19th century These 19th century textile mill's "behavior blocks" were made to shame employees' "exceeding naughtiness" Mark Frauenfelder

devolution Arizona upholds grim abortion ban — punishable by up to 5 years — that dates back to 1864 Carla Sinclair

television 19th century dances make a comeback in the UK Carolyn Townsend

Technology How the introduction of the push-button in the late 19th century freaked people out Gareth Branwyn

19th century Is War and Peace worth reading? A review Mark Frauenfelder

mechanics 1890s mechanical device sounds exactly like a bird singing Andrea James

books The magnificent early age of book covers Clive Thompson

History The cabinet card fad saw 19th-century women dressing in ridiculous costumes Andrea James

Engineering NYC's massive steam network vaporizes two Olympic pools of water per hour Ellsworth Toohey

photography World's oldest UFO photo may depict something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

art The Public and Private Life of Animals satirized the late Victorian world Popkin

psychology How an 1800s French doctor's experiments with electrocuted faces revealed science of real smiles Ellsworth Toohey

art "An Evil Tree" lithograph: a 19th-century moral warning Popkin

illustration The 19th century pufferfish art of Joseph Drayton and Alfred Agate Popkin

psychology Stanford's massive tobacco ad archive reveals a century of psychological manipulation Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment A deep, deep dive into the history of Disney's animatronics Ruben Bolling

travel Move over Pisa: this German church tower is the world's most tilted building Ellsworth Toohey

auctions One of Magritte's "Empire of Light" paintings sells for $121m Rob Beschizza

History The rectangular livestock paintings of Great Britain Rob Beschizza