Nature These intricate "phantom" leaves from 1864 look like delicate lace Cut-Outs Preserved in Time Popkin

Science Scientists use yeast from body of Ötzi the Iceman to make "very very good" sourdough Gail Sherman

Food Farmer digs up yam shaped like a human hand in China Popkin

Science Vivianite may be the most goth crystal on Earth with its eerie glow and graveyard origins Popkin

internet nostalgia The UK has formally declared Badger Badger Badger worthy of preservation Jason Weisberger

Bewitched Dr. Pompeii, Dr. Pompeii! Emergency! Come right away! Jason Weisberger

History On one night in 1888, tens of thousands of English sheep fled their fields at once Ellsworth Toohey

History Opening 80-year-Old WWII US Army C-Ration can with original chocolate, coffee, biscuits, and jam inside Popkin

Science Someone put the dullest part of The Iliad inside a mummy Ruben Bolling

History Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it Popkin

art Artist hand-stitched a dress entirely from preserved autumn leaves Popkin

History Historic cemetery honors circus performers and train victims Popkin

History This 1915 ice cream ad told Americans to eat ice cream for their health Popkin

News Someone is jamming a mysterious Persian shortwave spy signal Ellsworth Toohey

History The best-preserved ancient human ever found had 130 melon seeds in her stomach Ellsworth Toohey

Science Audio tapes challenge Milgram obedience findings Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The NYT is blocking the Internet Archive. That's a mistake. Ellsworth Toohey

Science Scientists find 300 million year old fossilized butthole Gail Sherman

Science Baby dinosaurs were prehistoric latchkey kids Gail Sherman

Science Fossilized puke from before the dinosaurs contains 41 tiny bones Ellsworth Toohey