History

For decades, an argument has been cropping up that Columbus was likely not the first European to make it to the Americas. People believed the Icelandic sagas that spoke of Vikings landing on land green, and lush, and full of grapes, and thought they must have been talking about Canada, but perhaps they’d even landed...

Being an astronaut isn’t easy. Exploring the wonders of space comes with its own set of challenges. With only a 0.65% applicant acceptance rate and two years of intense training, it’s hard for most to make the cut, and the challenges don’t stop there. Though there are plenty of astronaut secrets to get them by,...

While the rest of the world goes up in flames, at least we have a steady stream of true crime podcasts, videos, and memes to keep us sane. There’s nothing quite like getting comfy and cozy to hear all about some of the most disturbing things that people have ever done. Here are 12 super...

Much of what we know about the dinosaurs, and really any creatures that existed long before we were born, comes from the artifacts we’ve found documenting their existence: mainly, bones and fossils. From these bones and fossils paleontologists have been able to reconstruct skeletons of dinosaurs, extinct animals, even early humanoids. We know what they...

There are so many things that just are in our lives. We never stop to think about them much; they work, they don’t offend or annoy or trouble us, and so we don’t question it. We write our letters or pay our bills or send our holiday cards once a year, and every time, we print...

As human beings, we like to think that the people who make our food have our backs. We also like to think in the case that they might not, we have government agencies that will slap them on their wrists and save us from the gut aches that could have ensued. To know that’s not true,...

People dismiss students all the time, like because they’re still learning that they don’t know a dang thing. The truth is that people who are currently studying something are not only primed to come up with answers to hard questions, they’re also often coming at a situation with fresh eyes. And regardless of whether or...

People love reading horror stories. We love scaring ourselves silly with horror movies, we read horror novels, and people like Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock have made literal livings making people pee their pants with fright. So many of us listen to true crime podcasts and watch the “murder shows” like Unsolved Mysteries. That said, most...