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10 of the Most Fascinating 'Playboy' Interviews
Playboy magazine is known for its sexy centerfolds and covers, but the gentleman’s glossy has a long history of publishing short stories and interviews with notable personalities.
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'First' iced chocolate recipe found
A university academic says she believes she has uncovered the first English recipes for iced chocolate desserts
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10 Giant Prehistoric Creatures, Which are Thankfully Extinct.
Oh, Animal Kingdom you remind us why we decided to leave the forest behind and live in groups outside. Alone not many of us would survive in the wild, even in the modern era. But there were creatures in prehistoric times that would taken a group of humans, and used them as toothpicks. Here are the
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Crash Course: A Guide To 30 Years Of U.S. Military Strikes Against Other Nations
A look at major U.S. military strikes as ordered by the last five U.S. presidents and the degree of international support behind the actions.
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What 25 Celebrities Were Like In High School
With school starting back up again, here's what some of your favorite celebrities were like in high school.
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How state lotteries deliberately exploit people's dreams
Selling the lottery fantasy is possible because, paradoxically, the probabilities of winning are so infinitesimal they become irrelevant
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It's Getting Better, But America Is Still Paying A Historically High Price For Oil Imports
In his latest post, Econbrowser blogger and UCSD professor James Hamilton offers up another data point contextualizing the shale boom.
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Labor Day by the Numbers: Celebrating American Workers Since 1882
U.S. Census Bureau has facts and figures on the types of jobs we do, what we make for them, how we get to them and more.
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Bigger and healthier: European men grow 11cm in a century
The average height of European men grew by a surprising 11 centimeters from the early 1870s to 1980, reflecting significant improvements in health across the region, according to new research published on Monday.
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Former SS officer faces German trial
Former SS officer Siert Bruins, 92, has appeared in court in Germany accused of murdering a Dutch resistance fighter some 70 years ago.
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7 barons behind popular beers
You see their names on the labels of your favorite suds, but how well do you really know the beer barons who brought you the frosty refreshment in your glass? As you might expect, a number of the American brewing industry's pioneers led fairly colorful lives before and after getting their surnames emblazoned on cans and tap handles. Here's the scoop on a few of the wisest men to ever ferment a little barley.
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25 rejected nicknames for professional sports teams
The Boston Celtics were almost the Boston Unicorns. Really.
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Diana Nyad completes historic Cuba-to-Florida swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida.
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Historical photos of Labor Day: Labor movements and strikes
Historical photos of labor movements and strikes from 1917 to 1985.
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8 Ruined Cities That Remain a Mystery to This Day
The world is full of ruined cities, but some have such mysterious rises and falls that they haunt our imaginations. Even if we know who built them, certain aspects of the city may simply defy comprehension in the modern age. Here are 8 ancient cities that we may never fully understand.
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Secret Fore-Edge Paintings Revealed in Early 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa
A few days ago Colleen Theisen who helps with outreach and instruction at the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa shared an amazing gif she made that demonstrates something called fore-edge painting on the edge of a 1837 book called Autumn by Robert Mudie.
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John Kerry's cosy dinner with Syria's 'Hitler'
Secretary of State and the man he likened to German dictator are pictured dining with their wives at Damascus restaurant before civil war broke out.
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Here's Why We Work Eight Hours a Day
Here's an explanation for why U.S. employees work eight hours a day.
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Titanic in Color
Titanic in Color brings back the glorious ship that sank with a thousand dreams a century ago, the way she looked in glorious, vivid color.
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Evidence Found for Planet-Cooling Asteroid 12,900 Years Ago
A clue to an impact in Quebec fuels an ongoing debate about the cause of one of Earth's big freezes, called the Younger Dryas
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