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10 Staggeringly Amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites

From impressive monuments to incredible national parks, these are the ten most amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites on Earth.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 16, 2014

10 Staggeringly Amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites

From impressive monuments to incredible national parks, these are the ten most amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites on Earth.

By All That's Interesting • December 16, 2014

7 Beautiful National Parks You Need To Visit

These photographs of the seven most beautiful national parks in the United States will make you want to travel off the beaten path.

By Kiri Picone • Dec 7, 2014

7 Beautiful National Parks You Need To Visit

These photographs of the seven most beautiful national parks in the United States will make you want to travel off the beaten path.

By Kiri Picone • December 7, 2014

The Bicycle’s Deadly History

It may surprise you to learn that the history of the bicycle doesn’t actually begin with the penny farthing. In 1817, Karl Drais discovered that he could align two wheels and create a vehicle that could be propelled by a man’s (and they were a gentlemen-only vehicle) feet, allowing him...

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Dec 3, 2014

The Bicycle’s Deadly History

It may surprise you to learn that the history of the bicycle doesn’t actually begin with the penny farthing. In 1817, Karl Drais discovered that he could align two wheels and create a vehicle that could be propelled by a man’s (and they were a gentlemen-only vehicle) feet, allowing him...

By Leslie Maryann Neal • December 3, 2014

Beautifully Designed Video Game Environments

If you want to see some of the most groundbreaking modern art, just spend an afternoon playing video games with your teenage cousin. Given the increasing capacities of digital technology, video games are well on their way to becoming not just one of the most entertaining industries out there, but...

By Erin Kelly • Dec 2, 2014

Beautifully Designed Video Game Environments

If you want to see some of the most groundbreaking modern art, just spend an afternoon playing video games with your teenage cousin. Given the increasing capacities of digital technology, video games are well on their way to becoming not just one of the most entertaining industries out there, but...

By Erin Kelly • December 2, 2014

The Stories Behind History’s Best Hoaxes

For as long as humans have been around, we have enjoyed playing tricks on one another. Deception has always been a powerful tool, whether it was done for revenge, profit, politics or just for fun. Of course, most tricks and hoaxes are nothing to write home about. Even so, every...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 27, 2014

The Stories Behind History’s Best Hoaxes

For as long as humans have been around, we have enjoyed playing tricks on one another. Deception has always been a powerful tool, whether it was done for revenge, profit, politics or just for fun. Of course, most tricks and hoaxes are nothing to write home about. Even so, every...

By All That's Interesting • November 27, 2014

15 Endangered Animals You Should Know About

At the first congress of UNESCO in 1948, multiple governments, international organizations and national nature conservation groups agreed to form the International Union for the Protection of Nature or IUCN, which would later shed light on the dangers of sprawl, over-fishing and deforestation. Though subsequent changes in human habits were...

By Susan Sims • Nov 24, 2014

15 Endangered Animals You Should Know About

At the first congress of UNESCO in 1948, multiple governments, international organizations and national nature conservation groups agreed to form the International Union for the Protection of Nature or IUCN, which would later shed light on the dangers of sprawl, over-fishing and deforestation. Though subsequent changes in human habits were...

By Susan Sims • November 24, 2014

6 Future Homes For The Human Race

Greetings, earthlings: you're screwed. Here are six potential future homes for us when Earth becomes uninhabitable.

By Richard Stockton • Nov 24, 2014

6 Future Homes For The Human Race

Greetings, earthlings: you're screwed. Here are six potential future homes for us when Earth becomes uninhabitable.

By Richard Stockton • November 24, 2014

5 Lethal Diseases You Would Totally Mistake For The Flu

It's flu season. Time to convince yourself that you've been exposed to SARS and anthrax.

By Richard Stockton • Nov 23, 2014

5 Lethal Diseases You Would Totally Mistake For The Flu

It's flu season. Time to convince yourself that you've been exposed to SARS and anthrax.

By Richard Stockton • November 23, 2014

24 Facts You Didn’t Know About Isaac Newton

Regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time, Isaac Newton’s contributions to the field of physics are unparalleled. His book, the Principia Mathematica, is still one of the most important and relevant scientific works in history, even now 300 years after it was first published. Even so,...

By John Kuroski • Nov 22, 2014

24 Facts You Didn’t Know About Isaac Newton

Regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time, Isaac Newton’s contributions to the field of physics are unparalleled. His book, the Principia Mathematica, is still one of the most important and relevant scientific works in history, even now 300 years after it was first published. Even so,...

By John Kuroski • November 22, 2014

10 Science Myths That Won’t Die

Science Myths: McDonald’s Hamburgers Don’t Rot This “fact” has been making the internet rounds for a while now, but as with most things internet, you’re not getting the big picture. As the story goes, fast food is laden with so many preservatives and chemicals that it doesn’t physically decompose, and...

By Erin Kelly • Nov 11, 2014

10 Science Myths That Won’t Die

Science Myths: McDonald’s Hamburgers Don’t Rot This “fact” has been making the internet rounds for a while now, but as with most things internet, you’re not getting the big picture. As the story goes, fast food is laden with so many preservatives and chemicals that it doesn’t physically decompose, and...

By Erin Kelly • November 11, 2014