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The Strange History of One of the Internet's First Viral Videos

Back when video of Vinny Licciardi smashing a computer zigzagged all over the internet, "viral" wan't even a thing yet.
by Joe Veix via Wired on January 12, 2018

Nikola Tesla: The Extraordinary Life of a Modern Prometheus

Tesla created inventions that continue to alter our daily lives, but he died nearly penniless.
by Richard Gunderman via The Conversation on January 3, 2018

The Story of an Unrealized Domed City for Minnesota

The Experimental City revisits the plan for a futuristic Minnesota city that would solve urban problems.
by Allison C. Meier via Hyperallergic on January 2, 2018
Telephone from 1896

Want to Guess When the First Telephone Appeared in Literature?

It's probably further back than you think.
by Mark Lasswell via Weekly Standard on December 21, 2017

The Triumph and Near-Tragedy of the First Moon Landing

Across the cislunar blackness, we set sail for a landing that almost didn't happen.
by Eric Berger via Ars Technica on December 19, 2017

The Flavour Revolutionary

Henry Theophilus Finck sought to transform the modern United States, by appealing to Americans' tastebuds.
by Nadia Berenstein via Aeon on December 19, 2017

How to Measure Ghosts: Arthur C. Nielsen and the Invention of Big Data

How audience measurement became central to the creative and commercial development of television.
by Matt Locke via Medium on November 16, 2017

The Secret Feminist History of Brown Paper Bags

Tracing the connection between a ubiquitous paper product and the women’s liberation movement.
by Tove Danovich via Eater on November 15, 2017
Head netting for desert camouflage, 1973.

These Striking Photos Show the Secret, Strange World of Military Research and Development

An obscure archive reveals the science—and art—behind combat culture.
by Rian Dundon via Timeline on November 15, 2017
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America @ Worship

How social media is – and isn't – changing American religion.
by Sara Georgini on October 29, 2017

Rediscovering History’s Lost First Female Video Game Designer

In 1976, Joyce Weisbecker programmed games for an RCA PC and console based on technology created at home by her dad.
by Harry McCracken via Fast Company on October 27, 2017

What Facebook Did to American Democracy

And why it was so hard to see it coming.
by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on October 12, 2017
Photograph William H. Mumler claimed was of Mary Lincoln with Abraham Lincoln's ghost.

Meet Mr. Mumler, the Man Who “Captured” Lincoln’s Ghost on Camera

When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive.
by Peter Manseau via Smithsonian on October 10, 2017

Sputnik Launch 60 Years Ago Was Slow to Resonate With Americans

The 1957 launch of Sputnik wasn’t necessarily the start of the US-Soviet space race that Americans think of today.
by Elizabeth Howell via Seeker on October 2, 2017

A Brief History of Sex on the Internet

An excerpt from "The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido."
by David Friend via Wired on September 15, 2017

Oil Barrels Aren't Real Anymore

Once a cask that held crude, the oil barrel is now mostly an economic concept.
by Brian Jacobson via The Atlantic on September 8, 2017

How a Recording-Studio Mishap Shaped '80s Music

You know that punchy percussive sound popularized by Phil Collins and Prince? This is where it came from.
by Estelle Caswell via Vox Earworm on August 18, 2017
Store associate on the phone next to boxes of air conditioners.

The Moral History of Air-Conditioning

Cooling the air was once seen as sinful. Maybe the idea wasn’t entirely wrong.
by Shane Cashman via The Atlantic on August 9, 2017

The Craft Beer Explosion: Why Here? Why Now?

The crucial decade was the 1970s, when the industry’s increased consolidation and ever-blander product collided with key social and economic changes.
by Ranjit S. Dighe via Process: A Blog for American History on July 6, 2017

Cinematic Airs

A pair of 1959 films brought "Smell-o-vision" into movies.
by Christopher Turner via Cabinet on July 1, 2017

The Miseducation of Henry Adams

Henry Adams's classic autobiography speaks to concerns of privilege, failure, and progress in his rapidly changing world.
by Michael Lindgren via The Millions on June 30, 2017

The Secret Origin Story of the iPhone

An exclusive excerpt from "The One Device" about the engineering fight that created the iPhone as you know it.
by Brian Merchant via The Verge on June 13, 2017

The Strange Secret History of Operation Goldfinger

In the sixties, the U.S. government ran a secret project to look for gold in the oddest places: seawater, meteorites, plants, even deer antlers.
by James Ledbetter via The New Yorker on June 10, 2017

The Poverty of Entrepreneurship: The Silicon Valley Theory of History

How Silicon Valley coopts history for its own autocratic ends.
by John Patrick Leary via The New Inquiry on June 9, 2017

The Invasion of Musical Robots, 1929

The rise of recorded music left many musicians fearful of a takeover by "canned music."
by John F. Ptak via JF Ptak Science Books on June 1, 2017

Victorian Era Drones: How Model Trains Transformed from Cutting-Edge to Quaint

Nostalgia and technological innovation paved the way for the rise of model-train giant Lionel.
by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on February 1, 2017
Santa in a rocket sleigh.

A Wonderful Life

How postwar Christmas embraced spaceships, nukes, and cellophane.
by Sarah Archer, Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 15, 2016
Rocket launch

Is a Mission to Mars Morally Defensible Given Today’s Real Needs?

Elon Musk and the rise of Silicon Valley’s strange trickle-down science.
by Andrew Russell, Lee Vinsel via Aeon on December 1, 2016
The logout screen for "The Cave," the author's 1990s-era bulletin board system.

The Lost Civilization of Dial-Up Bulletin Board Systems

A former systems operator logs back in to the original computer-based social network.
by Benj Edwards via The Atlantic on November 4, 2016

There's No Erasing the Chalkboard

Blackboards will endure as symbols of learning long after they’ve disappeared from schools.
by Kim Kankiewicz via The Atlantic on October 13, 2016
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