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What Happens To Your Online Self After You Die?

We don’t know what happens after we die, but our virtual selves carry on in some surprising ways. EVERYBODY EVENTUALLY DIES, leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces and move on. In the past, this was simple; you died and somebody backed a truck up to your house and...

By Richard Stockton • May 16, 2016

What Happens To Your Online Self After You Die?

We don’t know what happens after we die, but our virtual selves carry on in some surprising ways. EVERYBODY EVENTUALLY DIES, leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces and move on. In the past, this was simple; you died and somebody backed a truck up to your house and...

By Richard Stockton • May 16, 2016

The Shocking Story Of Olga Hepnarová, A Truck-Driving Mass Murderess

In one fell swoop, 22-year-old Olga Hepnarová killed eight people and injured dozens more in Prague. Here's her chilling story.

By Savannah Cox • May 12, 2016

The Shocking Story Of Olga Hepnarová, A Truck-Driving Mass Murderess

In one fell swoop, 22-year-old Olga Hepnarová killed eight people and injured dozens more in Prague. Here's her chilling story.

By Savannah Cox • May 12, 2016

Feed Your Wanderlust With Stunning Images Of Glacier National Park

Today marks the 106th anniversary of Glacier, Montana’s official designation as a national park. The park is home to more than 700 lakes, 68 different species of animals, and covers an astonishing 1,012,837 acres. Glacier has an unexpected reason for the protection it enjoys today. The Great Northern Railway company...

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 11, 2016

Feed Your Wanderlust With Stunning Images Of Glacier National Park

Today marks the 106th anniversary of Glacier, Montana’s official designation as a national park. The park is home to more than 700 lakes, 68 different species of animals, and covers an astonishing 1,012,837 acres. Glacier has an unexpected reason for the protection it enjoys today. The Great Northern Railway company...

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 11, 2016

Then And Now: Lake Oroville Dries Up During Drought

California's Lake Oroville was once a destination spot for boating and swimming, but a five-year drought has decimated its water level.

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 11, 2016

Then And Now: Lake Oroville Dries Up During Drought

California's Lake Oroville was once a destination spot for boating and swimming, but a five-year drought has decimated its water level.

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 11, 2016

25 Winston Churchill Quotes That Will Inspire You — And 6 That Will Shock You

These Winston Churchill quotes will dazzle you with their wit and shock you with their hate. You only thought you knew this man.

By John Kuroski • May 10, 2016

25 Winston Churchill Quotes That Will Inspire You — And 6 That Will Shock You

These Winston Churchill quotes will dazzle you with their wit and shock you with their hate. You only thought you knew this man.

By John Kuroski • May 10, 2016

Meet The Woman Whose Vagina Art Is Still Considered Obscene In Japan

On Monday, Japanese artists made major gains in freedom of expression when an artist who prominently features vaginas in her work was found not guilty of obscenity (though she still had to pay a fine). 42-year-old artist Megumi Igarashi’s case successfully challenged how Japanese law limits artistic freedom — and...

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 9, 2016

Meet The Woman Whose Vagina Art Is Still Considered Obscene In Japan

On Monday, Japanese artists made major gains in freedom of expression when an artist who prominently features vaginas in her work was found not guilty of obscenity (though she still had to pay a fine). 42-year-old artist Megumi Igarashi’s case successfully challenged how Japanese law limits artistic freedom — and...

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 9, 2016

Five Of The Strangest Things Scientologists Actually Believe

According to its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, "Scientology is the science of knowing how to know answers" — and practicing Scientologists are convinced they know some pretty bizarre things to be true.

By Callie Stewart • May 9, 2016

Five Of The Strangest Things Scientologists Actually Believe

According to its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, "Scientology is the science of knowing how to know answers" — and practicing Scientologists are convinced they know some pretty bizarre things to be true.

By Callie Stewart • May 9, 2016

What Sigmund Freud Got Wrong About Psychology (And Your Mother)

Sigmund Freud had a lot to say about the human mind. How much of it holds up today?

By Savannah Cox • May 6, 2016

What Sigmund Freud Got Wrong About Psychology (And Your Mother)

Sigmund Freud had a lot to say about the human mind. How much of it holds up today?

By Savannah Cox • May 6, 2016

Empress Wu Zetian Killed Her Children In Order To Become China’s Only Female Ruler

Ambitious or power hungry? Was Empress Wu Zetian -- China's only female ruler -- truly as evil as the history books say?

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 4, 2016

Empress Wu Zetian Killed Her Children In Order To Become China’s Only Female Ruler

Ambitious or power hungry? Was Empress Wu Zetian -- China's only female ruler -- truly as evil as the history books say?

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 4, 2016

Then And Now: Coral Reefs On The Verge Of Death

In 2014, Aiport Reef in American Samoa was a rich, rusty red, signifying its good health. But in October of 2015, NOAA announced that a global coral reef bleaching event had taken place, devastating Airport Reef (see below). Bleaching happens when coral becomes stressed, causing algae — coral’s main source...

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 4, 2016

Then And Now: Coral Reefs On The Verge Of Death

In 2014, Aiport Reef in American Samoa was a rich, rusty red, signifying its good health. But in October of 2015, NOAA announced that a global coral reef bleaching event had taken place, devastating Airport Reef (see below). Bleaching happens when coral becomes stressed, causing algae — coral’s main source...

By Elisabeth Sherman • May 4, 2016

In Victorian Times, Women Had To Be Carried To The Beach

The Victorian era is well-known for its prudishness, but this beach day invention is crazy. If 21st century society may be described as “overexposed,” it’s fair to qualify the 19th century as one of underexposure — and there’s perhaps no better example of that than the bathing machine.

By Erin Kelly • May 4, 2016

In Victorian Times, Women Had To Be Carried To The Beach

The Victorian era is well-known for its prudishness, but this beach day invention is crazy. If 21st century society may be described as “overexposed,” it’s fair to qualify the 19th century as one of underexposure — and there’s perhaps no better example of that than the bathing machine.

By Erin Kelly • May 4, 2016