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The 10 Most Fascinating (And Terrifying) Fringe Sciences

Black holes, parallel universes and teleportation: these fringe sciences can be as cool as they are scary.

By Savannah Cox • Jul 25, 2014

The 10 Most Fascinating (And Terrifying) Fringe Sciences

Black holes, parallel universes and teleportation: these fringe sciences can be as cool as they are scary.

By Savannah Cox • July 25, 2014

40 Bruce Lee Quotes That Will Change Your Life

When the going gets tough, there are these 40 Bruce Lee quotes to keep you going.

By Alexander Baldwin • Jul 22, 2014

40 Bruce Lee Quotes That Will Change Your Life

When the going gets tough, there are these 40 Bruce Lee quotes to keep you going.

By Alexander Baldwin • July 22, 2014

These 5 Bizarre Word Origins Will Leave You Scratching Your Head

Silly used to mean "pious". Fiasco refers to ugly bottles. These bizarre word origins are bound to make you look at language in a new light.

By Richard Stockton • Jul 20, 2014

These 5 Bizarre Word Origins Will Leave You Scratching Your Head

Silly used to mean "pious". Fiasco refers to ugly bottles. These bizarre word origins are bound to make you look at language in a new light.

By Richard Stockton • July 20, 2014

5 Times That Satire Crossed Vladimir Putin

The Nikas Awards In 2008, the Nikas, Russia’s answer to the Oscars, had jokes about Putin and Dmitry Medvedev cut from their broadcast by a TV station. Medvedev, the man who at the time had just taken over as president while Putin switched to prime minister for a term, was...

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Jul 18, 2014

5 Times That Satire Crossed Vladimir Putin

The Nikas Awards In 2008, the Nikas, Russia’s answer to the Oscars, had jokes about Putin and Dmitry Medvedev cut from their broadcast by a TV station. Medvedev, the man who at the time had just taken over as president while Putin switched to prime minister for a term, was...

By Leslie Maryann Neal • July 18, 2014

Natural Phenomena That Science Has Trouble Explaining

In spite of its innovations and revelations, the scientific method is still unable to explain away these five natural phenomena.

By Erin Kelly • Jul 15, 2014

Natural Phenomena That Science Has Trouble Explaining

In spite of its innovations and revelations, the scientific method is still unable to explain away these five natural phenomena.

By Erin Kelly • July 15, 2014

Physics, The Coriolis Effect, And Your Toilet

Ever wondered why your toiled flushes in a certain way? Many say it's an example of the Coriolis effect at work, but we think otherwise.

By All That's Interesting • Jul 14, 2014

Physics, The Coriolis Effect, And Your Toilet

Ever wondered why your toiled flushes in a certain way? Many say it's an example of the Coriolis effect at work, but we think otherwise.

By All That's Interesting • July 14, 2014

The 8 Ugliest Animals You’ll Ever Lay Eyes On

Ugliest Animals: Pangolin The pangolin is named after the Malay word, pengguling, which literally translates as “something that rolls up” – an apt title for this prickly creature. The pangolin’s aesthetically challenged “shell” is actually an amalgam of large, hardened, overlapping plate-like scales, which are made of keratin. The scales...

By Mamta Bhatt • Jul 8, 2014

The 8 Ugliest Animals You’ll Ever Lay Eyes On

Ugliest Animals: Pangolin The pangolin is named after the Malay word, pengguling, which literally translates as “something that rolls up” – an apt title for this prickly creature. The pangolin’s aesthetically challenged “shell” is actually an amalgam of large, hardened, overlapping plate-like scales, which are made of keratin. The scales...

By Mamta Bhatt • July 8, 2014

23 Artists Who Upcycle Old Texts To Create Beautiful Book Art

Depending on whom you ask, repurposing books is either beautiful or blasphemy. The very idea of cutting up pages with an X-acto knife or pulling a leather cover off an old novel to make a purse is enough to make some book lovers wince. But the artists featured below argue...

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Jul 7, 2014

23 Artists Who Upcycle Old Texts To Create Beautiful Book Art

Depending on whom you ask, repurposing books is either beautiful or blasphemy. The very idea of cutting up pages with an X-acto knife or pulling a leather cover off an old novel to make a purse is enough to make some book lovers wince. But the artists featured below argue...

By Leslie Maryann Neal • July 7, 2014

Let’s Talk About Sex Attitudes, Baby

So let’s get all Salt-n-Pepa and talk about sex, baby. Better yet, let’s talk about sex throughout human history. After all, Iwan Bloch, considered by many to be the first sexologist, believed that “historical knowledge offered an important key to understanding contemporary problems of sexuality”. History can also provide valuable...

By All That's Interesting • Jul 1, 2014

Let’s Talk About Sex Attitudes, Baby

So let’s get all Salt-n-Pepa and talk about sex, baby. Better yet, let’s talk about sex throughout human history. After all, Iwan Bloch, considered by many to be the first sexologist, believed that “historical knowledge offered an important key to understanding contemporary problems of sexuality”. History can also provide valuable...

By All That's Interesting • July 1, 2014

11 Of History’s Weirdest Inventions

From boats that would survive an ice age to wooden swimming suits, these strange inventions are also the most delightful to look back on.

By Savannah Cox • Jun 30, 2014

11 Of History’s Weirdest Inventions

From boats that would survive an ice age to wooden swimming suits, these strange inventions are also the most delightful to look back on.

By Savannah Cox • June 30, 2014