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With instructions and images explaining how to carve vegetables and deconstruct a lamb, “La Technique” by Jacques Pépin became a how-to guide and an inspiration for countless cooks and food lovers. #InternationalChefsDay bit.ly/4z0hv7D
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Elizabeth Van Lew operated a network of spies in Richmond, Virginia, sending coded messages to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. bit.ly/47xsM3f
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Coast redwoods, which grow only from central California to southern Oregon, slow photosynthesis when temperatures ramp up, according to a new study. Scientists worry about the towering plants’ future amid climate change. bit.ly/4z35mz1
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Over the past century, the emblem of U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, commonly known as the Red Devils, has come to symbolize speed, ferocity, and a devil-may-care attitude in air combat exemplified by the squadron’s motto: “The Devil made me do it.” bit.ly/4ix8r4h
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Bigfoot is not the first fabled hominid to roam North America. Sasquatches long populated the mythologies of American Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest, but those 1958 footprints transformed the myth into a media sensation. #NationalSasquatchAwarenessDay bit.ly/4sh7osr
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A black Labrador from the Scottish Highlands just fetched an award for her ability to sniff out “sea vomit,” a colloquial name for the carpet sea squirt, an invasive marine creature threatening the waters along Britain and Ireland, among other places. bit.ly/4BoJYpt
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Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Norse church in southern Greenland, a find that could offer new insights into the lives of the Vikings who once called the island home. bit.ly/4zb6bpa
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On challenging expeditions, researchers have collected deep-sea bacteria that naturally produce hydrogen, exploring and documenting an ancient ecosystem that may soon be altered forever. bit.ly/486kiQO
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Since it first opened its doors on Bastille Day in 1883, the city hall of Limoges, France, has been celebrated as an architectural wonder. Much of the city hall was destroyed in a blaze that French authorities immediately characterized as arson. bit.ly/4soB6Mj
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The Lykov family lived in remote regions of the Siberian taiga for more than 40 years—utterly isolated and more than 150 miles from the nearest human settlement. bit.ly/4hZhKsc
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The underwater caves of the Yucatán Peninsula are a window to the distant past. bit.ly/4ytDrHi
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Centuries ago, it was said that Benevento was a gathering place for the occult. Today, superstitions still run deep. bit.ly/483Pe4d
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For centuries, the Chinese used kites to measure distance, send signals, fish, and enliven religious and secular festivals. bit.ly/4zz7jTp
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The massive “Portrait of Mai” depicts the first Pacific Islander to visit Britain, a young man who became a quasi-celebrity in the 1770s after joining the expedition of explorer James Cook. bit.ly/4yoFJHC
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Corporal Claude Nuttall recorded his wartime experiences in the diary. Now, after decades of research, a museum curator is telling the soldier’s story in a new book. bit.ly/3Wt7uBq
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When it comes to cooling the planet, tropical forests serve an important purpose as “carbon sinks”—their trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, storing it within their stems and branches. #RainforestDay bit.ly/482553b
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Archaeologists used lidar to “see” through the Amazon’s dense canopy and discovery nearly 400 previously undocumented geoglyphs. #RainforestDay bit.ly/3WA8i7C
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The true story of the gin and tonic is less about a singular invention and more about the convergence of science, medicine, commerce and empire over several centuries. #InternationalGinAndTonicDay bit.ly/4smnnpq
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Mapping technology cut through the canopy to detect sprawling urban structures in Bolivia that suggest sophisticated cultures once existed. #RainforestDay bit.ly/4scpPyu
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Annie Peck wasn’t wealthy and her family, who did have money, didn’t approve of her globe-trotting, mountain-climbing, pants-wearing lifestyle. bit.ly/4yGhYLu
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