The Beatles Boy who stole Life magazine with Beatles on cover returns it to library 50 years later Carla Sinclair

books The novelist who co-founded the Paris Review was a CIA spy Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1872 a ship was found drifting, empty. The 1913 "solution" was absurd. Ellsworth Toohey

Science A synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two Ellsworth Toohey

conspiracy theories Fred LaBour invented most of the 'Paul is dead' clues as a joke and was stunned when the world believed them Ellsworth Toohey

History Om Malik, 1966-2026 Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years. Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Doughnut-dunking machines: 1956 inventor's gadgets Ellsworth Toohey

History How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt Ellsworth Toohey

Science The man who discovered microwaves measured a flower's heartbeat in 1926 Ellsworth Toohey

Science Honey from sealed Egyptian tombs is still edible after 3,000 years Ellsworth Toohey

History Captain Billy's Whiz Bang gave a pastor's Egypt trip the pulp treatment in 1922 Ellsworth Toohey

Science Scientists finally cracked how bacteria's spinning motor actually works Ellsworth Toohey

Comics Why did it take a random fan letter to get a black kid into Peanuts? Ruben Bolling

Technology Inside DriveSavers, where data loss becomes a grief crisis Ellsworth Toohey

art Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse masterpieces stolen in 3-minute heist Rob Beschizza

art The Mondrian estate is threatening people over a public domain painting Ellsworth Toohey

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

politics Kid Rock: God will "cut down" media reporting his $5,000 tour tickets Rob Beschizza

Science A lifetime of reading may delay Alzheimer's by six years Ellsworth Toohey