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Who Invented the Wheel? And How Did They Do It?
The wagon—and the wagon wheel—could not have been put together in stages. Either it works, or it doesn’t. And it enabled humans to spread rapidly into huge parts of the world.
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The Handshake in Space
At a time when the United States and the Soviet Union were poised on the edge of nuclear annihilation, an improbable space mission proved that peace was possible. Join us for this special episode of the Supercluster podcast, as we reach back into space history to bring you the story of the first ever international cooperation in space: The Apollo Soyuz Test Project.
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Stone Tools Show How Humans Survived a Supervolcano Eruption 74,000 Years Ago
Of all the volcanic eruptions to shake our planet in the last 2 million years, the Toba super-eruption in Sumatra, Indonesia, was one of the most colossal. But it may not have been the global catastrophe we once thought it was.
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The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
For centuries western culture has been permeated by the idea that humans are selfish creatures. That cynical image of humanity has been proclaimed in films and novels, history books and scientific research. But in the last 20 years, something extraordinary has happened. Scientists from all over the world have switched to a more hopeful view of mankind. This development is still so young that researchers in different fields often don’t even know about each other.
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The reality show winner's secret
After nine weeks of gruelling competition, chef Michael Wray faced his final test. The shy but talented cook had made it through to the final on the first US series of Gordon Ramsay's show Hell's Kitchen. His last challenge was to run his own kitchen in full view of TV cameras and one of the world's most fearsome chefs. It was a test Michael, then aged 27, passed.
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I Studied Because I Was Afraid - MY Psychology
The sound of pens and pencils scribbling against paper on a wooden table is unmistakable. I have dreamt of it many times. In the quiet classroom, as the ancient fans swiveled and spun under the mildewed ceiling, people in white shirts sat in front of their desks facing white papers, on top of which was written the esoteric symbols of x+y=z or sin, cos, tan.
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Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud?
Some researchers have cast doubt on the record of the celebrated supercentenarian.
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Before She Was a Global Superstar, Shakira Unified a Country Breaking at the Seams
When I told a Colombian friend that I was writing about Shakira he shook his head as he braced himself against the New York City cold. “I haven’t really listened to Shakira since she stopped producing rock music,” he said. I told him that was exactly what I was writing about—the Shakira that few Americans know existed.
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How the Father of Claymation Lost His Company
On a rainy autumn afternoon in 2002, Will Vinton sat alone in a board room, reviewing his severance package. His desk, now barren, had once displayed the emblems of a storied career: an Oscar, six prime-time Emmys, a slew of Clios and innumerable other honors. He had brought clay animation back to life. But his creations, once animated on silver screens, were now housed in cardboard boxes, frozen in various states of bewilderment.
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“Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images
In his new book, “Attention Servicemember,” Ben Brody recounts being sent to a Rotary Club luncheon near Fort Stewart, Georgia, to present a slide show of pictures he had taken as an Army combat photographer in Iraq. Brody’s mandate overseas had been “to photograph the war in a way that justified its existence and exaggerated its accomplishments.”
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I went to prison for murder at 15. I learned violence and I can help others unlearn it
I learned violence from my parents. They showed me that if you want something and they won’t give it to you, then beat it out of them. My dad beat my mom in the house when he didn’t get he wanted. My mom beat us in the house when she didn’t get what she wanted. So I inflicted physical violence on the next person to get what I want.
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Nine Species of Human Once Walked Earth. Now There's Just One. Did We Kill The Rest?
Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. The Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis, were stocky hunters adapted to Europe's cold steppes.
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The Last of The Neanderthals Carved This Eagle Talon Into a Powerful Symbol
We invoke their name as an insult, but continuing discoveries about the extinct Neanderthal culture suggest the existence of a rich, complex symbolism we still do not fully understand. Now, we have another artefact to admire.
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Chernobyl 'Hero' : Dr. Gale--Medical Maverick
Since his first official house call to the Soviet Union in the spring of 1986, Dr. Robert Peter Gale, the 42-year-old UCLA bone-marrow transplant specialist, has become nothing short of an international celebrity.
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Personal Overdraft Loan
Pay Interest only on withdrawal. Avail benefit of Multiple Withdrawals without extra charges.
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Rare Condition Allows Woman to Hear Her Own Blood Rushing Through Her Veins
Gemma Cairns, a 32-year-old woman from Scotland, can’t remember the last time she experienced total silence. Even in the absence of outside noises, she can hear everything going on inside her body, from blood pumping through her veins, to the movements of her eyes.
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The Human Cost of Amazon’s Fast, Free Shipping
When she added Gabrielle’s name to the chart in her kitchen, Judy Kennedy could picture the annual ritual. At birthdays she would ask her newest grandchild to stand up straight, heels against the door frame, so she could mark Gabrielle’s height beside that of her other granddaughter in the Maine house the family has lived in since the 1800s. But there are no lines for Gabrielle.
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'Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15'
Ben Shenton was raised in a cult that thought the world would soon end. It didn't - but one day his world abruptly changed.
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The unbelievable tale of a fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante... and a murder
I did not know Bryan Njoroge. I had never met him, talked to him, or encountered him online. In ordinary circumstances, I would have never heard of his death, more than 6,500 kilometres away. Yet in late June 2018, a message arrived in my inbox. Its subject read: “Suicide (or Murder)?” The email contained a link to a webpage showing unequivocally that someone wanted Bryan dead.
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Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein, inmate 76318-054, hated his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. It was cramped, dank and infested with vermin, so Mr. Epstein, long accustomed to using his wealth to play by his own rules, devised a way out.
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