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The Archeologists of Athens (2023)

newyorker.com

In Don DeLillo’s 1982 novel “The Names,” an American businessman living in Athens can’t quite bring...

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A History of Source Control Systems: SCCS and RCS

experimentalworks.net

Source Control Management (SCM) Systems, have a long and rich history. As the systems evolved, so...

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The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice Cooker

atlasobscura.com

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We've Been Treating Concussions All Wrong

slate.com

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Do black holes explode? The 50-year-old puzzle that challenges quantum physics

nature.com

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The Mad Stone, the One-Time 'Cure' for Rabies

atlasobscura.com

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Priceless barn find: first microcomputers discovered by cleaners

newatlas.com

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ADHD linked to evolutionary success in ancient humans

newatlas.com

While current diagnostic definitions of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are relatively new, the general condition has...

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The decimal point is 150 years older than historians thought

nature.com

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Unexpected Origins of Mysterious Mummies Buried in Boats in a Chinese Desert

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Margaret Mead's LSD Memo

slate.com

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An Air Force officer who spent $11M searching Earhart's plane may have found it

businessinsider.com

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Lee Kuan Yew on Malta

karlsnotes.com

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The Death of Decentralized Email

lopp.net

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The Surprising Roots of Ancient Rome's Gladiator Fights

atlasobscura.com

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Long-lost, earliest MS-DOS precursor was discovered in a floppy disk collection

popsci.com

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A Legal and Moral Question: The crash of Turkish Airlines flight 981 (2021)

medium.com

Note: this accident was previously featured in episode 5 of the plane crash series on October...

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Researchers use Earth's magnetic field to verify event in Bible's Book of Kings

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An Untold Story of LSD Psychotherapy in Communist Czechoslovakia

mit.edu

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WWII heroics of 'Bazooka Charlie' doubted until daughter sets record straight

dispatch.com

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