industrial revolution

Food

How Margot Henderson Learned to Love ‘Plain’ British Food

05.10.16

By Margot Henderson
Tech

Physicists Built an Engine That Runs On a Single Atom

04.16.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

This Horrific-Looking Prehistoric Water Monster Has Returned to England’s Rivers

09.04.15

By Victoria Turk
Games

‘Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’ Looks Great, But It’s a Bore to Play

07.21.15

By Mike Diver
Tech

Study: Rising Fossil Fuel Emissions Will Screw With Carbon Dating

07.20.15

By Victoria Turk
Tech

This Is What the Fourth Industrial Revolution Looks Like

04.13.15

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Four-Story Cube of Light Takes Over LA Rooftop

02.23.15

By Tanja M. Laden
Tech

How The Industrial Revolution Ended Naps

09.01.14

By Max Cherney
Tech

Why Wife-Selling Was Advantageous for Wives

04.05.14

By Ben Richmond
Food

The Real Drunk History

11.13.13

By Chris Grosso and Chris Grosso and Emily Ruane

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Life

Conspiracy Theorists Are Already Trying (And Failing) to Discredit the Artemis II Mission

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Life

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The microwave is a lot of things. A time machine isn’t one of them.

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Life

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These are some of the common, disturbing lies my OCD has told me.

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Music

Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize Just Announced an Album as Nine Inch Noize

The collaborative album is coming April 17.

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By Nick Stockton
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Membership

What ‘Dinergoth’ Gets Wrong About Class in 21st-Century America

Robert Mariani’s viral “dinergoth” essay, about a supposed new type of American weirdo, is blinkered and self-serving.

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