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Beer is an alcoholic beverage primarily made from water, grains, hops, and yeast.
- 0.71 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · See how more than 100 types of beer are produced around the world.
- 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · How beer became a part of medieval culture
- 0.51 · experiences · keep 0.56 · Tour the ancient world via beer
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · Budweiser stores yeast derived from the original 1800s strain in a secret bunker, which only the Head of Yeast Management can access—not even the CEO
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.32 · How fermentation works
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Because of its nutritional value, beer can sometimes be a healthy drink option for horses.
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · Why are archaeologists brewing ancient beers?
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.17 · Researchers believe beer was being brewed 13,000 years ago
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.44 · Only six breweries are permitted to serve beer at Oktoberfest, all of which are based in Bavaria.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.75 · The term 'alcohol' has Arabic origins
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.62 · Wine explained
- 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.60 · The states in America that drink the most beer
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The beverage can be traced back to ancient societies, with some scholars suggesting that the oldest brewery may have been found in modern-day Israel over 13,000 years ago.
- 0.67 · curiosity · keep 0.17 · Researchers believe beer was being brewed 13,000 years ago
- 0.64 · experiences · keep 0.56 · Tour the ancient world via beer
- 0.64 · curiosity · keep 0.84 · George Washington had a recipe for 'small beer,' a low-alcohol beer that was once safer than drinking water.
- 0.63 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · Why are archaeologists brewing ancient beers?
- 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · See how more than 100 types of beer are produced around the world.
- 0.56 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · How beer became a part of medieval culture
- 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · Jimmy Carter signed a 1978 bill that legalized home brewing, a move credited with kick-starting the craft beer industry.
- 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.75 · The term 'alcohol' has Arabic origins
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.36 · The long history of alcohol and sports
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.85 · How a modern 'beer archaeologist' crafts ancient ales
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.53 · There's some confusion over who founded the Bavarian Brewery that later became Budweiser
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · The Sumerians used straws to drink beer
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Recent trends and demographic shifts have contributed to declining sales in the beer industry, though the drink remains a cornerstone of celebrations, sporting events, and cultural scenes.
- 0.65 · curiosity · keep 0.10 · The craft beer industry has been in decline since 2024, due to changing demographics and a wider variety of alcoholic beverages.
- 0.61 · news-in-context · keep 0.37 · Total per capita US consumption of beer has dropped 30% since the 1980s
- 0.58 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Explore why Americans are drinking less alcohol
- 0.58 · curiosity · keep 0.16 · Craft beer is partially responsible for disrupting Budweiser's US market share
- 0.55 · curiosity · keep 0.36 · The long history of alcohol and sports
- 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.31 · See the numbers behind US beer production, including top-producing states and the most breweries per capita.
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · See how more than 100 types of beer are produced around the world.
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · In 2013, consumers reportedly purchased more beer on Cinco de Mayo than on Super Bowl Sunday or St. Patrick's Day
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · How beer became a part of medieval culture
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.51 · Beer companies turned Cinco de Mayo into a mass consumer event in the 1980s
- 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.60 · The states in America that drink the most beer
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.49 · How Prohibition changed beer
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US forces formally withdrew from Iraq after over two decades of military presence in the country.
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.12 · The US and allies invaded Iraq based on flawed intelligence about potential weapons of mass destruction.
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Dutch police arrested a suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacker group, days before the group reportedly st
- 0.42 · longform · keep 0.26 · Burglars accessed the DNC once before their failed June 17 attempt
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.16 · Fancybear: The state-backed hacker cell
- 0.40 · longform · keep 0.61 · Meet the Dutch art detective who's recovered a Van Gogh, Dali, and Picasso
- 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.07 · The FBI once raided Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's home
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SpaceX launches Starship spacecraft into orbit for the first time to test its readiness for NASA's Artemis moo
- 0.61 · curiosity · keep 0.21 · The Artemis program to bring humans to the moon for the first time since 1972
- 0.58 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · Starship is the space travel ship that rides atop the world's largest rocket
- 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · Watch a supercut of the various iterations of SpaceX's Starship rocket
- 0.56 · curiosity · keep 0.40 · Starbase is SpaceX's testing ground for their most powerful rocket, Starship
- 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.53 · SpaceX successfully caught a rocket booster in mid-air
- 0.53 · news-in-context · keep 0.15 · Learn about the missions comprising the Artemis program, which aim to return humanity to the moon and develop the technology for future human space exploration.
- 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.20 · Overcoming industry skeptics, SpaceX provides low-cost, high-publicity spaceflights
- 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.19 · A primer on SpaceX's primary rockets and spacecraft
- 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.58 · SpaceShipOne was the first privately built spacecraft to reach the boundary of space
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.21 · The space race of the 21st century is focused on a permanent lunar outpost
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.19 · SpaceX was built to achieve Elon Musk's vision of making humans an interplanetary species.
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.53 · NASA was founded in response to early Soviet space achievements
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Bananas bred to resist browning could reach more supermarket shelves after passing a major regulatory review i
- 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.78 · Why bananas are in trouble
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · Here's why you've never eaten a banana seed
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Explore 33 images that became central to huge scandals, including a young Charles and Camilla.
- 0.73 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · See 33 images that became central to huge scandals, including a young Charles and Camilla, Michael Jackson's baby on a hotel balcony, and Hugh Grant's mugshot.
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · One hundred rare, vintage photos of the British royal family
- 0.42 · longform · keep 0.63 · Explore scandals that got the "‑gate" treatment
- 0.40 · longform · keep 0.38 · Experience famous images from the Watergate scandal, the defining US political crisis of the early 1970s.
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World records are often broken later in the day.
- 0.58 · explainers · keep 0.61 · World records are often broken later in the day—and scientists wonder if muscle clocks explain the difference.
- 0.43 · longform · keep 0.48 · A deep dive into the lives of Guinness World Record addicts
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.83 · Why Guinness stopped giving these world records
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Learn about the controversial AI griefbots that generate text or video avatars of the dead.
- 0.80 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · AI griefbots that generate text or even video avatars of the dead are controversial and could conceivably change how we mourn.
- 0.61 · explainers · keep 0.31 · In China, deepfaking a dead loved one has become a growing industry to help people process grief.
- 0.56 · explainers · keep 0.72 · AI-generated avatars allow users to create deepfakes in real time
- 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Experiments involving AI agents operating in virtual societies for 15 days produced diverse outcomes, ranging from every agent dying to the creation of a functioning democracy, depending on the AI model used.
- 0.50 · longform · keep 0.58 · The journalist who let AI speak with his voice
- 0.50 · experiences · keep 0.76 · Chat with famous, historical, and fantasy figures with this chatbot
- 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.50 · The dead internet theory suggests that mostly bots are interacting online
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.17 · In 2026, a pilot program introduced two AI-powered humanoid robots to a San Diego charter school to increase engagement and academic gains, though some criticized the $500k purchase.
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.43 · You can draft a will designed to block AI resurrection—but the request may be ignored
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.39 · AI chatbot use among quarreling couples can aggravate tensions
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.47 · An online presence provides a means of grieving and honoring individuals after death
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · Teaching a robot to laugh
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Revisit when a California city banned rock 'n' roll in 1956, fearing the corruption of its youth.
- 0.78 · curiosity · keep 0.36 · 70 years ago today, city officials in Santa Cruz, California, banned rock 'n' roll to protect its youth from corruption after witnessing a 'provocative' concert the night before.
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · How underground radio revitalized rock 'n' roll
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.55 · In the 1980s, the Parents Music Resource Center criticized rock 'n' roll's lyrics, which it believed were having a negative impact on children.
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.51 · The Bakersfield Sound challenged the music's creeping respectability
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Watch the 1956 jukebox musical movie, 'Rock, Rock, Rock!,' an early rock 'n' roll artifact featuring Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, and others.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · A DJ helped popularize the term 'rock 'n' roll' to resell rhythm and blues to a broad audience.
- 0.45 · longform · keep 0.42 · Why one country legend embraced punk rock
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.64 · Rock 'n' roll's history in 60 seconds.
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.43 · In the 1930s, New York banned buskers as part of an antinoise campaign
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · The early Los Angeles punk scene found a home in Chinatown
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.48 · Over time, 'rock 'n' roll' eventually became 'classic rock,' largely due to radio station trends.
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.64 · The first known use of 'punk rock' was in 1971
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The world's largest flower smells like rotting meat.
- 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.86 · Known as the corpse flower for smelling like rotting meat, Rafflesia is the world's largest flower and a parasite that lives off a host vine.
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.85 · The world's weirdest flowers
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · The most unique-smelling places on Earth
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Scientists are reconstructing ancient smells—including the surprisingly perfumy scent of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy—to help the public experience olfactory aspects of history.
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18-year-old fashion designer goes viral after experiencing encouragement from strangers while filming his outf
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.49 · Inside the life of a 13-year-old beauty influencer
- 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.45 · View a gallery of 3D printed clothing
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Cemeteries were once commonly used for picnics and public events.
- 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · People used to visit graveyards as a place to relax outdoors until the late 19th century, when more public parks became available for people to gather instead.
- 0.56 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · The tradition of the graveyard picnic
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · Five of the strangest cemeteries in the world
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.26 · Cremations are America's top choice for postmortem body treatment, but a growing number of Americans are becoming interested in 'green' burial options.
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Read a Yale student's profound essay about the consulting industry's influence on college students, published
- 0.80 · explainers · keep 0.40 · A Yale student wrote a profound essay about the consulting industry's influence on elite college students that was published shortly before she died in a post-graduation car accident.
- 0.63 · explainers · keep 0.20 · In 2018, roughly 13% of Yale University graduates became consultants
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.26 · In 2018, roughly one-third of Yale graduates went into either finance or consulting
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Consulting is more than just giving advice
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.16 · Read Ray Dalio's reflection on his son's death
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.51 · 'The Firm' is a book about the influence of top consulting firm McKinsey
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · Bizarre college donations and the strings attached
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.38 · Governments are arguably very dependent on consulting firms like McKinsey and Deloitte
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.46 · Audit a Yale course on great American novels after 1945
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.69 · An inside look at what it's like to be a consultant
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.59 · A lot of what consultants do all day—as well as who their clients are—is intentionally kept a secret.
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.71 · Some argue that America has become too dependent on consulting.
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A 1923 Supreme Court decision inadvertently popularized yoga in the US.
- 0.63 · explainers · keep 0.52 · A 1893 speech from a Hindu monk in Chicago set the stage for yoga in the US, which exploded in popularity in the next century.
- 0.60 · explainers · keep 0.60 · After South Asians were barred from attaining citizenship in 1923, many took to teaching yoga on the road, spreading the practice across the country.
- 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · Theos Bernard's book on yoga formalized the practice for many Americans
- 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.42 · Henry David Thoreau, the transcendentalist writer and philosopher, was inspired by the philosophical ideas of yoga.
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.29 · Yoga dates back to about 1500 BCE
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.73 · Richard Hittleman brought yoga to TV
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.43 · Practices and beliefs from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism influenced yoga
- 0.47 · longform · keep 0.18 · Bikram Choudhury's abuse dismantled his yoga empire
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · 'Namaste' was popularized in the English language after India gained independence
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.13 · Some parents have objected to yoga in schools
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.37 · In 1927, Oklahoma’s governor was criticized for his associations with yoga
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.36 · BKS Iyengar emphasized yoga's physical aspect
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How different animals complete some of the most remarkable migrations on Earth.
- 0.66 · experiences · keep 0.71 · See how mule deer, ospreys, and blue whales complete some of the most remarkable migrations on Earth—and the human-made obstacles increasingly standing in their way.
- 0.55 · experiences · keep 0.77 · Mapping migrations of hundreds of bird species
- 0.53 · experiences · keep 0.78 · Here's how humans migrated across the world
- 0.49 · experiences · keep 0.69 · Interactive human migration map
- 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.49 · Desert wildlife: diverse, threatened, and misunderstood
- 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.38 · A collection of fascinating facts about the planet and its creatures
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.85 · Explaining why animals don't cross this invisible line in Indonesia
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Across the animal kingdom, mice are among the least efficient travelers, while the efficiency of human locomotion falls between that of a cow and a horse.
- 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.76 · A Canadian tourism campaign turns every whale sighting—including ones from decades ago—into a live, crowdsourced migration biography
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · The ancestors of ostriches and emus could fly
- 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.64 · Tracking butterfly migration via the pollen they collect
- 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.67 · A list of some of the best episodes from David Attenborough's works and where to watch them
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iPhone sales accounted for more than half Apple's total revenue in 2024 and 2025.
- 0.69 · news-in-context · keep 0.35 · See which Apple products drive the most of its $391B revenue.
- 0.63 · news-in-context · keep 0.24 · Explore the history of the iPhone from 2007 to 2023.
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.16 · Apple's future will likely continue to incorporate mixed reality hardware and AI
- 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.31 · How TSMC, the world's biggest chip manufacturer, makes money
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · The iPhone's impact in 10 charts
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Apple, the tech giant renowned for products like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, started out in a garage in 1976.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Explore a breakdown of 18 influential Apple products
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.21 · In 2018, Apple became the world's first publicly traded trillion-dollar company
- 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.17 · As of 2024, server products and cloud services make up 40% of Microsoft's revenue
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · The iPhone reshaped culture, media, and communication through innovation
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · Creating the iPhone ended the marriages of several of Apple's engineers
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · Watch Steve Jobs unveil the first iPhone in 2007
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In 1995, a Chicago Bears fan once leaped from the stands to catch an extra point.
- 0.80 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · A Chicago Bears fan once leaped from the stands to catch an extra point.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · The Chicago Bears are the only professional sports team to score a Billboard Hot 100 hit
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.31 · Explaining the 1985 Chicago Bears defense, the greatest ever
- 0.41 · longform · keep 0.29 · The story behind one infamous World Series moment
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18-year-old fashion designer goes viral after experiencing encouragement from strangers while filming his outf
- 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.45 · View a gallery of 3D printed clothing
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Apple, Spotify, YouTube
- 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.22 · Read a user's review of the differences between Spotify and its closest rival, Apple Music.
- 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.73 · Reimagining YouTube as cable TV, complete with channel-surfing
- 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.29 · YouTube brought endless content—and endless culture wars
- 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.56 · Read about how Spotify creates niche genres, from 'Webcore' to 'Phonk.'
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.57 · Viral pop artists create systems of participation, not just music
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.32 · Spotify's success turned Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek into a billionaire in his mid-30s.
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