Artist Residency on a Cargo Ship?
Container, an artist residency program is funded by Worldwide Storefront, a New York-based nonprofit.
The Surprisingly Long History of School Lunch as Teaching Tool
Research behind the history of school lunch.
For the Next Generation in Solar Power, Talk to the Clam
The next generation of solar power might be waiting beneath the Pacific waves, in the form of an armchair-sized clam.
The Early American Origins of Political Terms
What does stump speech and pork barrel mean? A short lexicon of American political terms.
“Carmen” Gets Detention for Smoking
The Western Australian Opera Company has postponed its planned 2015 production of Bizet's Opera Carmen over worry that it glamourizes smoking.
The Origin of Quarantine
Such forms of enforced isolation are referenced as far back as the Old Testament, while the word "quarantine" itself dates to the late medieval Plague.
What Can Video Games Teach Us About Economics?
But what can video games tell us about economics? Apparently a lot.
Man with Turtles in his Pants is the Tip of the Iceberg
Xu Gai was caught trying to enter Canada with 51 turtles crammed into his pants.
Stem Cells Offer Hope for Treating Type I Diabetes
Douglas Melton’s stem cell lab at Harvard published a landmark study in Cell documenting a huge step towards treating Type I Diabetes