Few inventions that were designed in the 1870s that have not changed since they were patented, and they are still widely used in the 21st century. Barbed wire is an innovation that fits this category, ...

In the mid 1800s, not many (non-native) Americans had ever been west of the Mississippi. When Frederick Law Olmstead visited the west in the 1850s, he remarked that the plains looked like a sea of ...

Love to apply henna or tattoo your skin? How about your desired design going wrong and making you regret for inking it? We can empathise with that feeling when things mess up and attract bad reactions ...

Oklahoma State's been somewhat under the radar this season -- and in previous seasons -- as the Cowboys could end up winning the Big 12, but you don't hear much said about them. Maybe these helmets ...

In 1995, Pamela Anderson famously sauntered onto the red carpet with a barbed-wire tattoo wrapped around her left bicep. This all but etched her image from "girl next door" to newfound "bad b*tch" in ...

More than 25 years after Pamela Anderson made them famous in the 1990s, the barbed wire tattoo is making a comeback. The Baywatch star got her ink done back in 1995 for the movie Barb Wire, which came ...

While we never thought we’d see the day, the iconic 90s barbed wire tattoo is tipped for a comeback. Thanks to the surge in popularity of all things Pamela Anderson following the release of the biopic ...

Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, ...