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Angela Tung|
The title page of this guide to the world's fauna rightly boasts "13 coloured plates and numerous illustrations in the text." The illustrations are the best part.
Caitlin Schneider|
After George Parkman mysteriously disappeared on November 23, 1849, an unusual suspect emerged.
Bess Lovejoy|
It was Anthony Pratt, in the sitting room, with the brilliant idea.
Mary Pilon|
Registering an aural trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is difficult, but these sounds made the cut.
Nick Greene|
Rebecca OConnell|
Word Nerd: Dispatches from the Games, Grammar, and Geek Underground, by John D. Williams, is a merry exploration of the intriguing, eccentric, and sometimes brutal world of professional SCRABBLE play.
David W Brown|
Rebecca OConnell|
There might not be time to master a new language before your next trip, but you can at least nail these 12 vital phrases.
Editorial Staff|
Bioengineered brains, limbs, and organs are being grown in the lab.
Shaunacy Ferro|
Here's how one company plans to prevent distracted texters from bumping into the rest of us.
Sonia Weiser|
These are the kinds of things the American military wanted its soldiers to be cognizant of as they worked their way into Nazi-occupied France.
Nick Greene|
Who knew a simple tuber could do so much damage?
Stacy Conradt|
Ni! Ni! Ni! 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' turns the big 4-0.
Sean Hutchinson|
Jellyfish don't regrow limbs—they simply work with what they've got.
Shaunacy Ferro|
Does handling money actually make you feel physically colder? New research claims it does.
Jessica Hullinger|
Orwell never acknowledged that he borrowed from 'We,' but the uncanny similarities make it hard to conclude otherwise.
Sarah Stodola|
Plumbing codes require u-shaped toilets for hygienic reasons.
Shaunacy Ferro|
As kids we hugged them, took pictures with them, and collected their autographs. But what’s it like to be an adult earning your living as Winnie the Pooh or Cinderella?
Jocelyn Sears|
Grab some flash cards.
Editorial Staff|
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