We Welcome Our Octopi Overlords
A peer-reviewed research paper published in the journal Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, suggests that Earth's original octopi came from outer space.
Researchers posit that...
Your Witch’s Legal Rights
In response to reports that the Scottish government plans to pardon people—mostly women—convicted under the terms of the Witchcraft Act of 1563, Legal History...
What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Love
During her interview with the Write the Book podcast, Caroline Leavitt (With or Without You), suggests this prompt: Write a page about two people who...
Did Witchcraft Help Win WW2?
Voodoo may have helped cause the downfall of Adolf Hitler, according to a 1943 article from the Detroit Evening Times shared on Strange Ago...
The Woman Who Gave Birth to a Cat
The Murders in History blog shares the story of Agnes Bowker, a 27-year-old woman claimed to have given birth to a cat.
This happened in...
Use Historical Figures for Inspiration
This week's Write the Book prompt is inspired by Nancy Means Wright, who passed away recently. In honor of Wright, draft a story featuring...
Scientists Baffled by Radiation Source
An article on Cosmos discusses a newly-discovered source of pulsing radiation that astronomers have never seen before. "The object, GLEAM-XJ162759.5-523504, releases a giant burst...
The First Social Network
Fifty thousand years ago, people in Africa traded beads for necklaces and bracelets as a form of social contact, according to an article on...
He Dowses for the Dead
The Marshall Project shares the story of a diviner who teaches crime scene investigators at the National Forensic Academy to dowse for corpses. Believers and...
The Japanese Ghost Hotel
In an article for Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer writes about the abandoned and now possibly haunted luxury hotel on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
What...
