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The World's Oldest Story? Astronomers Say Global Myths About 'Seven Sisters' Stars May Reach Back 100,000 Years
Many cultures refer to the Pleiades as “seven sisters” and tell similar stories about them. Why? Researchers suggest an answer in the motion of the stars.
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Viennetta, the Fanciest Dessert of the ’90s, Is Back
The height of sophistication — and the freezer aisle — is returning after 30 years
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The fried chicken sandwich wars are heating up. Here are the new entrants
The fried chicken sandwich wars sparked by Popeyes in 2019 are still clucking along two years later.
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The Food Stylist Who Creates Hollywood's Unreal Dishes and Drinks
Hearts made out of brioche and braised human legs are on the menu.
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The real cost of being the ultimate Apple fan: Nearly $80,000
Picture this: You are the ultimate Apple fan. You've got an unlimited budget. And you want all of the things: top-of-the-line devices, fancy accessories and services. You may not need that high-end graphics chip or added storage, but they're there, right? Times are tough, and Apple (AAPL) has been trying to position itself a more financially accessible brand, releasing the budget iPhone SE earlier this year.
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The Movie Theater as We Know It Is Dying. We Can Make Something Better
One of the things this pandemic has taken from us is the summer blockbuster. The summer months came and went, and throughout that time movie-goers largely stayed home. For people like director Christopher Nolan, whose movie Tenet released in theaters after a delayed launch and performed below expectations, this is a sign of the end of cinema. Outside of the strict confines of Hollywood, though, small theaters and distributors are seeing new ways to show movies and create community. Along the way, they're redefining what it means to be movie theaters.
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Americans Don’t Read… and That’s Affecting Our Elections
In 2013, the Nation’s Report Card showed that only 38% of high school seniors were proficient in reading. With scores like that, the U.S. isn’t likely to earn the “most literate country” award any time soon. So what is America’s international literacy ranking? According to The Washington Post, the U.S. places seventh behind Nordic countries such as Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
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Petra lost and found
In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries.
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'The Queen's Gambit' is sparking a surge of interest in chess
David Bradley spends most weekends engaged in intense chess matches with his 15-year-old daughter, Zoe. They stare at the board for hours and plot their next moves, consumed by a new shared pastime. Their ongoing rivalry began this fall after the Toronto father and daughter began watching the "The Queen's Gambit," a Netflix miniseries about a female chess prodigy. Zoe had never played chess before but took to the game quickly, Bradley said.
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The lost Japanese generation remains unemployed, unmarried and living with their parents
They are between 40 and 50 years old, live immersed in chronic hopelessness, most are still single and childless and have thrown in the towel in the workplace.
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How old, ambient Japanese music became a smash hit on YouTube
Exploring the comment-section emotion of music as served by a mysterious algorithm.
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New York Nightlife Never Stopped. It Just Moved Underground.
After hours in the contagious city.
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Meet the guardians of the world's earliest musical recordings
A tiny tribe of passionate collectors have dedicated themselves to preserving early musical recordings on wax cylinders.
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Narcissists and psychopaths are more likely to refuse to wear masks
Two new studies find links between Dark Triad personality traits and noncompliance with coronavirus restrictions, although the correlations are minor compared to factors other than personality.
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Jackfruit: the ‘vegan sensation’ that saved Sri Lanka
Sri Lankans began planting jackfruit trees to gain food self-sufficiency during British rule, and they’ve since helped islanders avoid starvation.
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Happy Birthday Peggy Guggenheim: How The Feminist Art Collector Changed The Game
Peggy Guggenheim was a modern art collector and a feminist that art history can’t ignore. She founded her own namesake museum in Venice, supported young, unknown artists and wrote a tell-all biography before her passing in 1979.
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The Mesmerizing Geometry of Malaysia's Most Complex Cakes
Bold colors and designs set kek lapis Sarawak apart.
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This New Zealand city has an official wizard. He even gets paid
In Christchurch, New Zealand, seeing a wizard isn't completely out of the ordinary. For decades, the city has had an official wizard.
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Is the age of the celebrity over?
From the ‘Imagine’ video onwards, the famous have been treated with ridicule and anger during these fraught times – but is this really the end of a love affair, asks Rachael Sigee.
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'Askers' vs. 'Guessers'
In Ask Culture it's OK to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. In Guess Culture, you avoid putting a request into words unless you're pretty sure the answer will be yes.
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