This beautifully intricate item in the Cleveland Museum of Art is a portable writing kit and makeup compact. It was made in England between 1760 and 1770. Opening it reveals a mirror, pencils and a manicure set.Link -via...

Kegerators are cool, but for many, they're just a bit too frat-house-ish. For those that need to nerd up their kegerators, this Android version is a perfect way to accessorize your beer drinking habits. It even uses...

In 1989, a shipwreck from about 130 B.C. was disco...  ...iscovery was a chest of vials and containers with tablets in them, some still dry! Evolutionary geneticist...  ...as identified some of the plant components in the tablets : carrot, radish, parsley, celery, wild onion, cab...  ...rmine what they were for....