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What We Loved This Week, Jan. 8 – 14

The Titanic's wreckage, surreal landscape photography, crime in Caracas, WWII's female pilots, century-old Native American masks.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 13, 2017

What We Loved This Week, Jan. 8 – 14

The Titanic's wreckage, surreal landscape photography, crime in Caracas, WWII's female pilots, century-old Native American masks.

By All That's Interesting • January 13, 2017

Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 12, 2017

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Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • January 12, 2017

Why Einstein Turned Down The Presidency Of Israel

Had he so desired, the "Father of Relativity" could have been Israel's second president.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 12, 2017

Why Einstein Turned Down The Presidency Of Israel

Had he so desired, the "Father of Relativity" could have been Israel's second president.

By All That's Interesting • January 12, 2017

The Iconic Jacqueline Kennedy In 25 Revealing Photos

If there was a role model for American women in the 1960s, it was first lady Jacqueline Kennedy — even if she didn't welcome the label.

By Erin Kelly • Jan 11, 2017

The Iconic Jacqueline Kennedy In 25 Revealing Photos

If there was a role model for American women in the 1960s, it was first lady Jacqueline Kennedy — even if she didn't welcome the label.

By Erin Kelly • January 11, 2017

Sherlock Holmes, A Hoax, And The Missing Link Called The Piltdown Man

Discovering the connection between man and ape is of colossal scientific value — which is exactly why some have tried to fake it.

By Krissy Howard • Jan 10, 2017

Sherlock Holmes, A Hoax, And The Missing Link Called The Piltdown Man

Discovering the connection between man and ape is of colossal scientific value — which is exactly why some have tried to fake it.

By Krissy Howard • January 10, 2017

Mary Somerville: The Woman For Whom The Word “Scientist” Was Made

Before Mary Somerville, the word "scientist" didn't even exist.

By Erin Kelly • Jan 9, 2017

Mary Somerville: The Woman For Whom The Word “Scientist” Was Made

Before Mary Somerville, the word "scientist" didn't even exist.

By Erin Kelly • January 9, 2017

The Vatican Really, Really Hates Cats

When you're as old as the Catholic Church, you're going to have picked a lot of fights — and some are more absurd than others.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 9, 2017

The Vatican Really, Really Hates Cats

When you're as old as the Catholic Church, you're going to have picked a lot of fights — and some are more absurd than others.

By All That's Interesting • January 9, 2017

Wife Selling: The 19th Century Alternative To Divorce

Marriages are first and foremost an economic arrangement, and the 19th century practice of wife selling only bolsters that argument.

By Krissy Howard • Jan 8, 2017

Wife Selling: The 19th Century Alternative To Divorce

Marriages are first and foremost an economic arrangement, and the 19th century practice of wife selling only bolsters that argument.

By Krissy Howard • January 8, 2017

How Wojtek The Bear Became A World War II Hero

How an orphaned Syrian bear named Wojtek became a Polish army hero.

By Savannah Cox • Jan 7, 2017

How Wojtek The Bear Became A World War II Hero

How an orphaned Syrian bear named Wojtek became a Polish army hero.

By Savannah Cox • January 7, 2017

When Heroin Was “God’s Own Medicine”

We call it an epidemic today, but for centuries medical experts encouraged the use of heroin.

By Savannah Cox • Jan 6, 2017

When Heroin Was “God’s Own Medicine”

We call it an epidemic today, but for centuries medical experts encouraged the use of heroin.

By Savannah Cox • January 6, 2017

The Snowman’s Oddly Political History

Turns out the winter sculpture has served more than just aesthetic purposes.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 5, 2017

The Snowman’s Oddly Political History

Turns out the winter sculpture has served more than just aesthetic purposes.

By All That's Interesting • January 5, 2017

The Bath School Disaster, The Biggest School Massacre America Forgot

The United States hasn't seen a school massacre of this scale since — which makes it all the more surprising that most of us know nothing about it.

By John Kuroski • Jan 4, 2017

The Bath School Disaster, The Biggest School Massacre America Forgot

The United States hasn't seen a school massacre of this scale since — which makes it all the more surprising that most of us know nothing about it.

By John Kuroski • January 4, 2017