Jesse Singer articles

Imagine opening a 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb and finding something that looks like it belongs on the wheel of a classic car? Some people think it's proof history is missing something. Others aren’t so sure. Either way, it's one of the strangest discoveries ever made in ancient Egypt.

Fads don't ask permission. One minute you've never heard of something. The next minute, everyone at work is doing it, every kid wants one, and stores can't keep them in stock. Then, almost overnight, they disappear—and everyone quietly pretends they never bought one, or did it, in the first place…But, oh you most definitely did. Right?

If you walked through a major American airport in the 70s or 80s, you saw airline names that felt permanent. Their logos were everywhere. Their commercials ran constantly. Millions of people flew them every year. It was hard to imagine any of them ever disappearing.

Winning a little money in the lottery should be exciting. For one reader, though, it created an unexpected dilemma. She can finally afford to fly first class on her family's next vacation—but only for herself. That would leave her husband in coach with their two children under 10.

For more than 2,500 years, the Ark of the Covenant has been one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries. It has inspired treasure hunters, historians, archaeologists, and countless theories, all trying to answer one simple question: what happened to it? New claims appear regularly, but none has ever been proven. But this latest discovery feels different.

It's easy to assume humanity was always destined to become the planet's dominant species. But there was a time when our future hung in the balance—more so than you could ever imagine.

For decades, scientists searched for evidence of alien civilizations. But along the way, some researchers stumbled onto a much more unsettling possibility. What if the real mystery isn't where aliens are? What if it's what happened to them?

For as long as most of us can remember, Neanderthals have been portrayed as grunting cave dwellers who barely knew how to communicate. But scientists now say we've been imagining them all wrong.

Turns out Baby Boomers and Millennials don't always see America the same way. The places younger Americans are flocking to are often the exact same places older generations look at and say, 'Absolutely not.'