Geography
The Sad History of the Salton Sea
An accident created a lake. That lake fed millions of acres of farmland, became a booming tourist destination, and then collapsed into a ghost town, all within the span of [Continue reading…]
Mysterious Places
Science
The Physics of Quicksand
The next time you find yourself wandering through a wet, sandy, unfamiliar place, it might be wise to keep an eye out for that exotic menace known as quicksand. If [Continue reading…]
History
The Beginnings of the Bermuda Triangle Conspiracies
On December 5, 1945, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time, a fragment of a radio transmission crackled through from a training flight of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that had taken [Continue reading…]