Few English words have traveled as far politically as “woke.” Depending on who says it, the word can mean alert to racial injustice, broadly progressive, excessively politically correct, performatively virtuous, or almost anything a speaker...
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Artificial intelligence has become one of those phrases that seems to describe everything at once. It can mean the system that recommends a song, the software that detects a suspicious bank...
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You walk into a café you have never visited. The tables, the light from the window and the conversation at the next table suddenly feel uncannily familiar. For a few seconds, there is an ove...
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Nelson Mandela did not die in a South African prison in the 1980s. He was released in 1990, became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994 and died in 2013 at the age of 95. Yet some pe...
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Listen to some of NASA's most famous recordings from the outer Solar System and space does not sound silent at all. Jupiter whistles, crackles and roars. Saturn produces eerie rising tones....
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Who can claim the invention of wine? A drink so old and widespread that it predates written history. Traces of fermented grape juice have been found across ancient civilizations, but where e...
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Kongthong is a small village nestled in the lush hills of Meghalaya, a northeastern state of India. Home to the Khasi tribe, this village is unlike any other due to its peculiar mode of comm...
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“Demmel Sims” might sound like the name of your new favorite jazz bassist or a long-lost Marvel character, but in reality, it’s... no one. Or at least, no one definitively identifiable. Go a...
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If you think airports are boring, you've never been to Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten. Just meters from Maho Beach, this is the only place in the world where you can...
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Your favorite song isn’t just nostalgic — it’s neurological. Hearing music you love triggers a dopamine rush in your brain, similar to eating chocolate or falling in love. It activates memor...
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