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Phenomenal Nontraditional Sculptures And The Artists Who Make Them

Artists are those daring individuals who try to make a living out of pushing boundaries and challenging—and hopefully changing—our tastes. In the artist’s endless process of borrowing, blending and creating, art and its respective mediums always evolve, adapting to the times and interests of their creators and viewers alike. Nowhere...

By All That's Interesting • Sep 8, 2014

Phenomenal Nontraditional Sculptures And The Artists Who Make Them

Artists are those daring individuals who try to make a living out of pushing boundaries and challenging—and hopefully changing—our tastes. In the artist’s endless process of borrowing, blending and creating, art and its respective mediums always evolve, adapting to the times and interests of their creators and viewers alike. Nowhere...

By All That's Interesting • September 8, 2014

ATI Neighborhood Tours: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

A neon hammer and sickle sign flickers in angry, vindictive red as soon as I exit the Brighton Beach subway stop in Brooklyn, New York. Except it’s not there to promote communism; it’s a flashy attempt to sell mid-grade booze. At first this strikes me as a bit odd, but...

By Savannah Cox • Sep 8, 2014

ATI Neighborhood Tours: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

A neon hammer and sickle sign flickers in angry, vindictive red as soon as I exit the Brighton Beach subway stop in Brooklyn, New York. Except it’s not there to promote communism; it’s a flashy attempt to sell mid-grade booze. At first this strikes me as a bit odd, but...

By Savannah Cox • September 8, 2014

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 31, 2014

4 Beautiful, Bizarre, And Disturbing Earth Origin Stories

For most of our existence, humans have used myths to demystify the world and our place in it. We created stories to explain where babies come from and where the sun goes at night and everything in-between. Up until the Enlightenment, when we began using science to understand the universe,...

By All That's Interesting • August 31, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Famous Rorschach Inkblot Test

You've seen Rorschach tests in just about every mediocre crime show. Now understand the thinking behind them.

By Susan Sims • Aug 30, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Famous Rorschach Inkblot Test

You've seen Rorschach tests in just about every mediocre crime show. Now understand the thinking behind them.

By Susan Sims • August 30, 2014

Lasse Hoile’s Magical Musical Melancholy

Borrowing from European cinema and the Renaissance, Lasse Hoile's work is truly in a league of its own.

By Erin Kelly • Aug 28, 2014

Lasse Hoile’s Magical Musical Melancholy

Borrowing from European cinema and the Renaissance, Lasse Hoile's work is truly in a league of its own.

By Erin Kelly • August 28, 2014

Stolen Youth: Child Brides Around The World

Under the guise of tradition, child brides around the world face a life of poverty, mistreatment and stolen opportunities.

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Aug 25, 2014

Stolen Youth: Child Brides Around The World

Under the guise of tradition, child brides around the world face a life of poverty, mistreatment and stolen opportunities.

By Leslie Maryann Neal • August 25, 2014

5 Unsolved Serial Killings That Will Haunt You

We bring you five unsolved serial killings that will leave you cold.

By Susan Sims • Aug 24, 2014

5 Unsolved Serial Killings That Will Haunt You

We bring you five unsolved serial killings that will leave you cold.

By Susan Sims • August 24, 2014

10 Popular Slang Origins You Need To Know

Like it or not, you’re human. This means that at one point or another you use slang. It’s not to look cool, per se, but a sort of verbal shorthand or way to identify with a certain group. But because we use it all the time, slang constantly evolves, adapting...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 23, 2014

10 Popular Slang Origins You Need To Know

Like it or not, you’re human. This means that at one point or another you use slang. It’s not to look cool, per se, but a sort of verbal shorthand or way to identify with a certain group. But because we use it all the time, slang constantly evolves, adapting...

By All That's Interesting • August 23, 2014

1924 Owens Valley Protests Foreshadow California’s Scary Drought Problems

Even with its green lawns and swimming pools, Los Angeles―and Southern California―is a semi-desert. Dropping a major city into this climate with limited water resources seems ridiculous now, but when LA’s population began to boom in the nineteenth century, its leaders believed that the aquifer supplying the city would last....

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Aug 21, 2014

1924 Owens Valley Protests Foreshadow California’s Scary Drought Problems

Even with its green lawns and swimming pools, Los Angeles―and Southern California―is a semi-desert. Dropping a major city into this climate with limited water resources seems ridiculous now, but when LA’s population began to boom in the nineteenth century, its leaders believed that the aquifer supplying the city would last....

By Leslie Maryann Neal • August 21, 2014

4 Of The Most Evil Science Experiments Ever Performed

At their best, scientists represent the best in humanity: intelligence, curiosity, and skeptical rigor. This allows scientists to do things that ordinary people wouldn’t be allowed to get away with. If a random person burst into your house with a bubbling test tube and shouted “Quick! Drink this!” you’d call...

By Richard Stockton • Aug 20, 2014

4 Of The Most Evil Science Experiments Ever Performed

At their best, scientists represent the best in humanity: intelligence, curiosity, and skeptical rigor. This allows scientists to do things that ordinary people wouldn’t be allowed to get away with. If a random person burst into your house with a bubbling test tube and shouted “Quick! Drink this!” you’d call...

By Richard Stockton • August 20, 2014