Piano Chords May Help Stop Chronic Nightmares
There's a new technique that could help people trying to fend off chronic nightmares - and it involves playing "neutral" piano chords at just the right times.
A Mirror From The 16th Century Just Revealed Its Secret
In the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, there’s a mirror from 16th Century China that has been keeping a secret for centuries. And, at long last, that secret is out.
Stone Age People Figured Out How To Do A Kind Of Animation
There’s evidence that people in the Stone Age took plaquettes, limestone representations of animals, put them near the fire and watched as the light created a kind of animation. Pretty high-tech stuff for 14,000 years ago.
Mill Ends Park In Portland Is The World’s Smallest Park
Today in 1948 that a guy in Portland, Oregon, dedicated Mill Ends Park, two square feet of green space in the middle of a parkway. It's still the world’s smallest park today.
A Delicious Cookie With A Bad Name Won’t Taste As Sweet
Research from the Ohio State University just found that the words we use to describe food can affect how we perceive its taste.
To Live At This Antarctic Base, You Have To Have Your Appendix Out
Villas Las Estrellas is a tiny community run by Chile on Antarctica's King George Island. And it's so remote that one of the rules is that everyone who lives or works there has to have their appendix out before they show up.
A Town In Iowa Is Celebrating Captain Kirk’s Birthday Centuries Before It Happens
Iowa became a state today in 1846. And in the 23rd Century, the community of Riverside, Iowa is supposed to see the birth of Captain James T. Kirk from "Star Trek." Here's how the town made itself part of future history.
There’s An Art Gallery That Celebrates Rust
"Rust: The Art Gallery" is in Manchester, England, and it showcases the artistic effects of rust and deterioration, as curated by artist and longtime rust connoisseur Stephen Raw.
Three Pro Basketball Players Once Played For Both Teams In A Single Game
Today in 1978, the New Jersey Nets lost to the Philadelphia 76ers. But part of the game would be replayed the following March, and when it was, several of the players on each team had been traded to the other, and ended up playing in the game!
What Did Ghosts Look Like To People 3,500 Years Ago?
The new book "The First Ghosts" looks at how humans have been describing and depicting ghosts for thousands of years, including a Babylonian tablet showing a lonely, bearded ghost dude from 1500 B.C.E.