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Go Below Sea Level With These Gorgeous Underwater Pictures

Writers and artists often use images of large bodies of water to symbolize the unknown. One look at nature photographer Jorge Cervera Hauser’s photography, though, and it seems that the ocean and its inhabitants are something Hauser knows incredibly well: Hauser’s stunning underwater pictures builds on a body of impressive...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 9, 2015

Go Below Sea Level With These Gorgeous Underwater Pictures

Writers and artists often use images of large bodies of water to symbolize the unknown. One look at nature photographer Jorge Cervera Hauser’s photography, though, and it seems that the ocean and its inhabitants are something Hauser knows incredibly well: Hauser’s stunning underwater pictures builds on a body of impressive...

By Erin Kelly • June 9, 2015

Before Techies, There Were Hippies: Haight-Ashbury In 1967

As American air raids wreaked havoc on Vietnamese soil in 1967, in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood it was the Summer of Love. A series of natural and political events would transpire before Haight-Ashbury would become the epicenter of the “Free Love” mentality. It was one of the only areas spared...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 5, 2015

Before Techies, There Were Hippies: Haight-Ashbury In 1967

As American air raids wreaked havoc on Vietnamese soil in 1967, in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood it was the Summer of Love. A series of natural and political events would transpire before Haight-Ashbury would become the epicenter of the “Free Love” mentality. It was one of the only areas spared...

By Erin Kelly • June 5, 2015

The Chelsea Flower Show: Where Heaven Meets Earth

For many in London, it’s not spring without the Chelsea Flower Show. Long enjoyed by Britain’s upper crust, the Royal Horticultural Society has held the five-day annual event for over a century, and it is considered to be the most important and prestigious flower show in the world. The Royal...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 4, 2015

The Chelsea Flower Show: Where Heaven Meets Earth

For many in London, it’s not spring without the Chelsea Flower Show. Long enjoyed by Britain’s upper crust, the Royal Horticultural Society has held the five-day annual event for over a century, and it is considered to be the most important and prestigious flower show in the world. The Royal...

By Erin Kelly • June 4, 2015

Housewives Before WW2: Women On The Cusp Of Transformation

We’ve written before on the ways war has inspired countless technical innovations that we take for granted every day, but haven’t focused too much on the ways it has transformed the home and its accompanying gender roles. In this arena, one surprising “accomplishment” of World War II was the way...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 3, 2015

Housewives Before WW2: Women On The Cusp Of Transformation

We’ve written before on the ways war has inspired countless technical innovations that we take for granted every day, but haven’t focused too much on the ways it has transformed the home and its accompanying gender roles. In this arena, one surprising “accomplishment” of World War II was the way...

By Erin Kelly • June 3, 2015

17 Things You Didn’t Know About Walt Whitman

Today marks 196 years since Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, New York. While the American poet, essayist and journalist was considered radical for his opinions on many topics—labor issues, immigration, sexuality and capital punishment, among others—during his life, he’s now revered as one of the country’s most influential...

By Kiri Picone • May 31, 2015

17 Things You Didn’t Know About Walt Whitman

Today marks 196 years since Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, New York. While the American poet, essayist and journalist was considered radical for his opinions on many topics—labor issues, immigration, sexuality and capital punishment, among others—during his life, he’s now revered as one of the country’s most influential...

By Kiri Picone • May 31, 2015

Etheldreda Laing’s Autochrome Garden Of Eden

At the turn of the century, Etheldreda Laing used her seasoned artistic eye and emerging technology to create timeless scenes of innocence and grace.

By Erin Kelly • May 30, 2015

Etheldreda Laing’s Autochrome Garden Of Eden

At the turn of the century, Etheldreda Laing used her seasoned artistic eye and emerging technology to create timeless scenes of innocence and grace.

By Erin Kelly • May 30, 2015

Salt Caves Might Not Be A Fountain Of Youth, But They’re Still Stunning

Salt caves are proliferating in terms of popularity and praise. Their physical benefits are uncertain, but as this gallery shows, their beauty is not.

By Erin Kelly • May 29, 2015

Salt Caves Might Not Be A Fountain Of Youth, But They’re Still Stunning

Salt caves are proliferating in terms of popularity and praise. Their physical benefits are uncertain, but as this gallery shows, their beauty is not.

By Erin Kelly • May 29, 2015

This Is What Delhi, The World’s Most Polluted City Looks Like

Beijing can rest easier for the moment as it is no longer the most polluted city in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the dubious honor of the world’s most polluted city goes to Delhi, India. It’s estimated that the city’s air pollution kills 10,500 people in...

By Susan Sims • May 29, 2015

This Is What Delhi, The World’s Most Polluted City Looks Like

Beijing can rest easier for the moment as it is no longer the most polluted city in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the dubious honor of the world’s most polluted city goes to Delhi, India. It’s estimated that the city’s air pollution kills 10,500 people in...

By Susan Sims • May 29, 2015

Haunting Photos Of People Just Before They Died

In the back of our minds, we know we're going to die. But what does it look like just before it happens? These death photos reveal how mundane the end can look.

By Richard Stockton • May 27, 2015

Haunting Photos Of People Just Before They Died

In the back of our minds, we know we're going to die. But what does it look like just before it happens? These death photos reveal how mundane the end can look.

By Richard Stockton • May 27, 2015

1928 England Lives On In Timeless Autochrome Photos

At the behest of National Geographic, Clifton R. Adams spent the late 1920s and early 1930s in England, where he photographed the country’s farms, towns, and the people who composed them. Using an emerging process known as Autochrome, Adams’ color images were stunning for the time, and remain beautiful examples...

By Erin Kelly • May 25, 2015

1928 England Lives On In Timeless Autochrome Photos

At the behest of National Geographic, Clifton R. Adams spent the late 1920s and early 1930s in England, where he photographed the country’s farms, towns, and the people who composed them. Using an emerging process known as Autochrome, Adams’ color images were stunning for the time, and remain beautiful examples...

By Erin Kelly • May 25, 2015

God’s Country: Life Under ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a walking reductio ad absurdum of Immanuel Kant’s Enlightenment treatise Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. In that book, Kant argues that mankind is inherently drawn to evil deeds, and that this “radical evil,” as he calls it, inevitably corrupts every...

By Richard Stockton • May 24, 2015

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God’s Country: Life Under ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a walking reductio ad absurdum of Immanuel Kant’s Enlightenment treatise Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. In that book, Kant argues that mankind is inherently drawn to evil deeds, and that this “radical evil,” as he calls it, inevitably corrupts every...

By Richard Stockton • May 24, 2015

The Cowal Highland Gathering Helps Keep Scotland Weird

Every year at the end of August, the village of Dunoon quadruples in size. Why? To celebrate the Cowal Highland Gathering.

By All That's Interesting • May 24, 2015

The Cowal Highland Gathering Helps Keep Scotland Weird

Every year at the end of August, the village of Dunoon quadruples in size. Why? To celebrate the Cowal Highland Gathering.

By All That's Interesting • May 24, 2015