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Pilgrimage to Santiago / Spiritual walk across Europe 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! Each year, tens of thousands of people walk hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of kilometers from various poin...
Pedometers / Your mileage may vary 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 and served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He...
Charlie and His Orchestra / Swing music as Nazi propaganda 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! My son, Ben, plays trombone in his school’s jazz band. I think this is very cool—and in fact I’m a bit jealous...
Foucault's Pendulum / Low-tech proof of Earth's rotation 19 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! Science museums are among my favorite places to visit. In probably a dozen or so museums in several different ...
The Oropendola / Wacky gymnast of the bird world 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! I’m not much of a bird watcher, but on my first visit to Costa Rica I kept hearing this strange sound, almost ...
Burghausen / The longest castle in Europe 14 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! by Morgen Jahnke On a visit to the Louvre a few years ago, I was astounded by the amount of stuff there was t...
Freeze Drying / The amazing science of lyophilization 12 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! I remember where I was when I heard the news that Elvis died. On August 16, 1977, I was in Washington, D.C. on...
The Musée Mécanique / Good old-fashioned interactive multimedia 9 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! Fog, as I have said for many years, is my all-time favorite weather condition. Other than its impact on drivin...
Bodie, California / The liveliest ghost town in the West 7 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! One year for my wife’s birthday, I bought her a book called Ghost Towns of Northern California. I was excited ...
Sarlat La Canéda / Time travel, French style 5 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Happy birthday to us: Incredible but true: Interesting Thing of the Day is 10 years old! For the past decade or so, I’ve been in the habit of reading every new Michael Crichton novel as soon as it’s ...
