Before becoming America’s most infamous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a magnetic actor who was beloved by audiences and courted by critics.
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The number of planets that could support life may be far greater than previously thought, a recent discovery suggests.
Physicist Don Lincoln explains why mathematics is a powerful tool for scientific modeling, but is not a science itself.
From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.
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As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
In “Enough Is Enuf,” Gabe Henry traces the history of simplified spelling movements and the lessons they teach us about language.
Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.
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After 70 years, “The Power of Positive Thinking” remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
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In 1995, Hubble peered at the Pillars of Creation, forever changing our view. Now in 2022, JWST completes the star-forming puzzle.
The James Webb Space Telescope finally could answer the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe.
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Movie soundtracks don’t just help us recall the plot of a film; they also allow us to better understand its meaning.
Many key inventions were unique: one-offs.
Philosophers and scientists spent millennia arguing about the nature of light. It turned out to be stranger than anyone imagined.