IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CAVES, A SCIENTIST GETS IN OVER HER HEAD.

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You just never know what you might be standing on. We asked the author of 'Gross America: Your Coast-to-Coast Guide to All Things Gross' to see what he could dig up.
Every culture has its infant-blessing method.
All it took to locate the bones of Richard III was 500 years, a psychic vision, and a grassroots movement.
Each May since 1978, some very punny people gather in Austin, Texas, to participate in the O. Henry Pun-Off. This year's competition takes place May 10; we spoke with last year's Punniest of Show, Benjamin Ziek—who plans to participate again this weekend—
Irish whiskey almost died in the 1970s. To survive, it needed a little luck.
With her "biocouture" fashion line, Suzanne Lee is growing the clothes of tomorrow in a lab.
All week long, Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs sit side by side at a long workbench facing their Santa Monica backyard, writing.
A conversation with the rock star of astrophysics
Radioactive junkyards remain dangerous for millennia. So how do you keep future generations from all that toxic trash? With a sign, of course!
Here’s how John Green made a generation believe in the power of awesome.
It started as body parts you jabbed into real potatoes and became a cultural phenomenon, resulting in some sweet film roles and government work. Let’s go back to the beginning.
Exercising on a treadmill often feels like torture, and that’s not exactly a coincidence.
Our conversation with the indie rocker turned Portlandia star, who's working on a new album and really good at ping-pong.
T.S. Eliot was poised to be the top poet of his generation. But first he had to be rescued from his day job.
It’s tough being brilliant. It’s even tougher when you hate your own masterpieces.
The magician is famous for his thrilling escapes, but the feat he should be known for is breaking into a séance.
'Twin Peaks' proved to fans, critics, and industry gatekeepers alike that television would no longer live in the shadow of film.
Watterson spoke to Mental Floss in December 2013. Here's what he had to say about stuffed Hobbes toys, creative integrity, and animating his characters.