How do you know what’s true? – Sheila Marie Orfano
A samurai is found dead in a quiet bamboo grove. One by one, the crime’s only known witnesses recount their version of the events that transpired. But as they each...
A samurai is found dead in a quiet bamboo grove. One by one, the crime’s only known witnesses recount their version of the events that transpired. But as they each...
In the coastal waters of the Bahamas, a young lemon shark is on the run from a surprising predator: an adult shark of her own species. Half of her 17...
In 1932, the Great Depression entered its third winter. One in four Americans was unemployed, marking the highest unemployment rate in the country’s history. Tens of thousands had lost their...
Consider the following sentence: “This statement is false.” Is that true? If so, that would make this statement false. But if it’s false, then the statement is true. By referring...
On a small island in the middle of the Irish Sea, fortresses preside over the rugged shores. This unlikely location was the birthplace of a medieval empire that lasted 200...
While the weather in Iceland is often cold, wet, and windy, a nearly endless supply of heat bubbles away below the surface. In fact, almost every building in the country...
a Babylonian tablet described a curious illness called miqtu. Said to cause symptoms ranging from facial twitching to full body convulsions, the Babylonians believed those afflicted were possessed by evil...
In 2011, a group of researchers conducted a scientific study to find an impossible result: that listening to certain songs can make you younger. Their study involved real people, truthfully...
For years, scientists have been staking out this remote forest in Montana for an animal that’s notoriously tricky to find. Camera traps haven’t offered definitive evidence, and even experts can’t...
A procession of segmented creatures moves across the sea floor. Up ahead, hundreds have begun shedding their exoskeletons and piling on top of one another in what appears to be…...