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New methods are allowing a group of scientists to reëxamine the world’s libraries and archives, in search of the hidden lives of authors.

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Working with Formula 1 race car manufacturers and employing aerospace materials, a Swiss firm has developed what they claim is the world’s lightest wheelchair, with a frame weighing in at just 3.3 pounds.

Civil commitment centers are meant as a community safeguard and a means of providing treatment for offenders, but they’re riddled with controversies

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The taste for tiny electric vehicles has become a quirky subplot in China’s clean-energy ambitions, with sales more than twice that of regular electric cars.

How a rogue Romanian economist legally gamed the lottery and won millions of dollars around the world.

Black markets and American wheat imports popularized ramen.

Egypt passes law to monitor and regulate social media

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