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Designers on acid: the tripping Californians who paved the way to our touchscreen world
Ever wondered why email, trash cans, Google Docs and desktops look the way they do? The answer lies in 1960s hippie culture and LSD-taking creatives
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Panic at the Dacha: How Stalin Hastened His Death by Excessive Security Due to His Fear of Being…
an exceptional book, “The Last Days of Stalin”, that retraces the last days of Joseph Stalin, Joshua Rubenstein tells of the great embarrassment that seized the guards, doctors, and members of his first circle. A fear to act that precipitated his death. Overview of this book, which I invite you to read, in 7 key moments of the last days of the one who finds Vladimir Putin a worthy successor in horror.
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The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on
Thirty years since it was first published, Donna Tartt's debut novel The Secret History continues to enthral new generations of readers, writes Clare Thorp.
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James Cameron plans to prove that Jack couldn't have lived in 'Titanic'
James Cameron has made a documentary that he says will irrefutably prove that Jack Dawson couldn't have lived in Titanic.
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When Argentina Used World Cup Soccer to Whitewash Its Dirty War
'We should not play soccer amid the concentration camps and torture chambers,' wrote proponents of an international tournament boycott that year.
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Shipwreck discovered at the bottom of Norway’s largest lake – possibly 700 years old
Marine archaeologists believe the ship dates to sometime between 1300 – 1850. It was found at the bottom of the lake Mjøsa, at 410 metres.
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With one snapshot, Apollo 17 transformed our vision of Earth forever
Fifty years ago, an astronaut on the Apollo 17 mission snapped a pic of the Earth in its entirety. Space photography hasn't been the same.
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How Samuel Adams Helped Ferment a Revolution
A virtuoso of the eighteenth-century version of viral memes and fake news, he had a sense of political theatre that helped create a radical new reality.
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Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler
Sheetal Deo was shocked when she got a letter from her Queens apartment building’s co-op board calling her Diwali decoration “offensive” and demanding she take it down. “My decoration said ‘Happy Diwali’ and had a swastika on it,” said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights.
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Humans v nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of extinction
The story of the damage done to the world’s biodiversity is a tale of decline spanning thousands of years. Can the world seize its chance to change the narrative?
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How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA
Epigenetics study finds that children born during the historic recession have markers of accelerated ageing later in life.
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The Rivals Who Cracked the Code of Ancient Egypt’s Hieroglyphs
Following the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, two scholars battled each other to decipher the mysterious Egyptian writing system.
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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented
Mice, windows, icons, and menus: these are the ingredients of computer interfaces designed to be simplicity itself to use. But the development was anything but simple. It took some 30 years of effort.
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The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
Decades ago, archaeologists discovered the work of Enheduanna, an ancient priestess who seemed to alter the story of literature. Why hasn’t her claim been affirmed?
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What the Romans have done for us • Stephen Mills
Celebrity classicist Mary Beard turns sleuth in an entertaining account of the long afterlife of twelve emperors
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The Clean Water Act at 50: Big Successes, More to Be Done
Sparked by the 1970s environmental movement, the Clean Water Act — which marks its 50th anniversary this month — transformed America’s polluted rivers. The Delaware, once an industrial cesspool, is one of the success stories, but its urban stretches remain a work in progress.
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The Art Of Paradise: Inside The World Of Islamic Art
This feature-length documentary examines Islam's rich and significant contribution to western art and culture. Presenter and art critic, Waldemar Januszczak, sets out on an epic journey of discovery across the Muslim world from Central Asia to the heart of the Middle East and beyond. He reveals a world of awe-inspiring architecture, spectacular Islamic treasures and a host of artists and craftsmen, bringing the largely unknown and fascinating story of Islamic art and architecture to the attention of the public. Documentary first broadcast in 2005.
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Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Galileo Galilei
The process for this discovery started with the revelation that some of Galileo’s documents held at the University of Michigan and at Morgan Library in New York City were in fact counterfeits made by the infamous forger Tobia Nicotra in the early 20th century. Professor Nick Wilding of Georgia State University, who discovered the counterfeit, demonstrated that the filigree of the paper that the texts were written on cannot predate the 18th century.
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An interesting photo collection of retro personal computer ads from the 1980s
This photo collection of vintage ads gives a glimpse into how the computer industry developed in the early 1980s.
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When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Opened a Psychic Bookstore
A considerable mess greeted the station sergeant who peered into London's The Psychic Bookshop in the early morning hours of February 6, 1928. Books and papers
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