Where Illegal Food Goes to Die
She's been threatened with voodoo and death threats, but U.S. customs supervisor Ellie Scaffa doesn't let that stop her. Scaffa's job is to dispose of...
She's been threatened with voodoo and death threats, but U.S. customs supervisor Ellie Scaffa doesn't let that stop her. Scaffa's job is to dispose of...
Ralph Morse was a stormtrooper in Star Wars episodes V and IV. He tells us what it was like to don the emblematic white armor and all of the...
Emmanuel Heilbronner, a.k.a. “Dr. Bronner” invented the magic soaps we’ve come to know and love. Originally from Germany, the idiosyncratic soap maker...
Bruce Campbell lives in an airplane. Yes, an actual jet. The Portland-based aeronautics enthusiast makes his home in a converted Boeing 727 that was...
Researcher Charles Spence has documented all of the ways in which sound impacts the way things taste. For example, salty food tastes bland on an...
Jennifer Jarrett never forgets a face. No, really. The super recognizer can see someone and immediately recognize them, regardless of how much time...
Gross, Nebraska is a small town. That's actually over-selling it. In fact, only two people live there. Mike and Mary Finnegan are the sole residents,...
Legs shake, throat closes, it's time to take the stage -- but you can't. You're crippled with fear. Stage fright takes hold. The [unofficial] mayor...
Adrian Wellock lost his sense of taste. After suffering a cold, he started getting a metallic taste in his mouth, which took his palate with it. These...
Many of the lighthouses in New Brunswick, Canada have closed, but the revolving brights on Machias Seal Island continue to shine thanks to Doug...
The Combat Feeding Directorate at the U.S. Army Natick Laboratories in Natick, Mass., develops food for Lockheed U-2 spy plane pilots. The catch, the...
It is the ultimate eternal tribute to your first love — your mom. This is the history behind the iconic 'I Love Mom' heart tattoo....