Where's Genghis Khan’s lost grave?🪦What scrolls on Troy vanished with the Library of Alexandria?📜What forgotten civilizations lie beneath Amazon jungles?🌴 Find out in “The Museum of Lost Things", out tomorrow! Order now!👇 barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mus… amazon.com/Museum-Lost-Thing…

Lassoing giraffes? 🦒 Wrasslin’ Rhinos?! 🦏 When new animals were needed for the Berlin Zoo, its keeper went full cowboy on them. His exploits were as wild as the Serengeti itself. New episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

DC: I'm speaking tomorrow on my new book at 2pm at the Georgetown Barnes & Noble. Hope you to see you all there! @BNBuzz barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mus…

New York: I'm speaking at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble tomorrow night at 7p. Hope to see everyone there! @BNBuzz barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mus…

Get up to 35% off my new book, The Museum of Lost Things (audio + e-versions, too!) if you pre-order before 9/11. See the code here: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mus… Plus, two Barnes & Noble talks soon: Upper West Side NYC: 9/16, 7p Georgetown DC: 9/19, 2p @BNBuzz

My new book is out two weeks from today! The Museum of Lost Things, about the greatest lost treasure in history. Enjoy this preview, and you can pre-order RIGHT NOW: amazon.com/Museum-Lost-Thing… barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mus… bookshop.org/p/books/the-mus…

In one month ... I have a new book out!🥳“The Museum of Lost Things,” on history’s greatest lost treasures. My widest-ranging book yet, and Amazon named it a Best Book of September. Pre-order now!👇 amazon.com/Museum-Lost-Thing… barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mus… bookshop.org/p/books/the-mus…

In the 1960s, NASA needed better spacesuits. So they turned to the one firm on earth capable of meeting their strict standards: the Playtex underwear company. Season finale—and a glimpse at my new book—below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

His book on evolution rocked 1800s England. Not Charles Darwin. Robert Chambers, whose infamous tome both horrified Darwin, yet paved the way for him. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Nurse Laura Cobb saved more lives than Clara Barton or Florence Nightingale, and under far worse conditions—in a brutal World War II concentration camp. So why did the world forget her? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

In the 1950s, scientists hated politics. Then Allen Astin got fired over, of all things, a battery. After that, scientists knew they had to play politics—or face professional annihilation. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

No one in Columbus’s time believed the world was flat. So why did so many children learn this bogus “fact” in school? It all goes back to Rip van Winkle. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, the two most scientific detectives in the world took on the case. But they overlooked the real enemy—their own petty prejudice. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

The Smyth Report is the strangest book ever written on atomic bombs—as well as highly effective science propaganda, warping our view of everything from the Manhattan Project to Robert Oppenheimer. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

When a British sub sank with all hands, biologist JBS Haldane volunteered to investigate by experimenting on himself—even if it meant losing his own life in the process. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

There’s only one thing Dr. John Haldane loved more than running dangerous experiments on himself—running them on his son Jack. But the duo would revolutionize our understanding of the human body, and save many sailors' lives in the process. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

At age 28, a burned-out Charles Lindbergh took an unpaid internship in a medical lab. His goal? To build an artificial heart—and make human beings immortal. The Disappearing Spoon podcast returns for a new season! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

A century ago, teacher John Scopes was charged with the “crime” of teaching evolution. But Scopes was hardly a defiant Galileo, nobly standing up for truth. In fact, he never even taught evolution. (Really.) But he was still a hero. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Astronomer Jules Janssen was desperate to escape the siege of Paris in 1870 and observe an eclipse. So he decided to flee in a balloon—despite the German army’s promise to shoot him if he tried. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… @scihistoryorg sciencehistory.org/stories/d…

In the 1970s, paramedic units were illegal in the United States. One (very bad) television show, Emergency!, set out to change that—and saved tens of thousands of lives in the process. Episode below! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… @scihistoryorg sciencehistory.org/stories/d…