the doomsday fridge.

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. A "winter night" in Longyearbyen lasts four months. In the ice-covered mountains, the darkness is broken only by a slim concrete building that emits a pale blue glow as it...

This may not look like much, but it is sublime. Late summer green figs, very ripe, with savory Greek yogurt. Simple, but great!

Just put a down payment on this baby.

It's getting close to completion

Unreal these fucking bastards!

GOP war on poor now seen in new and harsher light.

The failure bureau of idiots

The FBI is instructing local police departments and "communities against terrorism" to consider anyone who harbors "conspiracy theories" about 9/11 to be a potential terrorist, in a circular released to local police departments.

Yeah. And then some...

And will never do again. It was a great time to be a New Yorker.

If you'r e a parent you should read this.

Big pharma has discovered a lucrative new market in kids.

Because deep down they know they are being fooled.

A new study finds a high correlation

How long is this nonsense going to be tolerated?

LOS ANGELES -- Dana Milbank of The Washington Post reported on a meeting recently at the Heritage Foundation, the very conservative "think tank" in Washington, to discuss the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans on Sept. 11, 2012. ...