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Please Feed The Meters: The Next Parking Revolution
Thereâs plenty to hate about drivingâtraffic jams, car accidents, speeding ticketsânot to mention the endless headache of finding a sp...
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Detailed Photos of Cold War Missile Sites: Opposing Superpowers, Same Terror
The idea that we are not so different from our enemies is one of the undercurrents of Justin Barton's photographs of former Cold War Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch sites. Graphically composed, Barton's shots of the silos' interiors downplay national identity.
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Exclusive New Texts from Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard
Newly discovered tall tales from the scientology founder’s favorite club.
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America’s Shameful Nazi Past
It might be ancient history that the U.S. hired and protected thousands of Nazi war criminals, but there’s no time like the present to right those wrongs. Richard Rashke on what Obama can do now.
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Scientists First Glimpse Interior of an Antarctic Subglacial Lake
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MIDI turns 30: a revolutionary open music standard lives on
Makin' sweet music with the Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of historic manuscripts
Fleeing Islamist insurgents burnt two buildings containing priceless books as French-led troops approached, says mayor.
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For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga.
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Where Did Curry Come From?
What is curry? Today, the word describes a bewildering number of spicy vegetable and meat stews from places as far-flung as the Indian subcontinent, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean Islands.
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The “Cemetery Gun” Designed to Stop Grave Robbers
In the 18th and 19th centuries, grave-robbing was a serious problem in Great Britain and the United States. Because surgeons and medical students could only legally dissect executed criminals or people who had donated their bodies to science (not a popular option at the time), a trade in illegally procured...
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First Knuckle Rings, Popular During the Renaissance, Return to Fashion
Misty White Sidell says nail art may have brought back the rings, worn on the foremost joint of the digit.
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Memorable moments in Grand Central's 100 years
Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, which turns 100 this month, is a glorious exception.
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When Newspapers Were New, or, How Londoners Got Word of the Plague
Daniel Defoe's novel about London's 1665 plague can help us understand new media. No, really.
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Pig Out In The Winter Or When Money's Tight? Blame Evolution
Why do we reach for that handful of M&Ms and other high-calorie treats under stress? In prehistoric times, such gluttony was probably a useful response to scarcity. That "feast before famine" instinct is less helpful in modern times, when obesity is a bigger health risk than starvation – but evolution hasn't had a chance to catch up.
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Steve Jobs, Phone Phreaker
Before Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak invented Apple, they hacked phones.
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10 Animals That Were Hunted To Extinction
Doomed by man.
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A Brief History Of Nerds In Pop Culture
In news that is not actually news, nerds are no longer the shameful outsiders of society, they are celebrated and treated like exotic zoo animals,
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A country divided: Stunning photographs capture the lives of ordinary Americans during segregation in the Jim Crow south
This vivid photograph showing an African American family living in Alabama, USA, under the controversial Jim Crow segregation laws was taken by artist Gordon Parks.
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They Paid What?! Top 10 Absurd Paintings that Sold for Millions
The following are 10 examples of paintings that would be considered junk if they were sold at an ordinary garage sale, but because of their extravagant history, descriptions and estimated value, were sold for millions to the highest bidder.
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The remains of Richard III, one of the most famous figures in English history, have been found.
Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family. Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley, from the University of Leicester, told a press conference to applause: "Beyond reasonable doubt it's Richard."
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