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The History of the Foam Finger, and Why Its Inventor is Mad at Miley Cyrus

By Glen Tickle Aug 30th
Know Your Roots: TED-Ed Presents the History of Video Games

By Ian Chant Aug 15th
Science Says: People Buried Vampires, Tyrannosaurs Hunted Prey

By Susana Polo Jul 16th
What’s Inside the 125-year-old Safe Left by the Woman Suffrage Party? Today We Find Out

By Brooke Jaffe Jun 25th
Woman: A Being to Come Home To: Thirteen Minutes About Women Accomplishing Stuff in the 19th Century U.S.

By Susana Polo Jun 6th
Photographer Envisions Her Daughter as Groundbreaking Women of History

By Susana Polo May 14th
Lady-Made Embroidery of the Solar System… From 1811

By Susana Polo Mar 21st
R.I.P. Lavonne “Pepper” Paire-Davis, Inspiration for Dottie in A League of Their Own

By Susana Polo Feb 5th
Gamma Ray Burst Irradiated Entire Planet In 8th Century, Would Mess Us Up If It Happened Today

By Ian Chant Jan 21st
Eight Women-Lead Historical TV Series That Would Totally Work

By Susana Polo Jan 15th
The BBC Is Telling the Story of the War of the Roses From the Women’s Perspective, and It Looks Amazing

By Rebecca Pahle Nov 21st
A ‘Penis Worm’ Overturns Evolution Theory, Scientific Naming Processes

By Mike Epstein Oct 27th
Eight-Year-Old Girl Gets a Head Start on her Cosplay, Goes to School as a Different Historical Figure Almost Every Day

By Rebecca Pahle Oct 18th
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

By Susana Polo Oct 16th
Historical Photograph + Star Wars = Profit?

By Susana Polo Sep 28th
Meet the Isleworth Mona Lisa, Which Might be the Mona Lisa’s Senior by Ten Years

By Susana Polo Sep 27th
Caffeinated “Black Drink” Points to Pre-Colombian Trade Network, Jitters

By Ted Johnson Aug 6th
Fact or Fiction: MIT Grad Student Saved Apollo 13

By Ted Johnson Aug 6th
Mass Burial Pit in London Connected to Volcanic Eruption

By Rollin Bishop Aug 5th
Start Out Your Day With the Only Video of Mark Twain in Existence, Taken by Thomas Edison

By Alanna Bennett Aug 5th