, 2017
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libraries

Why a New Zealand Library's Books Kept Vanishing, Then Reappearing

Homeless readers had been tucking volumes away so they could return to them the next day.
October 18, 2017
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trains

Trainy McTrainface Receives Its Name in Official Ceremony in Sweden

The moniker might be revenge for Boaty McBoatface.
October 17, 2017
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queer history

See Two Decades of San Francisco’s Wildest Queer Halloween Parties

The rise and demise of the night of the living dead.
October 16, 2017
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happenings

A Dispatch From the Other Side of the Veil

In Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, Atlas Obscura's "Into the Veil 2017" was a night of sublime contradictions.
October 16, 2017
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cryptozoology

Just About Everything We Know About the Pard

The mythical big cat was once believed to make up half of every leopard.
October 13, 2017
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tortoises

The Burmese Star Tortoise Is Back From the Brink of Extinction

A meteoric return for a slow and steady reptile.
October 13, 2017
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dolphins

How a Female Dolphin May Use Her Vagina to Choose the Father of Her Calf

Inside the weird world of cetacean sex.
October 12, 2017
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murder

Archaeologists Strike Gold at the Site of a Mysterious 5th-Century Massacre

New discoveries deepen the enigma of Sweden's Sandby borg.
October 11, 2017
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pollution

What Sooty Feathers Tell Us About Air Pollution Over Time

Many of America's birds are far cleaner now than they were at the turn of the century.
October 10, 2017
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sexism

Before Mace, a Hatpin Was an Unescorted Lady’s Best Defense

Accessories to assault.
October 10, 2017
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language

A Centuries-Old Frieze, Newly Deciphered, Tells the Story of the End of the Bronze Age

A great prince, an almost-forgotten ancient script, and whisperings of a forgery.
October 9, 2017
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artificial intelligence

Enjoy a Tall, Frosty Beverage Named by a Neural Network

"The Fine Stranger" sounds good. "Snot Beard," less so.
October 9, 2017