Woman killed while asleep with baby ‘was my world’, sister tells BBC — Kirandeep Kaur, killed as she slept with her baby and husband, leaves behind a 'devastated' family in India.
Cellphones Were Created to Untether Us. Then They Got Smart and Evolved Into an Omnipotent Appendage — One device made it possible to hold a telephone, a watch, a calculator, the mailbox, credit cards, a meteorologist, a television, a detailed map of the globe, millions of…
Mercedes-AMG GT 53 4-Door Gets More Range, Less Power, and Straight-Six-Like Sound — Mercedes-AMG unveiled the 1153- and 805-horsepower variants of the second-generation GT 4-Door earlier in 2026. Less powerful variants are on the way, including the new Mercedes-AMG GT 53…
How an Automotive Artist Pieced Together This Stunning McLaren M6GT — “All real race cars have to be right-hand drive,” Randy Grubb says, beaming, as he opens the right-side door of the low-slung, V-8–powered missile he only recently completed. “They have to be, not because…
How Cricket Changed My Life | Ani Thupil | TEDxFar Brook School Youth — In this meaningful and heartfelt Talk, Ani Thupil shares how his passion for cricket helped him learn life lessons, persevere through challenges, and experience memorable moments with his family. Ani is a…
VW’s Golf Rallye G60 Truly Was the Golf R of the ’80s and ’90s — Nowadays, the facelifted version of Volkswagen’s eighth-generation Golf R is widely acclaimed as a potent, grippy hot hatchback. With 328 horsepower, 295 lb-ft of torque, all-wheel drive, and a sub-five-second run…
Gates of Heaven Synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin — <p><img alt="Front entry" data-width="3024" data-height="3024" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/focETtTHmyjiMHA67PLdNpYAkScO80tXVcL-ynBABgk/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy…
Icon Is Ready for Its Next Chapter of Restomods — We’ve driven several builds from Icon 4×4, the Chatsworth, California, shop that has turned out hundreds of high-end restomods. The majority of its builds—more than 350 now—have relied on a custom chassis. Icon has a…
SK Hynix $29.4 Billion US Listing to Seize on Memory Chip Frenzy — SK Hynix Inc. is seeking 45.45 trillion won ($29.4 billion) in a US listing, tapping investor demand for high-flying memory-chip stocks even after a major selloff shook the group this week.
The Best July 4th Gear Deals Include Up to 50% Off Mountain Bikes, Arc'teryx Jackets, and RTIC Coolers — Celebrate independence from paying full-price this holiday when you shop these Outside-approved sales from REI, Evo, and more.
How a 40-year project helped save little terns — The marine bird is threatened by high tides and beachgoers, but volunteers give a helping hand.
Catching Up with Michelin’s M3 Lightweight and the Man Who Revived It — It was the night before tech inspection, and Ed Gliss had just finished a final shakedown of Michelin’s 1995 BMW M3 Lightweight at the tire company’s proving grounds in Laurens, South Carolina, where he
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Against All Oddities: Eagle Has Landed — My first Hagerty column, published in March of 2019, was titled “How to Score a Derelict Project Car from a Skeptical Stranger.” Well, here we are again, huddled around one such car. I’m older, allegedly wiser, and my…
Paul Heaton scores first number one album as Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 finally reaches top 40 — Heaton's Jenius! tops the album chart, while Parton's US hit 9 to 5 reaches the UK top 40 at last.
Take a Look Inside the GR GT’s Aluminum Chassis—a Toyota First — With no Toyota emblems anywhere to be found, the GR GT is the first car by the automaker to be marketed solely under the Gazoo Racing brand. That’s not the only groundbreaking step for the car; perhaps…
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Rattoo Round Tower in Ardroe — This is the only surviving complete round tower in County Kerry, dating to the 13th century.
Tango Soars as Study Shows Its Drug Can Help Shrink Tumors — Tango Therapeutics Inc. jumped as much as 48% after initial results of a study showed a combination of its drug and a Revolution Medicines Inc. medicine shrunk tumors in advanced pancreatic cancer patients.
Patrick Vieira appointed Senegal head coach with AFCON qualifiers looming — Former France, Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira replaces Pape Thiaw as Senegal coach.
This VW Beetle Packs a Small-Block V-8 Surprise — Even decades after production ceased, Volkswagen Beetles remain a cultural phenomenon in the United States and around the world. They’re affordable, easy to maintain, and have an unmistakable look. While its engine grew in…
Picture Car Confidential #42: Citroën Rendezvous and the Miraculous M35 — Much as I like cars, I don’t go to a lot of car shows. In fact, I make a special point of avoiding such gatherings where the competitors’ enthusiasm for correctness borders on obsessive. To be clear, I’m…
Field of clones: How horse replicas came to dominate polo — In Argentina, equine cloning in polo is no longer a rarity. It’s now a mature industry — although ethical dilemmas surrounding it persist.
This iPad keyboard case is the perfect addition to our Back to School tech roundup - 9to5Mac — If you have kids returning to school or college, the back to school sales are great timing to equip them...
Ready for Anything: Thousands of Fix-Its in a 10-Pound Bag — I’ve broken down on the side of the road enough times that I now obsess over what tools to bring. That includes creating my own kit. I also keep an eye out for what others pack. Someone must have the Goldilocks…
2026 GMC Yukon AT4 Ultimate Review: Denali in Danner Boots — Recently, my wife was in the market for a vehicle to replace her beloved but 15-year-old V-6 Toyota RAV4. (I lost the argument to get a minivan, given our 1-year-old and second baby on the way.) Some kind of three-row…
That Famous NASCAR Boom Tube Exhaust Sound Was an Accident — The design of race car exhaust has been a fine science for decades, but few designs have been as notable—or have had the ear-splitting appeal—of the “boom tubes” of NASCAR stock cars in the early 2000s.…
Formula for Healing: Frank Kotnick’s 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula — We enthusiasts view cars as more than just transportation or machines to be used and abused. Rather, they are present throughout our lives, witnesses to triumph and tragedy. This is a car story about a 1976…
NASA Welcomes Mauritius as 70th Artemis Accords Signatory - NASA — The Republic of Mauritius has officially joined the global coalition committed to responsible space exploration, becoming the newest signatory and seventh
Cambridge in Colour - Photography Tutorials & Learning Community — Excellent photography tutorials.
2026 Shelby Super Snake Sport Tops 800 HP — Ram planted its stake in the high-performance street truck segment when it unveiled the V-8-powered 1500 Rumble Bee. The model doesn’t have any factory-built rivals yet, but the aftermarket is hot on its heels. The new,…
Rolex Motorsports Reunion Class Spotlight: Bruce McLaren Trophy 1963-1974 Can-Am USRRC V-8s — There are plenty of exotic-sounding engines running during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The hills around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca echo with wailing rotaries and tiny,…
Determining the Year That Carpet Floor Mats Went Mainstream — I have proven that finding unobtanium parts is actually possible, given a sufficiently long timeline, and I am enough of a restoration geek that I invest the time to hunt for factory-correct floor mats to complete my…
How Darryl Cuttell’s Would-Be IHRA Empire Came Crashing Down — If we define “failure” for a long-struggling drag racing series as passing ownership of said series along to somebody else because you no longer want to deal with it, here’s the shorthand for the 56-year…
The Most Expensive German Cars Ever Sold at Auction — There’s plenty of debate surrounding the question of who “invented” the automobile, but the Germans have a pretty good case with the Benz Patent Motorwagen, the first prototype of which was finished in…
Defender Dakar Packs Rally Tech in a Street-Legal Package — The Defender, which morphed into a standalone brand under the Land Rover umbrella, won its class in the 2026 Dakar Rally with an off-roader dubbed D7X-R. The brand is now injecting some of its desert-proven technology…
Young adults are taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol - and it's dividing experts — Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.
70 Years of the Interstate: How the U.S. Highway System Built the America We Know — Seventy years ago, on June 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, aka the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, into law. It created the Dwight D.…
Hear Ford’s Le Mans Hypercar Crank to Life — Ford’s plan to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2027 just got a little closer. Ahead of the new race car’s on-track debut in “just a matter of weeks,” Ford has started up the 5.4-liter, naturally…
unpopular opinion but the worst part of buying a used car isn't the price — it's the previous owner's air freshener choices still haunting the vents! 🚗
The Unreasonable Redundancy of Nature's Protein Folds - Ligo Blog — A Ligo research note on redundancy in natural protein fold space and what kind of data still carries signal.
How to Organize a Driving Rally (And Why You Should) — We’re hoping our third annual Road of the Year article already has you thinking about gathering up a group of your car friends and driving somewhere outside the county line. Whether it’s a simple out-and-back day trip…
NASA Students Get Airborne View of Atmospheric Science at Ellington Field - NASA — From June 3 to 13, aircraft at Ellington Field in Houston gave students a firsthand look at how scientists study Earth from the air.
How Indian scientists are mapping the brain's last frontier — India's new brainstem atlas offers scientists an unprecedented map of one of the brain's least known regions.
Lamborghini Miura Design Brief: La Supercar Originale — Lamborghini’s game-changing Miura turns 60 this year. To celebrate, we look at its history, key design elements, and its position in the market today. I must confess that I’m not a “Lamborghini guy.” And no, it’s not j
The Ship of Doom in Skopje, North Macedonia — <p><img alt="The Ship of Doom at sundown" data-width="4032" data-height="3024" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/UxOOGaEUtTakQ1Osoze9WHvVl6Hu2SVrboGgNCiy2-0/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM…
Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair on Inflation, Regulatory Landscape — Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair discusses inflation and the regulatory landscape in an interview with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform — By now you’ve almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or…
Volkswagen Meets Veneer in This Wood-Bodied Beetle — Volkswagen’s Beetle was popular for several reasons. It was affordable, it sipped fuel, and it was easy to service and repair. It also lent itself to customization if the factory proportions, power, or stance weren’t just…
APOD: 2026 August 6 - New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability - NASA Science — APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 6 – New… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos!…
Pilot Island in Washington, Wisconsin — <p><img alt="" data-width="4032" data-height="3024" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/tTHCJ5m9zGlPJKvetU5SW1RFsJFA5j-I3ns2u3UEbAk/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYX…
Cuban president accuses US of genocide, seeking takeover — Island has weathered a US oil embargo since January and is enduring one of its worst economic crises.
Admit It, You’re BMW Clown Shoe-Curious — Whenever a Skunkworks project escapes an automaker’s back room and actually reaches the buying public, it’s worth marking that moment in history. Inherently, these are fringe products—adaptations of larger ideas that…
American Escort (Full Episode) | Mariana van Zeller SPECIAL — The world's oldest profession is now a thriving black market economy, with an underground workforce that's just an Internet connection and phone call away. In this full episode special, investigative journalist…
How a Lexus SC400 Ended Up on America’s Rally Stages — On the second day of the Ridge Rally in Tehachapi, California, a few thousand feet above Jawbone Canyon, I stood behind an outcrop of boulders in a dirt turnout. This was where I’d hoped to capture a few photos…
The Negligent Not-a-Collector — As I mentioned recently, this spring I’ve had some minor health issues. First it was an odd thing with my gut. Then my old nemesis, my lower back, roared up from the depths to torment me. I’m fine—neither of these issues is serious—but they’ve…
Engineer Takes ’50 GMC Pickup from Stovebolt to Stylin’ — What if a successful General Motors engineer set out to re-engineer a GM product from the middle of the last century? And let’s say he had about 40 years to think the project through. What would the result…
The Plymouth Duster 340 Kept Muscle Cars Light, Fun, and Affordable — Pollution regulations and the 1973 oil crisis are often blamed for killing American muscle cars, but long before the gas lines started, Detroit had already realized another limiting factor to the market:…
2025 BMW M2 Review: Ch- Ch- Ch- Changes — BMW’s high-performance M branch had a banner year in 2025, posting record sales totaling 213,457 vehicles. For all the ways BMW loyalists, including your author, lament the ways that the M brand’s expansion has diluted and muddied its…
Monthly Hagerty Market Report: July 2026 — Welcome to our monthly market report, where we sum up the previous month’s activity in the collector car market with charts and key talking points using the data we gather every day. Key Takeaways Top 10 Sales in July