The ‘Great Men of History’ Are Great at Getting You Killed
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A new book explores how Western Europe became home to the world’s ‘great’ powers … and what it cost everyone else to get there
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The ‘Great Men of History’ Are Great at Getting You Killed
Posted in: Culture FeaturesA new book explores how Western Europe became home to the world’s ‘great’ powers … and what it cost everyone else to get there
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‘Arthur’ Is Ending — But Its Memes Will Live on Forever
Posted in: Culture NewsIn honour of the beloved PBS Kids show ending its 25-year run, we salute the immeasurable impact ‘Arthur’ had on web culture
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‘Blind Landing’ Podcast Examines One of the Olympics’ Worst Mistakes
Posted in: Culture FeaturesAt the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics, a vault apparatus set two inches too low risked athletes’ lives — and changed the course of the competition
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Team Japan, Young Teens Dominate Olympic Street Skateboarding
Posted in: Culture NewsTwo 13-year-olds — Momiji Nishiya of Japan and Rayssa Leal of Brazil — took home top medals in the first-ever Olympic skateboarding event
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Mind Uploading: Another in A Long Line of Immortality Shams, or Not?
Posted in: Culture FeaturesThe prospect of mind uploading, and by extension, living long after death is enticing, but is it too good to be true?
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Rodney Alcala, ‘The Dating Game Killer,’ Dead at 77
Posted in: Culture NewsInfamous serial killer dies of natural causes at California hospital while awaiting execution for 1979 murder of 12-year-old girl
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Convicted Rapist Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Assault Charges in L.A. Trial
Posted in: Culture NewsAlready serving a 23-year sentence, disgraced producer faces another 140 years in prison if convicted on 11 counts of rape and sexual assault
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Stephen King Gets into the Podcast Game With a Series Based on ‘Night Shift’
Posted in: Culture NewsStrawberry Spring stars Garrett Hedlund, Milo Ventimiglia, Herizen F. Guardiola, Sydney Sweeney, Ken Marino, and Al Madrigal
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William F. Nolan, Sci-Fi Author of ‘Logan’s Run,’ Dead at 93
Posted in: Culture NewsProlific author wrote hundreds of nonfiction pieces, poems, and screenplays in addition to his science fiction work
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Was Jeffrey Epstein a Spy?
Posted in: Culture FeaturesThe notorious financier pedophile told exaggerated stories of his time in intelligence circles — but some of those stories may have been, at least partially, true
