Original illustration of a recovered silent-film reel and New Hampshire street scenes representing the journey of the 1919 comedy Van-ar-chy.

A 1919 Silent Comedy Thought Lost Turned Up in a Japanese Antique Shop—Now It’s Going Home

A 1919 Billy B. Van comedy, long believed lost, resurfaced in an antique shop in Japan. Now Van-ar-chy is returning to the New Hampshire town where it was filmed.

Original symbolic illustration of archival keys and a closed case file before an empty church aisle and television static; it does not depict Mathew Betkouski or actual evidence.

A 44-Year-Old ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Case Has a Name—and a Possible Tylenol Murders Lead

The man remembered from a 1990 Unsolved Mysteries segment has been identified. Investigators shared a possible Tylenol-murders lead, but the connection remains unproven and the Chicago case is still open.

Illustration of a young boy showing his parents a blank check at a kitchen table, representing the family moment Ke Huy Quan recalls.

Ke Huy Quan’s First Indiana Jones Residual Was Nearly $100,000—and He Credits Spielberg and Lucas for the Share

At 12, Ke Huy Quan found his parents waiting with a Lucasfilm check for almost $100,000. In his memoir, he explains why the money mattered to his family—and the rare profit-share gesture he credits to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Original illustration of a 1950s briefing room with an audio recorder, typed case files, and a radar diagram.

A 1952 Air Force UFO Briefing Is Online—and Its “Unexplained” Cases Were Not Proof of Aliens

A newly posted 65-minute recording captures Captain Edward Ruppelt discussing roughly 800 UFO cases, about one-fifth unresolved after technical analysis. He also says the Air Force had no conclusive evidence of their origin.

Illustration of a large fawn-colored bullmastiff with a dark muzzle and broad build, inspired by documented photographs of Butkus.

Sylvester Stallone Says He Sold Butkus Because He Couldn’t Feed Him—Then His Rocky Dog Came Home

Stallone says he sold Butkus when money ran out, then got his bullmastiff back and cast him in Rocky. The emotional story has a twist: Stallone’s versions differ, and his brother disputes the separation.

An open copy of Amelia Earhart’s memoir with a tiny record tucked inside, beside a non-contact optical scanner in a conservation lab.

A Tiny Record Hidden in Amelia Earhart’s Memoir Sat Untouched for 94 Years—Then the Library of Congress Played It

A tiny record tucked inside Amelia Earhart’s 1932 memoir had never been played. The Library of Congress recovered its sound without touching the fragile disc.

A 35mm film canister and unspooled film sit in an archival cinema room beside a projector casting a blurred noir-style silhouette.

A 1959 Movie Thought Lost to Time Was Found in Portland—Its 35mm Print Was Headed for the Dump

The Hollywood Theatre screened the only known 35mm print of a 1959 noir, unseen since it was made. An attendee says the canisters were saved from a dump-bound cache.

16mm film reels and contact sheets in an archive editing room, with indistinct silhouettes on a viewer in an illustrative scene.

44 Recovered Film Rolls Bring Patti Smith, Frank Zappa and William S. Burroughs Back to 1978

Filmmaker Howard Brookner’s recovered 16mm footage from the 1978 Nova Convention shows Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Burroughs and other artists in a moment that was nearly lost.

Conceptual illustration of a transparent microfluidic chip with hinged artificial cilia pumping liquid through warm and cool channels.

Cornell’s Microscopic Robots Sense Heat, Then Team Up Like Fireflies to Move Liquid

Cornell researchers built a microscopic array that senses temperature and synchronizes 54 artificial cilia to pump liquid. The machines respond together instead of simply moving on command.

An illustrative bigfin squid floats above a deep-sea floor, its large fins extended and its long arms hanging at elbow-like bends in the ROV lights.

A Bigfin Squid Appeared Two Miles Down—and Its Elbow-Like Arms Gave It Away

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