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Image of the tea clipper Cutty Sark in Greenwich, England.
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What the latest flurry of AI news has in common with the Great Tea Race

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February 20, 2024
Why America should be celebrating entrepreneurs, not presidents
Commentary

Why America should be celebrating entrepreneurs, not presidents

By Jonathan Bean and Blaine McCormick
February 19, 2024
250 years after the Boston Tea Party, America still struggles to navigate its complex relationship with tax
Commentary

250 years after the Boston Tea Party, America still struggles to navigate its complex relationship with tax

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December 15, 2023
Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money
Commentary

Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money

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November 23, 2023
George Takei's "My Lost Freedom"
Success

George Takei is releasing ‘My Lost Freedom,’ a picture book about when the government sent his family to an internment camp

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October 4, 2023
Men thinking about Roman Empire
Commentary

Men can’t stop thinking about the Roman Empire. It’s because of the masculinity polycrisis

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September 30, 2023
The psychology behind some men’s obsession with the Roman Empire, according to these brain experts
Life

The psychology behind some men’s obsession with the Roman Empire, according to these brain experts

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September 23, 2023
Warehouse worker
Success

The idea of a meaningful job, or a ‘calling,’ was invented by Christian reformers 500 years ago, religion professor says

By Garrett Potts and The Conversation
September 12, 2023
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, speaks during a demonstration in Tel Aviv.
Tech

‘Sapiens’ author says AI is an alien threat that could wipe us out: ‘Instead of coming from outer space, it’s coming from California’

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September 12, 2023
A new hotel model turns ghost towns from Provence to Colorado into luxe resorts
Magazine

A new hotel model turns ghost towns from Provence to Colorado into luxe resorts

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August 8, 2023
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Politics

The author of ‘Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect’ explains why American culture fixates more on him than the horror of Hiroshima

By Charles Thorpe and The Conversation
August 1, 2023
Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer
Politics

How Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb secrets were really stolen by Soviet Russia, as revealed by a Harvard Kennedy School professor

By Calder Walton and The Conversation
July 24, 2023
Benjamin Franklin launched America’s fight against counterfeit money with colored threads, watermarks and images of leaves, new study shows
Finance

Benjamin Franklin launched America’s fight against counterfeit money with colored threads, watermarks and images of leaves, new study shows

By David Hamilton and The Associated Press
July 18, 2023
George W. Bush
Politics

Here’s a look at how American presidents have celebrated July 4th, including Zachary Taylor’s maybe fatal food poisoning

By Calvin Woodward and The Associated Press
July 4, 2023
American flag
Politics

The history of Betsy Ross and the American flag: Legend outweighs fact as there’s just no trace of it before the Civil War

By Hillel Italie and The Associated Press
July 4, 2023

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