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Cara Giaimo

former staff writer, forever fan // @cjgiaimo // caragiaimo (at) gmail (dot) com

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Places visited in Jonesport, Maine

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Places added to Outer Hebrides, Scotland

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Getting to Know the Bathtub Marys of Somerville, Massachusetts

A local anthropologist has spent a decade photographing the unlikely statues.

The Unspectacular End of Star N6946-BH1

The quiet collapse of a red supergiant reveals a new fate for some stars: the "massive fail."

Thieves in Arizona Stole a Giant Inflatable Obstacle Course

How are they going to fence this thing?

One Calgary Man's Big Idea: Tiny, Tiny Street Food

Tom Brown hands out truly bite-sized snacks from his portable, miniature kitchen.

A Moose Destroyed a Flowerbed Planted to Celebrate Canada's Sesquicentennial

He or she ate a heck of a lot of tulips.

Not One, but Two Corpse Flowers May Soon Stink Up Chicago

Java and Sumatra are currently on display at the city's Botanic Garden.

Traveling Back in Time With Colorful Isochrone Maps

Journey-based charts from the past can help us track the progression of transportation technology.

Bunnies Have Gone Extinct in Second Life's Virtual World

A catastrophic resource shortage plays out online.

Rogue Herd of Cows Captured on Tape

They were midnight snacking.

The Lost Typefaces of W.A. Dwiggins

The pioneering designer created dozens of fonts, only a few of which are still around today.

An Indonesian Village Has Painted Itself Rainbow

The colorful spot hopes to attract more tourists.

Happy 11th Birthday to the 'Great Carrier Reef'

On May 17, 2006, the USS Oriskany transformed from a warship into the world's largest artificial reef made from recycled materials.

fleeting wonders

Lizards Hold Up Railway Construction in Germany

The reptiles must be relocated before it continues.

Would You Confess Your Criminal Misdeeds to This Skeleton?

Back in the 1920s, the inventor Helene Adelaide Shelby was pretty sure you would.

St. Louis Road Workers Were Defeated by This Small Blue Kia

Islands in the stream / that is what we are.

Please Look at These Turtles, Wolf Blitzer

With #ShowWolfATurtle, reptile biologists court a prominent new herp fan.

Want Some Berries? Plant Some Bear Poop

One mound from Rocky Mountain National Park has yielded 1,200 seedlings.

Florence Nightingale Was Born 197 Years Ago, and Her Infographics Were Better Than Most of the Internet's

The famed nurse was also an early practitioner of marshaling statistics to advance social causes.

This California Man Has Dedicated His Backyard to Saving a Butterfly

Biologist Tim Wong has been successfully raising California pipevine swallowtails for years.

For Sale: The First Map of Disneyland

The original, hand-drawn plans looked a little different.

Robo-Falcons Will Soon Patrol Edmonton International Airport

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a robotic bird protecting planes!

An Australian Baby Just Became the First to Breastfeed in Parliament

Nursing a child in the chambers has only been legal since last year.

Inside the Mumbai Deaf Community's Unique Public Transit Culture

The city's rail system offers deaf riders special compartments that double as bustling meet-up spots.

Europeans Are Losing Their Minds Over This Boring Bird

Fame is contextual.