The Ultimate Nerd H.Q: The Library of Alexandria
Alexandria was home to the world’s greatest library, until someone set it on fire.
5 Things Women in Impressionist Paintings Do That Real Women Never Do
Salons and side boobs? We think not.
4 Works That Give New Meaning to the Phrase “High Art”
4/20’s just around the corner, and we know the perfect way to celebrate: check out these artistic masterpieces.
Asaph and Angeline Stickney Hall: Love in the Time of Satellites
Asaph Hall was a very good astronomer, until his wife Angeline Stickney made him a great one.
7 Adorable Baby Zoo Animals to Visit This Spring
Get your “awww!” on at your local zoo this spring. We guarantee you’ll have a wild time!
The Enchantress of Numbers
Ada Lovelace, daughter of famed British poet Lord Byron, was a force to be reckoned with herself. Why? Well, she’s considered to have written the language for the world’s first computer program… all the way back in the 1800s.
The Origin of Artificial Intelligence, AKA: Is This Thing Alive?
Alan Turing’s eponymous Turing machine presaged the digital computer—and his Turing test presaged the rise of artificial intelligence that will eventually make us all obsolete.
The Princes in the Tower
In 1483, two English princes were imprisoned in the Tower of London by their notorious uncle, Richard III, and never seen again. We still don’t know what happened. (Spoiler alert: probably murder.)
Sound Smart At Parties: Beer
Thousands of years before your college bro bought his home brew kit off Amazon, people in Mesopotamia were praying to Ninkasi, the goddess of brewing. Here are 10 facts you need to know about beer.
Dance Until You Die!
Long before Winifred Sanderson told the partygoers of Salem, MA, to “Dance! Dance until you die!” a small town in the Holy Roman Empire was consumed by a serious, if strange, affliction: its citizens were struck by a dancing plague.