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Fake News and Firestorms: The Catherine O’Leary Scandal
On the night of 8 October 1871, the wind screamed through Chicago like it wanted revenge. By morning, most of ...
The Shocking Evolutionary Truth About Lucy: What Scientists Aren’t Saying
Fifty years ago, in the sunbaked sands of Ethiopia’s Afar region, a skeleton was pulled from the earth—a skeleton that ...
The Man Who Invented Tomorrow: Nikola Tesla Saw the 21st Century Before It Happened
In the heart of Manhattan, inside a dimly lit hotel room, an ageing Nikola Tesla sat with a knowing glint ...
Stop for Takeoff: How Gibraltar Built World’s Most Terrifying Traffic Intersection
There are train crossings, bicycle crossings, footpath crossings, and even crossings for animals. Did you know that in Gibraltar, there ...
The Most Powerful Rocket NASA Has Ever Built
At 1:47 a.m. on 16 November 2022, a thunderous scream ripped across Florida’s Kennedy Space Center as NASA’s Space Launch ...
The Hospital of the Future Has No Doctors—Just Robots
Imagine waking up in a hospital bed. A robotic arm hovers above you. A calm, synthetic, emotionless voice tells you ...
Did a Meteorite Create This Colossal Pit? The Strange Origins of Xiaozhai Tiankeng
The Xiaozhai Tiankeng is a monstrous scar on the face of the Earth, a yawning abyss so vast it could ...
Tourists Are Obsessed With This Glow-in-the-Dark Beach That Doesn’t Exist
The internet loves a fantasy, and nothing sells better than a beach that glows like the galaxy itself. The Maldives' ...
The Sky’s Greatest Optical Trick: What Causes a Fire Rainbow?
On a quiet afternoon in Massachusetts, the sky erupted in an explosion of fire and colour. Spectators craned their necks, ...
Edible Icon: The Story Behind the $88,000 ‘Cheetozard’
In a world where art aficionados splurge millions on abstract masterpieces, who could have predicted that a crunchy, spicy snack ...
The Onion Oracle: Italy’s Wildest Weather Ritual That Defies Science
In the dead of winter, under the glow of an ancient moon, an Italian woman stands before a chopping board, ...
Funky, Sour, & Ancient: World’s Oldest Cheese Uncovered in China
Beneath the unrelenting sands of China’s Taklamakan Desert, a discovery unlike any other has stunned archaeologists, food historians, and even ...
When London Hired Hawks to Clean Up Its Streets
Meet the Harris’s hawk: the feathered enforcer stalking city skies, turning pigeons from fearless squatters into trembling fugitives. Londoners blink ...
Mister Ed: The Talking Horse That Fooled a Generation
During the golden era of television, one horse won over viewers' hearts, brought laughter, and left an intriguing enigma behind ...
Poo Pills Are Saving Lives—And It All Started With Koalas
Would you swallow a pill filled with someone else’s poo if it could save your life? It sounds like the ...
Why Mexico’s Pink Lake Is Both a Dream and a Letdown
Imagine a place so surreal, so dreamlike, that it seems ripped straight from the pages of a fantasy novel—where the ...
The Toilet That Uncovered England’s Last Saxon King’s Home
For centuries, the ghost of King Harold Godwinson’s lost power loomed over England—a mystery buried beneath whispers, forgotten ruins, and ...
Mars on Earth? The Truth About Jordan’s Most Surreal Landscape
Some places feel like they belong to Earth. Others? They make you question everything. Deep in the heart of Jordan, ...