Stories

When Germany invaded Denmark in April 1940, Niels Bohr faced an unusual problem. Inside his Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen sat two gold Nobel Prize medals that did not belong to him.

In Poznań, Poland, the safety of drinking water rests in the shells of eight mussels.

In the late 19th century, a haunting photograph captured two men in bowler hats standing atop a towering pile of bison skulls.

The story of The Seeing Eye began in the 1920s, when American dog breeder Dorothy Harrison Eustis moved to Vevey, Switzerland.

In Colombia’s war on drugs, one dog became so effective that a powerful cartel put a price on her head.

In nineteenth-century Britain, Parliament passed laws that placed heavy burdens on workers and the poor. The Master and Servant Act of 1823 criminalized breaches of labor contracts by employees.

Steve Jobs is often remembered for transforming technology with Apple products like the iPhone, iPad, and Macintosh.

In the mid-1950s, Dodge introduced the La Femme, a car created as an option package on the Dodge Custom Royal Lancer.

In 1997, Frédéric Bourdin claimed the identity of Nicholas Barclay, a Texas boy who had vanished three years earlier.

The Lycurgus Cup, made in the 4th century, is a Roman glass vessel that astonishes by changing color: green when viewed in reflected light and red when illuminated from behind.