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Scheduled service on the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line in the winter of 1914 treated a passenger or two to a wooden seat, fresh Florida air--and salt spray in the face.

The painting is on its way to Turin where it will be exhibited along with other paintings of Saint Sebastion.

Over the years, the area around Langstrasse has had many nicknames, reflecting its history as the home of migrants, prostitutes and drug dealers. Our nightlife columnist Alexander Bücheli looks back at its history – and wonders what the future holds.

The record for the longest road train in history still stands, 10 years after it was set in southern Queensland.

Depuis le 1er janvier, la vaisselle jetable est théoriquement interdite dans la restauration rapide pour les repas pris sur place. Censée éviter environ 150 000 tonnes de déchets par an, la mesure se heurte à plusieurs obstacles.

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

Learn from Cokeville’s miracle of ’86

In a new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), “A hypothesis linking the energy demand of the brain to obesity risk,” IPR biological anthropologist Christopher Kuzawa and co-author Clancy Blair of New York…

Bots walk among us.

German Army officer

Turns out one of America's greatest enemies of the past couple decades was also a Nintendo fan. In news you wouldn't believe if it wasn't for the fact it came from the CIA, Osama Bin Laden's hard drive in which he used during years of hiding contained tons…

Ok, I’ll be the first to admit this one is a little confusing. After all, the whole mystery is more than a little confusing. So here is a list of the bits of evidence we’re talking about. The Ninth was nearly destroyed in a night assault by the Caledonians…

In Asian countries where the Buddhism and Taoism are mainstream religions, incense burning is a daily practice. A typical composition of stick incense consists of 21% (by weight) of herbal and wood powder, 35% of fragrance material, 11% of adhesive powder…

The ability to perceive thermal changes in the surrounding environment is critical for survival. However, sensing temperature is not the only factor among the cutaneous sensations to contribute to thermoregulatory responses in humans. Sensing skin wetness…

But actually that's a good thing, unless you want to spend a couple hours by your toilet.

American actor (1938-2020)

"Prisencolinensinainciusol" (stylized on the single cover as "PRİSENCÓLİNENSİNÁİNCIÚSOL") is a song composed by the Italian singer Adriano Celentano, and performed by Celentano and his wife Claudia Mori. It was released as a single in 1972. Both the name…

In the 20th century, anthropologists fell over themselves to study the “cargo cult” phenomenon in the South Pacific. But was it really a new religion—or just a Western fantasy?

Bizarre.

New Age practitioners and online influencers have created a demand for smudge sticks made of white sage, opening markets for poachers.