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Cutting-Edge Tech Could Spare America’s Unwanted Chickens...
March 12, 2024
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What’s the average lifespan of a male chicken on an industrial egg farm? Usually, it’s only one day. Since the eggs on grocery store shelves are unfertilized, “you don’t need a rooster for the egg to be produced,” says John Brunnquell, founder and CEO of free-range egg producer Egg Innovations. As a result, Brunnquell explains, “in the United States, virtually 100 percent of all male chicks are euthanized at one day old.” It’s a harsh reality of the American...

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The Respected Oxford Professors Who Say They...
March 12, 2024
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On a hot August afternoon in France, 1901, Miss Elizabeth Morison and Miss Frances Lamont, on holiday from England, took a trip to visit the Palace of Versailles, a former royal residence some twelve miles west of Paris. “We went by train,” they would later recall, “and walked through the rooms and galleries of the Palace with interest.” But it was not to be the pleasant day out that the ladies had anticipated. As they started to explore the...

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Gruta de las Maravillas (Cave of Wonders)...
March 12, 2024
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Under the city of Aracena lies a complex of caves, carved over millions of years by the forces of nature. Formations resembling chandeliers and curtains adorn the walls of the enormous galleries. Since the earliest documentation of the Gruta de las Maravillas in the 19th century, 2,130 meters (6,988 feet) of this cave system have been mapped, and about 1,400 meters (4,593 feet) of the cave are open to the public. The waterways throughout the Gruta de las Maravillas are a...

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Silchester Eagle in Reading, England
March 12, 2024
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On October 9, 1866, Reverend J. G. Joyce discovered a bronze sculpture of an eagle during the excavation of a ruined Roman basilica at the Calleva Atrebatum site in Silchester, England. Damaged and wingless, it appeared to have once been part of a bigger statue. As the artifact was found in a layer of charred wood, archaeologists theorized that it might have been one of the lost aquilae, the sacred eagle figurines of the Roman legions, and had been buried...

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To Study the Sun's Corona, Scientists Have...
March 12, 2024
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This story was originally published on The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. For centuries, astronomers have realized that total solar eclipses offer a valuable scientific opportunity. During what’s called totality, the opaque moon completely hides the bright photosphere of the sun, its thin surface layer that emits most of the sun’s light. An eclipse allows astronomers to study the sun’s colorful outer atmosphere and its delicate extended corona, ordinarily invisible in the dazzling light of...

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Every Time They're Found, Underwater Volcanoes Just...
March 12, 2024
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I have not been to the bottom of the ocean, but I’ve spoken to a fair number of scientists who have, and no two chronicle the experience in the same way. I think the most memorable comment came from a seafloor geologist, who described the slow descent into the abyss as akin to “being an astronaut in reverse.” That stuck with me—the thought of heading into the watery underdark, enclosed within a cramped capsule, frequently enveloped in an eerie...

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Podcast: The Lighthouse Keeper
March 12, 2024
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Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we go to Fayerweather Island, off the coast of Connecticut, and get the story of Kate Moore, one of the first recorded woman lighthouse keepers. Over several decades, she poured her heart and soul into a task and defied common expectations of what a keeper should be. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring,...

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How the 1878 Eclipse Almost Killed the...
March 12, 2024
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Millions of North Americans are expected to (carefully!) turn their eyes to the sky on April 8 to witness a total eclipse of the Sun that will cross North America from shore to shore. Eclipse madness has taken hold. But while such anticipation can be thrilling, it can also be dangerous. In fact, during a solar eclipse in 1878, the fervor to witness the event almost cost the nation arguably its most influential meteorologist. In 1878, crowds from all...

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'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Was Almost...
March 12, 2024
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When Bonnie Tyler’s husky, powerful “Total Eclipse of the Heart” hit the radio in 1983, rock ballad fans around the world fell in love. In the United States, it peaked at number one on the Billboard’s Hot 100 list. To anyone not privy to the details, the song seems like a fairly straightforward musical success. But for one musician, the history of the tune, which was written by composer Jim Steinman, is as torn as the dark love ballad’s...

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Eclipse Images Throughout History Capture Shock and...
March 12, 2024
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On April 8, the moon’s shadow will cut a swath across North America, from Mazatlán in Mexico and then across the United States, Texas to Maine, all the way to Newfoundland in Canada. In towns and cities in the path of totality—where the moon completely blocks the sun—hotels are in high demand. Airlines are promoting flights that coincide with the eclipse, including special eclipse-viewing charter flights. Millions of Americans near the path of totality are expected to hit the...

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Why Scientists Are Mixing Wasabi and Ancient...
March 6, 2024
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Conserving ancient artifacts is a difficult task, and perhaps no one knows this better than the conservators of ancient Egyptian papyrus—the oldest surviving samples of which are almost 5,000 years old. When not stored in a place that’s controlled for temperature and humidity, ancient papyrus can become colonized by fungi species, which deteriorate the organic matter. These fungi can be difficult to remove without further damaging the papyrus. But now a team of researchers primarily based in Egypt have...

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Luftg'selchter Pfarrer (The Air-Dried Priest) in St....
March 6, 2024
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Venture beneath the unassuming facade of this small town’s church, and a crypt harboring the mummified remains of the enigmatic Luftg’selchter Pfarrer (“Air-Dried Priest”) awaits discovery. This peculiar figure was unearthed in 1800, gaining written mention in 1830. Transforming into an early tourist attraction, the crypt enticed visitors with flyers dating back to 1850. In 1900, a coffin lid equipped with a viewing window was added, enabling illustrious guests like Archduke Franz Salvator to catch a glimpse of this...

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Watermelon House in Washington, D.C.
March 6, 2024
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Like many great ideas gone awry, D.C.’s Watermelon House was something of a happy accident. The owners decided to liven up their house by painting it a bright red color. The front of the house looked great with the new eye-catching hue, but the side took on a pinkish hue that resembled a certain famously pink stomach medication. Instead of repainting, the owners of the home used the pink sidewall as the basis for a watermelon mural that became...

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The Itinerant Princess Who Chronicled Akbar’s Mughal...
March 6, 2024
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Excerpted and adapted with permission from Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan by Ruby Lal, published February 27, 2024 by Yale University Press. All rights reserved. On the banks of the River Ravi in the prosperous agrarian province of Punjab, India, the city of Lahore was earning a reputation as a grand Mughal city. In late 1585, the Mughal Emperor Akbar moved his government there. For over a decade, the fort of Lahore had been getting a facelift,...

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