Arts
The Fashion World Has No Excuse, But There’s a Good Reason Bill Cosby Wore Crazy Sweaters
The story behind Bill Cosby's sweaters has a lot more to do with television production than fashion
Experts Are Weeding Out Impostor Portraits of Mozart
Experts want to do away with the romanticized conceptions of what Mozart looked like, or those of a white-wigged, red-jacketed young man at the piano
Thailand—Where it Never Snows—Wins Snow Sculpture Contest
The festival, billed as an international gathering point that "evokes a pristine snow fantasy," attracts around 2 million people each year
China’s Terracotta Warrior Army Is Deteriorating
If China doesn't take steps to better preserve the relics, they may eventually turn into dust
This Japanese Theater Company Has a Robot Actress
No, it’s not Brent Spiner. It's an honest-to-goodness robot
The Story Behind Banksy
On his way to becoming an international icon, the subversive and secretive street artist turned the art world upside-down
New X-Ray Technology To Reveal Secrets Beneath a Rembrandt Masterpiece
By 1984, conservators had discovered that there was, indeed, another figure hidden beneath the Old Man in Military Costume, but they haven't been able to see who it is
To Hear Color, This Man Embedded a Chip in the Back of His Head
Because of a rare condition called achromatopsia—total color-blindness—he lived in a black-and-white world, until he and an inventor paired up to developed the “eyeborg,” a device that translates colors into sound
Did Shakespeare Have Syphilis?
Shakespeare acquired an uncanny obsession with syphilis late in life, perhaps along with a few bacteria of his own
Kickstarter Works Best for Game Designers
Games raised the most total money, over $80 million, on the crowd-funding site last year
Romans Did All Sorts of Weird Things in The Public Baths—Like Getting Their Teeth Cleaned
For ancient Romans enjoying a day at the bathhouse, the list of items lost to drains includes jewelry, scalpels, teeth, needles and plates
There Is a Sculpture on the Moon Commemorating Fallen Astronauts
The crew of Apollo 15 placed a small aluminum sculpture on the moon to memorialize those astronauts had died
This Is What a Watery Mars May Have Looked Like
Mars once had a vast ocean. What would that have looked like?
Graffiti Meets Chemistry, Loses
How do you actually get rid of graffiti? Chemistry, of course
Think Apple Maps Are Bad? These Cartographics Blunders Were Way Worse
If you think Apple messed up big time, think again. The history of map making is full of far worse blunders
Cosmic Sans: a New Font Space Geeks Will Love to Hate
Merging iconic space imagery with everyone's (least) favorite font
This Beautiful Visualization Makes Prime Factors Dance
"I knew that I should take his lovely little dots and make them dance"
Frida Kahlo’s Closet Finally Opened for the World
After Frida Kahlo died, her husband, the painter Diego Rivera, refused to let anyone open her closet. Now, Frida's closet is on display for the world
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