Histories

Music

A Definitely Not at All Biased History of ItsTheReal by the ItsTheReal Guys

05.26.17

By Its TheReal
Tech

Forget Columbus, Eratosthenes Disproved the Flat Earth Myth

06.19.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The 22-Minute Rise and Fall of Rocket Mail

06.08.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Happy Anniversary to the World’s First Cell-Phone Call

04.03.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Rise and Fall of the Java Applet: Creative Coding’s Awkward Little Square

02.02.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Primitive Streetlights That Predicted Electronic Music in 1899

12.21.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Story of Cock.li, the Site Used to Shut Down the LA School District

12.17.15

By Matthew Braga
Tech

How This Unlucky, Irritable, Disorganized Astronomer Was Thwarted by Uranus

11.23.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

The First Nuclear Reactor Lived Under Some Bleachers by a Football Field

11.16.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Happy 200th to George Boole, the Grandfather of Digital Logic

11.02.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

That Time Canada Blew Up an Underwater Mountain with a Thousand Tons of TNT

11.01.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

From Zombies to Telepathy: When Science Takes on the Supernatural

10.31.15

By Carli Velocci

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Daily Horoscope: March 17, 2026

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Music

3 Alt-Rock Albums That Would’ve Been Old Enough to Get Married in Colonial America

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

How a Budweiser Commercial Inspired Sir Mix-A-Lot to Write His 1992 Hit, ‘Baby Got Back’

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

Death Cab for Cutie Just Announced a New Album

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15 hours ago

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Metallica Vocalist James Hetfield Proposed to His Girlfriend While Swimming With Sharks

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