New Yellowstone Finding Leaves Researchers Amazed About Future Eruption Risks

Yellowstone isn't just a tourist hotspot—it's a genuine geological firework, and scientists have just uncovered new insights about the not-so-sleepy giant beneath the park. If your bucket…

Across Texas, chefs and BBQ obsessives are stretching the limits of brisket, smoke, and sauce

Texas barbecue is in the midst of a transformation. Long so entrenched in tradition that diners could predict the menu at a barbecue joint before visiting, smokehouses across…

Neuroscientists Use Artifacts and Brain Electrodes to Study Beauty

Beneath the tight fabric compressing my skull like a swimming cap, 32 electrodes are primed to catch the firing of neurons in my visual cortex, where information…

Why Reds Fans Shouldn’t Panic Yet

Before we talk about Pittsburgh (and I guess we really need to talk about what just happened in Pittsburgh), I want to make sure we’ve properly absorbed what…

Jean-Robert de Cavel’s Legacy Lives On Through Those He Inspired

Jean-Robert de Cavel. The Frenchman who took Cincinnati by storm. He arrived in 1993 to become chef de cuisine at the Maisonette, the city’s longtime Mobil 5-Star…

Foodie News You Can Use

Bissinger’s store opens in Kenwood this weekend, Wine & Food Festival returns to The Lytle Park Hotel, gelato line relaunched at A Tavola and Taglio, and more….

New Government-Mandated History Classes Spark Debate

How much do you remember from your American history classes? If you’re like the average citizen, probably not much. Did you even take a U.S. history class…

History remembered at former Amherst training center site as redevelopment plans take shape

When Madi Tyree drives past the former Central Virginia Training Center, with its sprawling 350-acre campus and 95 vacant buildings, she hears its many voices.  The Lynchburg-area…

Did Homo Sapiens Really Outsmart Neanderthals? Different Skull Shapes Didn’t Necessarily Mean Unequal Brain Capacity, New Research Shows

Neanderthals and modern humans have differently shaped skulls, which scientists have long assumed meant they also had different brains. But new research challenges that assumption. Mike Kemp /…

The Untold Story of Aung San’s Death

In 1947, as independence loomed, Burma’s prime minister-in-waiting, Aun San, was assassinated. Was it his political rivals, the military, or the British? On 19 July 1947, a…