Join us this summer! Hungry Minds opens its first pop-up July 4–27 in SoHo, NYC!. Explore The Book, preview The Last Book, meet the founders, and step into a space filled with curiosities, coffee, and ideas. More info:

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A British cartoonist for the Daily Mirror in 1919 tried to imagine what would happen if pocket phones existed. Oh, if only he knew!

Was it all worth it? War isn’t about morality, so why don't we see more animal kamikazes? We explore the dark side of invention in The Black Book

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How do you say goodbye to our NY pop-up? With a party, of course!. You're invited to celebrate the end of our NYC run with live jazz, free drinks, and the best company. Let's make it a night to remember!. 🗓️ July 26 | 6 PM 📍 2 Rivington St, SoHo

Wild how tiny inventions can change history. Take the coffee grinder—wait, this is actually about barbed wire (but yes, the grinder matters!). This simple twist of metal reshaped the West, from the frontier to far darker places. Here’s how it happened 👇

Before our SoHo pop-up closes, join us for an exclusive pre-release reading & Q&A for our next book. The Last Book! . Tarot, refreshments, and conversation await!. Friday, July 25 | 6:30 PM 2 Rivington St, SoHo. (Livestreaming for those who can't attend.)

The pain box from Dune actually has a real-life counterpart. The Mawé people of Brazil use a bullet ant glove in their initiation rituals - yes, bullet ants, whose sting is as painful as a gunshot wound. To become a man, a boy has to keep his hand in the glove for about 10

Invented by a pastor in 1816, used by NASA today. Meet the Stirling Engine. It runs on ANY heat - from the sun to your coffee cup. Whisper-quiet & clean, but too bulky for cars. Its true home? Stealth subs & deep space probes. A seriously underrated piece of genius, perfect for

Humanity's first iron was a freebie from space. Because when a mountain-sized meteorite crashes nearby, you tend to notice. And its fragments become the hottest items on the market: both divine artifacts and, you know, killer tools. In fact, meteoric iron tools might be even

Headed to our NY pop-up (or already stopped by)? Post a pic or your thoughts on social (feed or story) and get a free set of The Bookmarks + stickers — right at the pop-up. Coffee, good vibes, and gifts? Yes please! #hungrymindspopup

Without volcanic eruptions, we'd have no Dracula, no Frankenstein, and. no bicycles. The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora created the "Year Without a Summer." This gloomy weather inspired the birth of gothic fiction, as it also caused crop failures and mass horse die-offs across

The Dvorak keyboard lets you type 150 words per minute. It's built into every OS. Almost nobody uses it. Why? Because QWERTY - literally designed in the 1800s to SLOW typing and prevent typewriter jams - got there first. And we're too lazy to switch. The Black Book has a

Bronzepunk 2077 (B.C.)! Well, almost. The history of human augmentation starts way earlier than you think. Meet the oldest known prosthetic: a 3000-year-old wooden toe, discovered via X-ray on an Egyptian priest's daughter's mummy. It's so well-made, it's basically a launch

Founders meetup July 11, 10 AM - 5 PM. Last chance to catch them together at the NYC pop-up this July!.

RT @nyclovesnyc: HUNGRY MINDS SoHo Pop-Up . This is the new pop-up launched by HUNGRY MINDS at 2 Rivington Street in SoHo. You can step int….

Our pop-up's been live for 5 days, now it's time to party! 🎉 . Join us July 9, 5 PM @ 2 Rivington (SoHo) for our grand opening bash: silk-screened t-shirts, drinks, music, special guests & more: Don't miss it!

This isn’t a Lovecraftian horror from beyond comprehension! It’s Hairy Mary, a.k.a. the Havelock locomotive: the first train designed and built in South Africa. During the Anglo-Boer War, it was armored with hemp ropes (yes, really) and saw combat. Fun fact: a young war

Airships: the cruiseliners of the sky doomed by exploding hydrogen and US helium hoarding. Could've been paradise for slow-travel lovers if humans weren't so obsessed with SPEED. Less deadly than planes, but history had other plans! . Read their rise and fiery fall in The Black