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Dorothy Bolden, a leader for fair wages and better working conditions
Dorothy Bolden was a Civil Rights activist who advocated for fair wages and better working conditions for domestic workers, many of whom were excluded from labor protections due to their race and...
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Peruvian water whistles make animal sounds
In the mountain city of Cusco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire, artisan Ynocencio Ccahuana demonstrates his Peruvian water whistles, replicas of sculpted animals “found in museums all over...
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How did the jump rope get its rhythm?
“The jump rope is such a simple object,” ethnomusicologist and author Kyra Gaunt begins. “It can be made out of rope, a clothesline, twine…” “What’s important is that it has a certain weight, and that...
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Where burgers are delivered by pneumatic tubes…
For a bit of physics and fun, C1 Espresso in Christchurch, New Zealand sends a few of its specially-made items directly to customer tables via pneumatic tubes, “systems that propel cylindrical...
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Is “R” a Vowel?
Vowels are an essential component of spoken language and are used to form syllables and words. In the English language, there are five (or six) vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. But, as...
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The Tuskegee Airmen, an Untold History introduction
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black aviators in the United States Armed Forces, and their story is one of courage, perseverance, and determination in the face of racism and adversity. They were...
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How could you tunnel through a mountain 2,500 years ago?
How do you dig a tunnel through a mountain when you don’t have access to any modern equipment? This was the challenge on a Greek island called Samos during the 6th century BCE, around 2,500 years ago....
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The Woman’s Club Movement
Black women’s clubs have a long and rich history in the United States, dating back to the late 19th century. These clubs were founded by women who were seeking civic engagement, social justice, and...
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The story of Eratosthenes and Earth’s circumference, as told by Carl Sagan
Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician, geographer, and astronomer who lived in the 3rd century BCE. He was the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria and made important contributions to...
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The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
The Enchanted Drawing is a pioneering mix of live-action and stop-motion-style editing. It was made by British filmmakers J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, founders of the Brooklyn-based...
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How have horses changed human history?
“People have been captivated by horses for a long time. They appear more than any other animal in cave paintings dating back 30,000 years. But how did horses make the journey from wild animals to ones...
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Barbara Henry and Ruby Bridges
“The story begins in the mid-20th century, a time when racial segregation was enforced by laws and practices across much of the United States in schools, this meant that a type of educational apartheid...
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Conserving the King Arthur Tapestry
To visit The Met Cloisters in Upper Manhattan is to enter a time capsule of medieval art and history. Among the oldest tapestries to survive from the Middle Ages are five of the Nine Heroes Tapestries...
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Deep diving in the Yucatán’s flooded meteorite caves
These deep pools of crystal-clear water hold geological, paleontological, and biochemical mysteries. They are flooded caves called cenotes (pronounced suh-noh-tees), and they sketch the outline of a...
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What qualifies as a “bug”?
“When someone says, ‘hey, look at this weird bug!’ they’re usually referring to an insect… you know, a six-legged exoskeleton-clad creature that has at least one pair of wings at some point in its...
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How were beeswax candles handmade 200 years ago?
To make straight and smooth beeswax candles in the early 19th century, candle molds would be the method of choice. These tin molds were difficult, but the results for an experienced maker would be...
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The women who helped humanity first leave planet Earth
Sally Ride, Valentina Tereshkova, Mae Jemison, Judith Resnik, Helen Sharman, Kalpona Chawla, and Laurel B Clark are just seven of the 59 women who have flown in space. And yet many of their names are...
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Five 16th century gauntlets from The Met’s Arms and Armor collection
Model maker, Mythbuster, and Tested editor-in-chief Adam Savage has a healthy obsession with historical armor—he’s even made his own full suit of armor—but he’s never held a real gauntlet from history…...
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Why can’t engineers control rivers?
Watch this 14-minute information-packed engineering video, presented by Grady Hillhouse of the Practical Engineering YouTube channel, and you might agree with “why it’s so difficult, and some might...
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The Little Poet imagines life in a painting, an animated short
“I fell in love with the girl in a painting,” explains The Little Poet in Justine King‘s third year student film at CalArts. Surrounded by artworks and visitors, pencil and paper in hand, the little...
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