On this day in history, a cultural phenomenon debuted.  The high fantasy genre was flipped completely on its head by George R. R. Martin’s A …

On this day, music legend Kurt Cobain was found dead in his home.  Throughout the 1990s, Cobain was the lead singer of the grunge band …

On this day in history, the master of fairy tales was born.  Sparked by a childhood reading of The Arabian Nights, Hans Christian Andersen quickly …

On this day in history, a gruesome discovery was made. The San Diego Police Department received an anonymous tip on March 26, 1997, instructing them …

On this day in history, a harrowing search came to an end.  In the early hours of June 5, 2002, Elizabeth Smart was abducted from …

On this day in history, communication changed forever.  While working in Boston at the Pemberton Avenue School for the Deaf, Alexander Graham Bell became obsessed …

On this day in history, the tide turned against the Redcoats.  Boston was a hotbed of activity during the American Revolution, immortalized primarily by the …

On this day in history, science was silenced.  In the eyes of the Roman Inquisition, heliocentricity was a foreign and dangerous concept that undermined God’s …

On this day in history, the Donner Party was founded.  In the mid-19th century, America was gripped with a fever of expansion, largely influenced by …

We are now 85 seconds to midnight.  The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a nonprofit organization that publishes a non-academic journal focused on technological …