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The stunning success of vaccines in America, in one chart
Vox · Dylan Scott
These shots are remarkably safe and effective. We just need to keep using them.
Why can’t we just launch all of Earth’s garbage into the sun?
Popular Science · Harri Weber
Earth is messy. Can’t we just send our junk somewhere else?
The Hum – a mysterious phenomenon that’s baffled the world for decades
The Independent · Ellie Harrison
It’s thought that 4 percent of the global population is plagued by a persistent, rumbling sound in their ears — the source of which is a total enigma.
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Key wheel ideas may have come from weaving
Ars Technica · Kiona N. Smith
The physics of spinning objects may have seeded concepts key to the wheel.
AI won’t save endangered languages
thedial.world · Ross Perlin
Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.
My mother’s final secret: Searching for the little sister I never knew I had
Salon · Mary Elizabeth
An offhand remark from a relative unlocked a lifelong family secret, and a quest to find her.
How Oliver Stone made ‘Alexander’ not so great
hollywoodreporter.com · Ryan Gajewski
Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” paved the way for the historical epic and massive flop.
Airplane food is reportedly getting much worse
theweek.com · Justin Klawans
Cockroaches and E. coli are among the recent problems encountered in the skies.
The 100 greatest country artists of all time
billboard.com · Billboard Contributors
Early, mid-century and 21st-century artists who have delivered the songs that have made us cry a tear in our beer.
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