Imagine a dress, part couture and part arachnidian armor, that reacts to the room around you; perching on your shoulders and testing the air with arachnoid grace, mechanical legs moving aggressively to protect your personal space if its sensors identify someone… Read More ›
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Beautiful Disaster: The Great Boston Molasses Tragedy
Just before one o’clock on an unseasonably warm winter’s day in 1919, a wave of molasses fifteen feet high and moving at thirty-five miles per hour swept through the streets of Boston’s North End, tearing buildings from their foundations, pulverizing concrete,… Read More ›
The Medieval Recipe for Unicorn
Darlings, if pumpkin coffee cake and dinner rolls aren’t filling the bill for a properly horrific Thanksgiving, how about a medieval recipe for roasted unicorn? Dating to the mid-14th century, this long-lost illuminated cookbook paired the elusive unicorn with cloves and garlic before applying the… Read More ›