Eighty years ago this week, the world passed into a terrifying new age. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, mushroom clouds announced that humans not only could slaughter each other in …
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When Medieval & Early Modern Europeans Cleansed with Poison: The Strange History of Antimony Cups and Pills
The history of medicine is, for the most part, a history of dubious cures. Some were even worse than dubious: for example, the ingestion of antimony, which we now know …
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Trump’s $200m ballroom: A history of home improvements at the White House | Donald Trump News
After paving over the Rose Garden and adding gold-filigree decorations to the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump will embark on his most dramatic addition to the White House yet …
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Why Is AI So Relevant In eLearning Today? Artificial Intelligence, or AI, as we call it, is everywhere. It’s in our phones, cars, and even in the apps we use …
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Kiss cams often capture moments of delight, such as this 2014 smooch between comedian Kevin Hart and fiancee Eniko Parrish at an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors …
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Revisit One of the Most Polarizing Albums in Rock History: Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, Which Came Out 50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago this month, Lou Reed nearly destroyed his own career with one double album. Metal Machine Music sold 100,000 copies during the three weeks of summer 1975 between …
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Though now in his seventies, Jackie Chan continues to appear on the big screen with regularity. For most world-famous actors, that’s hardly notable, but it’s not as if Sir John …
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When we speak English, we might say we’re speaking the language of Samuel Johnson, the man who wrote its first dictionary. Or we could say we’re speaking the language of …