National Museums Liverpool details all the layers 18th century upper class British women were expected to wear each day. The best part? Secret, removable pockets!
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Caroline Siede Thanks to a big row of west-facing windows, my apartment can get really hot in the afternoon. And since I don’t have a ceiling fan, I was looking for a… Read the rest of the article: Need a new fan this summer? Try a Vornado
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Caroline Siede Senate Republicans are currently working in secret on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and overhaul the American health care system. The process is so secretive,… Read the rest of the article: Republicans are trying to pass Trumpcare in secret, here are simple resources to fight that
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Caroline Siede In this great piece for Vulture, pop culture critic and Wonder Woman aficionado Angelica Jade Bastién digs into Diana’s Prince comic book origin story. Unlike Batman and Superman, whose backstories… Read the rest of the article: The complicated, feminist history of Wonder Woman’s odd origin story
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Caroline Siede Derek Muller of the YouTube channel Veritasium uses a nifty trick to make visible the invisible air currents, temperature gradients, and differences in air pressure around us. The process is… Read the rest of the article: Here’s what the world would look like if we could see the invisible forces around us
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Caroline Siede BuzzFeed Nifty shows off four different ways to do the seemingly impossible: Remove stickers and their gross residue.
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Caroline Siede Ahead of the show’s debut, Disney released the updated title sequence (and theme song!) for the new DuckTales reboot. It sounds great and looks even better. The reboot launches as… Read the rest of the article: Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes, the new DuckTales title sequence is a duck-blur
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Caroline Siede Since fidget spinners were originally designed to help people manage their ADHD, BuzzFeed asked people with the condition to try out spinners for a week and report back on their… Read the rest of the article: Do fidget spinners actually help people with ADHD?
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Caroline Siede The more you know!
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Caroline Siede The YouTube channel Nerdwriter1 digs into the phenomenon of schadenfreude (“the pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune”) and what it can tell us about human psychology and the… Read the rest of the article: Should we feel bad about feeling schadenfreude?
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Caroline Siede With a keen eye for presenting fresh food in tantalizingly ways, the Foodbites Instagram account is a food-lover’s dream. View this post on Instagram ❤️Fruit Cones seem the right cure… Read the rest of the article: Foodies, live vicariously through this gorgeous Instagram account
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Caroline Siede The trailer for the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049, looks pretty cool. But it’s even cooler now that ScreenCrush has done some clever editing to make it look… Read the rest of the article: The trailer for Blade Runner 2049 in the style of the original Blade Runner trailer
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Caroline Siede In this nifty YouTube video, Dave Hax talks through the properties of gallium, the metal that liquefies at just 86ºF and is safe to play with. (Just don’t eat it!)… Read the rest of the article: All about gallium, the metal that melts in your hand
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Caroline Siede After serving as the soloist for Wonder Woman’s now iconic theme music in Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice, cellist Tina Guo uploaded her own even more badass take on… Read the rest of the article: Anyway, here’s Wonder Woman’s theme with a heavy metal cello twist
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Caroline Siede From green to red to even black, it turns out your pee can turn a whole bunch of different colors for a whole bunch of different reasons. In this new… Read the rest of the article: Everything you always wanted to know about strange pee colors (but were too freaked out to ask)
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Caroline Siede Artist François Dourlen has a really great Instagram series in which he cleverly lines up Simpsons images with real-life situations. View this post on Instagram Oops I did it again… Read the rest of the article: The Simpsons inserted into real life
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Caroline Siede Stuck in the wilderness without matches or a lighter? If you have access to a Ziploc bag and some water, you can still start a fire by creating a liquid… Read the rest of the article: Survival tip: How to make a sandwich bag fire starter
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Caroline Siede In this new Cut video, Amin Lakhani (a.k.a. “The Dating Coach On Wheels”) speaks to kids about his life and, specifically, his experience with muscular dystrophy. As Lakhani wrote on… Read the rest of the article: Kids learn about muscular dystrophy from someone with MD
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Caroline Siede TED-Ed explores the life (and death) of Marie Skłodowska Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win one twice, and the only person to… Read the rest of the article: Exploring the genius of Marie Curie
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Caroline Siede Mind Over Munch’s Alyssia offers a guide to some not-completely-terrible-for-you food choices at fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, and Dunkin’ Donuts. She also has a guide to… Read the rest of the article: Some (slightly) healthier choices at fast food restaurants