These stunning photos reveal just how hard life was for the immigrant occupants of New York's tenement buildings a century ago.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, New York City swelled with wave after wave of European immigrants — and many lived in tenement buildings.
These tenements, as defined by the New York State Legislature in 1867, constituted “any building…which is rented…out as the home of more than three families living independently of one another and doing their own cooking upon the premises. Read More...
The 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth was dug out of Siberian permafrost in 2011. Now scientists have found that its DNA is partially intact.Kindai UniversityYuka, the 28,000-year-old mammoth.
Eight years ago, an impressively well-preserved woolly mammoth was dug out of the Siberian permafrost. With the species having met its extinction some 4,000 years ago, finding such a relatively pristine specimen was an astounding feat — particularly since this one was 28,000 years old. Read More...
From the bizarre to the creepy, the history of dentistry reveals some tools and procedures that will terrify you even today. A young boy with rotten teeth at Friern Hospital in London. 1890.Wellcome Library, London A supposed dentist needs help from two youths as he executes a tooth extraction. Circa 1910.Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Mother pulling out her son's bad tooth. 1897. Bettmann/Getty Images Textbook image showing orthodontic treatment. 1906.Public Domain A man pulls another's tooth in a room filled with a variety of medicines. Read More...
