To celebrate the publication of the highly anticipated Atlas Obscura, we’re featuring the strangest of the world’s hidden wonders every day this week, excerpted from the book. Beware, these posts…
You love your kids more than anyone else in the world. You want them to be happy, healthy, and strong. You can never imagine hurting them—ever. But suddenly you…
It’s hard to find something that is both crazy delicious and also good for you. French fries are delicious, but not healthy. Kale is healthy, but (hot take!) not…
In some of the most exciting scientific developments of our time, researchers have recently discovered the myriad ways our tiny microbes (a.k.a. “the stuff in our gut”) have a…
You’re aching and you can’t sleep and your back is killing you and your ankles are swelling and you’re constipated and bloated and you’re passing more gas than a busload…
The spread of the Zika Virus has added a lot stress to many women’s pregnancies. One way to try and alleviate that worry is by staying as well informed as possible…