PeopleImages/iStock via Getty Images There are many stuffy rules about wine, from the type of container it should come in to how expensive it should be. One common myth is that a bottle of wine should be fully consumed the same day it's opened. While it's true that vino does start to oxidize the moment the cork comes...
Louis Wain was known for his unique depictions of cats. Famed cat portraitist Louis Wain built his name on his eccentric depictions of felines, a story most recently told in Amazon Prime’s The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch. If the movie (or Wain’s very existence as a cat-centric artist) piques your interest, you can now...
Happy Holidays. In this special issue we are reprinting our top stories of the past year. This article first appeared online in our “Change” issue in December, 2021. On a cold, dry Tuesday in December, 1940, Rita Levi-Montalcini rode a train from the station near her home in Turin, Italy, for 80 miles to Milan to buy a...
Happy Holidays. In this special issue we are reprinting our top stories of the past year. This article first appeared online in our “Universality” issue in April, 2021. In 1913, 26-year-old Russian biologist Nikolai Vavilov went to the John Innes Horticultural Institute to study at the feet of legendary geneticist William Bateson. While there, Vavilov attended lectures at...
Happy Holidays. In this special issue we are reprinting our top stories of the past year. This article first appeared online in our “Universality” issue in April, 2021. There exists a social hierarchy within science that strikes people who are not mixed up in it as ridiculous. It goes like this: Mathematicians are superior to Physicists, who are,...
After taking down this Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, conservators found two hidden surprises. traveler1116/iStock via Getty Images Time capsules act as a message from the past. At some point, someone thought various cultural artifacts were worth preserving for future excavation. And while the anticipation of opening one might not always be warranted—many are stuffed with antiquated...
A portrait of Queen Victoria of England and her family in 1846. Culture Club/Getty Images When you think of the Victorian era, your mind likely goes to stiff soirées filled with humorless elites stuffed inside corsets. But that picture isn't completely accurate (well, the corsets are accurate, but they weren't quite so brutal to wear). The people of...
svetikd/E+ via Getty Images Dogs will beg for whatever they see their owners eating or drinking—even if that human treat is poisonous to canines. Sometimes this applies to your morning cup of coffee. A daily dose of caffeine may be essential to your wellbeing, but the same can't be said for your furry companion. If your dog ingests...
Dogs lifting their leg to pee is all part of canine psychological warfare. ProjectB/iStock via Getty Images If you own a dog, you have plenty of time to contemplate their bathroom habits. That’s because you’re usually the person standing idly by while they take care of their business. With all that time to think, you might have wondered...
The patient is awake but rarely responsive. Claire Greenway/Getty Images Longtime viewers of Fox’s The Simpsons, which premiered in December 1989, can’t fail to notice that family patriarch Homer Simpson is prone to grievous physical injury. While he possesses a cartoon character’s resiliency, he still often requires medical attention. Law firm Downtown LA Law Group opted to break...
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