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[ad_1] In the ocean, cuttlefish are the masters of disguise. The mollusks belong to the same class, Cephalopoda, as squids, octopuses, and nautiluses. Like some octopuses,...
[ad_1] In describing the system of wires that comprises the internet, Neal Stephenson once compared Earth to a computer motherboard. From telephone poles suspending bundles of...
[ad_1] The polka dot may be a ubiquitous feature of dresses, bikinis, and twee collegiate bedspreads in the modern era, but as patterns go, it hasn’t...
[ad_1] Unless you live in a scorching climate, heating your home is a necessary and unavoidable expense every winter. Rather than just accepting this as an annual...
[ad_1] As New York continues to bask in the feel-good energy of last weekend’s marathon (and proceeds to collect and tear down the miles upon miles...
[ad_1] Despite its name, a raccoon dog is neither a raccoon nor a dog, but it does belong to the canid family, the lineage that includes...
[ad_1] The Lewis Chessmen are the most important chess pieces in history. Ever since the ivory figures were discovered sometime before 1831 on the Isle of Lewis...
[ad_1] “Bohemiam Rhapsody,” Queen’s classic “mock opera,” was released on October 31, 1975. Though the song was met with skepticism when played for preview audiences, it...
[ad_1] Believe in them or not, the stories of these women ghosts live on. But whether born of folklore or a historical tragedy, each of these...
[ad_1] Every Halloween, scarecrows become standard lawn decor. Trick-or-treaters might find them frightening, but what about the birds that these effigies are supposed to repel? Apparently,...
[ad_1] In the canon of great horror writing, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley tend to dominate the craft. But...
[ad_1] American painter Jasper Johns shook up the art world by reconceptualizing common icons like targets, numbers, and letters—and it all began in 1954 with Flag. ...
[ad_1] Discover whether you are guilty of maleficium and/or would have been accused of practicing witchcraft according to the laws and evidence used during the 1692...
[ad_1] The Terminator was released with not much promotion on October 26, 1984. James Cameron, its little-known writer and director, had recently been living in his...
[ad_1] Dracula needs no introduction, but we’ll give him one anyway: Bram Stoker’s vampire, a Transylvanian count who turns into a bat, sleeps in coffins, and...
[ad_1] Does trying to calculate a tip without your smartphone calculator make you break out in a cold sweat? If you answered “yes,” you’re in good...
[ad_1] In 1996, The X-Files released what would become one of its most notorious episodes. Inconspicuously titled “Home,” it follows paranormal detectives Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)...
[ad_1] Nearly 50 years after its debut, there’s still never been a television series quite like Dark Shadows. The ABC daytime soap opera, which aired from...
[ad_1] Ada Lovelace has been called the world’s first computer programmer. In the 1840s, she wrote the world’s first machine algorithm for an early computing machine...
[ad_1] Despite what some cartoons and amusement park rides may have led you to believe, pirates were generally not a charming lot. They pillaged, they invaded,...