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#1 · news-in-context Jul 22, 2026

Check out information on the over 1,000 protests across the globe since 2017.

These protests have taken place across 57 different countries.

This resource tracks each significant government protest dating back to 2017, with data on country, protest name, start date, peak crowd size, motivation tags such as political or gender, duration, and whether it turned violent.

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#2 · explainers Jul 23, 2026

In 2025, Gen Z-led protests swept across Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste.

This youth protest movement follows a broader trend of social media-driven political mobilization, dating back to the 2011 Arab Spring.

Protests have been driven by corruption allegations, economic inequality, stagnation, youth unemployment, and a growing disconnect from traditional political parties.
In Bangladesh, Nepal, and Madagascar, protests have led to the dissolution of governments, though it remains unclear whether lasting reform will follow.

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#3 · longform Oct 19, 2021

German Nazi war crimes suspect, 96, who went on the run goes on trial

A 96-year-old German woman who was caught shortly after going on the run ahead of a court hearing last month on charges of committing war crimes during World War Two appeared before a judge on Tuesday in the northern town of Itzehoe.

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#4 · explainers Dec 19, 2024

The Amazon Prime subscription service offers its members a variety of benefits, including free two-day shipping on eligible items

Prime also offers members access to streaming video and music, and exclusive deals. As of this writing, its annual price tag is $139. A CNBC article sets out to address whether the subscription is worth that price, outlining the service’s key perks and who’s likely to benefit from it the most.

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#5 · curiosity Feb 2, 2026

The 2017 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to LIGO's founders

Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and Barry Barish won the award for their contributions to the detector a year after the discovery of gravitational waves was announced. Acknowledging the Nobel statutes limited the prize to no more than three people, Thorne stated, "our marvelous discovery is the work of more than a thousand."

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#6 · curiosity Jun 8, 2026

As of 2026, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which advises the pope on scientific matters, has included 90 Nobel laureates among its members.

Among them were Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Ernest Rutherford, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Paul Dirac, who contributed to the development of subatomic physics.

Other notable members include Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, who discovered the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic scissors, and Guglielmo Marconi, who developed the first successful long-distance wireless telecommunications system.

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#7 · experiences Jul 26, 2024

Every type of US national park, explained

Ever wonder what kinds of sites comprise the US National Park System? Using the recent re-designation of New River Gorge as a national park as a jumping-off point, this engaging video breaks down the 19 different designations within the National Park System. This includes parks, reserves, monuments, and scenic trails.

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#8 · curiosity Jul 16, 2026

Ansel Adams' 20th-century photographs of national parks captured the majesty of a growing National Park System.

The famed American photographer was an ardent conservationist and believed deeply in the promise of the national parks.

His photos sought to capture the feeling of seeing the parks' mountains, lakes, and vistas firsthand.
Above is one example, taken at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.

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#9 · curiosity Aug 18, 2026

Gatorade was first designed for college football players in Florida's heat.

To help replenish crucial chemicals that football players were losing quickly through their profuse sweat in the southern heat, researchers at the University of Florida developed a drink blended with easily absorbed salts and sugars.

The drink, Gatorade, took its name from the school's mascot.
In 2025, Gatorade's annual sales surpassed $7.5B.

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#10 · explainers Feb 19, 2026

Until 1970, the Sorbonne was the most prestigious academic institution in France

Named after its founder, Robert de Sorbon, the former University of Paris was founded in 1253 to teach clerics and agents of royal and ecclesiastical institutions. The school was split into several autonomous universities after protests in May 1968.

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#11 · explainers Jun 21, 2023

A brief guide to espionage

Spies have one of the most challenging and dangerous jobs in the world, risking their lives and legacy to extract secrets in the interest of their country. This in-depth explainer breaks down one of the profession's oft-ignored aspects: The...

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#12 · explainers Feb 26, 2026

The 2011 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for the discovery of dark energy, which has driven the accelerated expansion of the universe.

Through the use of standard candles—objects whose brightness is well-known—astronomers can determine distances by recognizing that the same phenomena will dim in predictable ways with increasing distance.

By observing the same type of stellar explosions at various locations, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, and Adam Riess found that the universe's expansion has accelerated for the past five billion years.

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#13 · curiosity Aug 28, 2026

By measuring them in hot-air balloons during a partial solar eclipse and at night, Victor Hess discovered cosmic rays and concluded they came from beyond the solar system.

After the discovery of radioactivity at the turn of the 20th century, some scientists suggested that radiation from radioactive elements in the ground caused ionizations of air observed in numerous experiments.

To determine whether ionizing radiation came from beyond the atmosphere, Austrian physicist Victor Hess designed instruments to measure ionization in high-altitude environments and took them aboard hot-air balloons to heights exceeding 5 kilometers (3.1 miles).
During his hot-air balloon trips from 1911 to 1913, Hess found that ionizing radiation levels initially decreased but then increased to several times those at Earth's surface, even when the sun was blocked, suggesting extrasolar cosmic origins.
In 1925, Robert Millikan, who won the 1923 Nobel Prize in physics for determining the charge of an electron, dubbed ionizing radiation from space "cosmic rays" since he thought they resembled gamma rays—a high-energy form of electromagnetic radiation.
For the discovery of cosmic rays, Victor Hess was awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize in physics, which was shared with Carl D. Anderson, who discovered antimatter when analyzing the particles created from the collisions between cosmic rays and atmospheric atoms.
Around the same time that Victor Hess discovered cosmic rays, Italian scientist Domenico Pacini also concluded that Earth's crust could not be the source of the ionizing radiation that created small electric currents in the atmosphere, but Pacini did not receive a Nobel Prize because he died before 1936.

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#14 · curiosity Feb 23, 2026

Although a Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of dark energy, Vera Rubin never received one for her discovery of dark matter.

In the 1970s, Rubin and collaborator Kent Ford revealed that rotating galaxies could only be kept intact if they possessed vast amounts of unseen mass, now called dark matter.

Dark matter makes up about 25% of the mass-energy in the universe, while dark energy—a placeholder term for the mechanism driving the universe's accelerated expansion—accounts for about 70%.
As a child, Rubin became fascinated by astronomy through watching stars move across the sky at night, and built her own telescope.
Her physics teacher discouraged her from pursuing science, though she studied astronomy at Cornell after graduating from Vassar and later earned her PhD from Georgetown.

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#15 · experiences Dec 23, 2024

Inside Warren Buffett's real estate portfolio, which includes more than just his primary Omaha residence

The Oracle of Omaha is known for living in the same house since 1958—but what exactly does that house look like? This article takes a look inside that house, plus a few other properties in Buffett's real estate portfolio. Explore Warren Buffett's homes here.

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#16 · curiosity Jan 16, 2026

Unpacking the rapid rise of romantasy, the genre that blends fantasy and romance

The subgenre—primarily aimed at female readers and sometimes bordering on erotica—has become a sensation, due in no small part to its popularity on social media platforms like TikTok. Writers like Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros harken back to early Gothic works, which similarly sought to combine the supernatural and the erotic.

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#17 · curiosity Mar 2, 2026

Jane Austen by the numbers

This feature from the Guardian takes a unique approach to Austen's literature, breaking her life, work, and fandom down into data. The slide deck includes comparative analyses of character employment, net worth, and age. Below is a breakdown of Austen's unexpected posthumous rise to fame.

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#18 · explainers Jun 30, 2026

What was the French Revolution?

This 12-minute video provides an overview of the French Revolution of 1789, a conflict brewed from food shortages and economic hardships. On May 5, 1789, French King Louis XVI called a meeting of the three groups--known as estates--made up of...

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#19 · curiosity Jan 14, 2025

US secrets: Project Paperclip

The US launched Project Paperclip in 1946, covertly recruiting over 1,500 German scientists to advance American military and space programs. Among them was Wernher von Braun, a key architect of the V-2 rocket who later became instrumental in NASA’s Apollo missions. While these scientists accelerated technological breakthroughs, their recruitment raised moral debates about overlooking wartime affiliations in the name of progress—questions that remain unresolved today.

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#20 · explainers Apr 23, 2026

'Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation of life.' - Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (1920 - 1958)

"Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation of life."

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#21 · curiosity Sep 15, 2026

A 1954 outbreak at a Boston boarding school allowed scientists to isolate the measles virus and formed the basis for the first measles vaccine.

While measles was described as early as the 9th century, humanity lacked the medical technology to fight the disease until the mid-20th century.

Vaccine development in the 1960s and 1970s that drew from the Boston outbreak data led to one of the most effective inoculation campaigns in history.
Swabs and blood samples were taken from students, and cultures from 11-year-old schoolboy David Edmonston ultimately led scientists to cultivate the virus and enabled the first vaccine against measles.
That first vaccine was approved for use in the United States in 1963.
The first internationally focused measles immunization campaign took place in Africa, beginning in 1966. The Gambia was the first country in the world to halt measles transmission the following year.
Subsequent versions of the vaccine were developed, including the combined measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine (MMRV), which is commonly used in the United States. The varicella component was added in 2005.
Standalone measles vaccines are now difficult to obtain in many locations because manufacturers have discontinued individual formulations in favor of combination vaccines to improve cost-effectiveness, convenience, and safety.

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#22 · curiosity Jun 1, 2026

Scientists have struggled to pin down Ebola's natural reservoir species for decades, but the available evidence suggests that it's very likely fruit and insect-eating bats found in Africa.

The Ebola virus doesn't seem to sicken the animals, so capturing an infected bat and performing necessary tests has remained challenging.

Though many scientists believe fruit bats are the reservoir species for the virus, Ebola viral RNA fragments were detected in a greater long-fingered bat captured in 2016 in Liberia. The species isn't a fruit bat—it roosts in caves and feeds on insects.
The scientist behind the discovery states that he thinks the virus likely has multiple host species and that the host may differ regionally.

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#23 · experiences Mar 2, 2026

A virtual tour of Jane Austen's England

This immersive slide show, assembled by the Morgan Library and Museum, takes you through scenes that inspired "Emma," "Northanger Abbey," and "Persuasion," as well as the estates where the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" was shot, along with a few other important locations from Austen's world.

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#24 · curiosity Oct 2, 2026

Jane Austen remains a literary force 250 years later

Both her books and adaptations of them for film continue to sell, with 2025 seeing the highest book sales since 2009. Critics claim her deep, witty exploration of relationships and social norms are the basis of her enduring relevance.

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#25 · curiosity Oct 30, 2024

What ghosts eat around the world

This Thrillist article compiles a rich assortment of cultural beliefs and practices surrounding food for the dead. From Bengali folklore to Ancient Greek mythology, peruse through the different ways in which cultures around the world use food to maintain connected to the deceased.

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#26 · curiosity Mar 10, 2026

In 1910, riots swept Champagne over unfairness in the winemaking industry

The French are well known for protesting, and their winegrowers are no exception. After years of disastrous harvests caused by bad weather, disease, and deceptive practices by large Champagne houses, smaller vintners fought back.

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#27 · curiosity Aug 5, 2025

There were dozens of attempts to assassinate Hitler—most famously Operation Valkyrie in July 1944

Across his reign, Hitler survived at least 40 plotted and actual assassination attempts, ranging from lone actors in beer halls to organized military conspiracies. The most notable, Operation Valkyrie on July 20, 1944, led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, planted a bomb at the Wolf’s Lair in an effort to kill Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime. Though the explosion injured several, Hitler escaped with minor wounds, prompting a brutal purge of conspirators.

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#28 · explainers Apr 3, 2026

A stock index is a group of companies clustered together, often providing a condensed snapshot of a market segment.

The top three indexes in the US are the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite.

The S&P 500 and DJIA are bellwether indexes, meaning they're created with the top companies across the economy and provide a snapshot of those companies’ performances.
Indexes themselves can’t be invested in, but index funds, which recreate the companies listed in an index, provide investors with a way to track the broader market.

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#29 · curiosity Feb 27, 2026

Toddler delivers tear-jerking speech at her mom and dad's wedding

Three-year-old Evie brought her father to tears while sharing loving words before her mother walked down the aisle.

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#30 · curiosity Feb 26, 2026

Fritz Zwicky predicted the existence of dark matter and neutron stars

The former resulted from analyzing the motion of galaxies in the Coma Cluster, a subset of the approximately 30,000 galaxies he cataloged during his life. When hypothesizing an origin for observed high-energy particles called cosmic rays, Zwicky and colleague Walter Baade thought they could come from exploding stars, or supernovae—a term he coined—which would leave behind a collapsed star made entirely of neutrons.

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#31 · experiences Jun 30, 2026

Listen to a podcast about the eerie side of national parks

Although the National Park System is a relatively recent invention, the lands it includes have been around since the dawn of time and, as a result, have accumulated some interesting folklore. This podcast walks you through some of the best legends about the parks.

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#32 · curiosity May 24, 2022

The New York Public Library reveals its 10 most checked-out books of all time

In the library’s 125-year existence, these were the 10 most popular books — and one book that isn’t on the list, but should be.

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#33 · curiosity Mar 10, 2026

'Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,' a work by American painter Thomas Moran, inspired Congress to establish Yellowstone National Park.

The 1872 painting offered viewers a more accurate sense of the park's majesty than black-and-white photographs could.

The painting was included in a packet of materials presented to Congress, which was enamored with Moran's image and subsequently designated Yellowstone as the first national park.
Today, it's on display at the US Department of the Interior Museum in Washington, DC.

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#34 · explainers Oct 5, 2026

Lethal injections sometimes use pentobarbital, a sedative drug prescribed at low doses to help treat seizures or insomnia.

Both federal and Tennessee's execution protocols involve a 5-gram dose of pentobarbital, whereas in medical settings, patients would typically receive a fraction of a gram.

Pentobarbital was added to federal execution protocols after an earlier three-drug formula from the 2000s, which contained propofol, led to hospital shortages of that widely used sedative.
Pentobarbital was used in 13 completed executions at the federal level between 2020 and 2021.

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#35 · curiosity Feb 20, 2026

The 2018 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for applications in laser physics, including the creation of light-based tweezers.

At 96, Arthur Ashkin became the oldest person to win a Nobel Prize in physics for demonstrating how lasers can hold and measure objects.

In 1987, Ashkin used optical tweezers to capture live bacteria without harming them by applying pressure with highly focused laser beams—a technique that has since been used to investigate microbiological environments.
The Nobel Prize was shared with Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland, who developed a method for generating high-intensity, short laser pulses: chirped pulse amplification.
Since its development, CPA has been used in corrective eye surgery, industrial manufacturing involving precision cutting, targeted proton beam therapies, and high-energy physics research.

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#36 · curiosity Jan 19, 2024

A Belgian Catholic priest was the first to come up with the idea for the Big Bang

In 1931, Georges Lemaître presented his radical idea that the universe came from a “primeval atom,” challenging the long-held belief that the universe had always existed. Einstein initially dismissed Lemaître’s work as having “abominable” physical insight, only to accept it later.

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#37 · experiences Sep 2, 2024

YouTube brought endless content—and endless culture wars

How did YouTube grow from a startup in 2005, to a media powerhouse with more than 2.5 billion monthly logged-in users who watch more than 1 billion hours of video every day? That’s what this podcast interview with Bloomberg tech reporter Mark Bergen on NPR’s Fresh Air explores.

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#38 · curiosity Dec 20, 2024

Warren Buffett plays about 12 hours of bridge a week with Bill Gates

Known for being one of the most frugal billionaires alive, Buffett never spends more than $3.17 on breakfast (opting for either McDonald’s or Oreos). He also has New York Times front pages detailing horrible days on Wall Street hanging on his walls.

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#39 · curiosity Mar 2, 2026

Tens of thousands of Austen superfans celebrated the writer's 250th anniversary

The Jane Austen 250th celebration sold 15,000 tickets to the writer's most dedicated fans, who dressed in period-specific dress. Austen scholar Devoney Looser says that many readers are attracted to Austen's novels because they're entertaining and funny yet sophisticated works of social criticism.

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#40 · explainers Aug 13, 2026

Twitch is a live-streaming platform popularized via the broadcast of esports events and users playing video games.

Twitch began in 2011 as the gaming section of the live-broadcast site Justin.tv, which was later shut down after its popularity was eclipsed by Twitch.

In 2014, Amazon acquired Twitch for $970M and subsequently allowed Amazon Prime members to subscribe to content creators on Twitch using their Amazon Prime subscriptions.
In addition to subscribing to their channels for a monthly fee, users can support Twitch streamers by donating using the platform's currency, bits.
Twitch streamers, which have expanded from video game players to include users cooking, providing political commentary, DJ-ing, and more, can earn revenue through the platform's ad revenue-sharing partner program and sponsorships.

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#41 · curiosity Jun 8, 2026

Georges Lemaître, a Belgian Catholic priest who proposed the Big Bang theory in 1931, became president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1960.

After Edwin Hubble's 1929 discovery that the universe was expanding, Lemaître proposed that the universe must have originated from a "primeval atom" that later expanded into the observable universe.

Although Lemaître perceived his model and the Judeo-Christian tradition as separate interpretations of the world, Pope Pius XII stated that the theory proved the existence of God.

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#42 · curiosity Apr 7, 2026

The discovery of neutron stars by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who was not awarded the corresponding Nobel Prize

During her doctoral program in radio astronomy at Cambridge University, Bell Burnell's first two observations of a neutron star were initially dismissed as interference by Antony Hewish, her advisor. He and Martin Ryle, head of the research group, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, the first awarded for astronomical research.

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#43 · experiences Jul 26, 2024

The National Parks System includes 63 parks and 400 smaller preserved sites

Want to see how close you are to one of the major preserves or lesser-known historic sites? Explore this interactive map from the National Park Service to plan your next adventure to protected, historic land.

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#44 · curiosity Mar 2, 2026

Jane Austen's books were published anonymously during her life

In 19th-century England, novel-writing was considered unseemly, especially for women. Considering that, Austen's father and brother dealt directly with Jane's publishers. The author's name, meanwhile, was not attached to her books: "Sense and Sensibility," her first published novel, was simply labeled as being "By a Lady."

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#45 · curiosity Mar 2, 2026

Jane Austen superfans are called Janeites

Austen has a modern fan community unrivaled by that of other novelists of her time, devoted in ways similar to more recent pop culture phenomena like "Star Trek" and "Harry Potter," with Janeites regularly donning period-specific costumes, writing fan fiction, and engaging in spirited debates about the work.

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#46 · explainers Sep 28, 2026

With rules established when scientists worked in small labs or in isolation, the Nobel Prizes have struggled to reflect the collaborative nature of modern research.

At most, each Nobel Prize can be shared by three people, but discoveries increasingly involve the gradual work of large teams that work together and build on one another.

In 2013, the Nobel Prize in physics went to two theorists, even though over 5,000 scientists were listed as authors on papers confirming the existence of the Higgs boson.
The 2017 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists for the detection of gravitational waves, but the papers detailing the discovery had nearly 1,000 authors.

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#47 · curiosity Sep 28, 2026

As of 2025, only five people have won two Nobel Prizes, with Marie Curie the only person to do so in two different sciences.

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, first for her work on radioactivity alongside her husband and then for her discovery of radium and polonium.

Linus Pauling is the only other person to win two prizes in different fields—in chemistry for research into chemical bonds and peace for advocating against nuclear arms.
Fred Sanger won the Nobel Prize in chemistry twice, first for determining the structure of proteins, including insulin, and then, alongside Walter Gilbert, for developing a method to sequence DNA.
John Bardeen shared two Nobel Prizes in physics for the invention of transistors—electronic switches that can amplify electrical signals—and for developing the theory of superconductivity.
Karl Barry Sharpless was also awarded two shared Nobel Prizes in chemistry for developing processes to synthesize molecules with a particular handedness and to reliably snap them together into larger compounds.

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#48 · curiosity Feb 20, 2026

Known for his theories of relativity, Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize in physics was for his discovery of the photoelectric effect, which makes digital cameras possible.

The photoelectric effect generates electrical signals when electrons are knocked out of metals by light, with different elements requiring different colors of light to dislodge them.

Digital cameras use sensors, such as complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor or charge-coupled device sensors, to capture the intensity of red, green, and blue light at different pixels.
Software reconstructs missing colors for each pixel, such as the green and blue for a pixel that captured the intensity of red light, to reconstruct an entire image.
The photoelectric effect resolved a long-standing problem in physics—whether light was a wave or a particle—by showing it could have properties and behaviors of both.
According to Einstein, whether a particle of light—a photon—possessed enough energy when striking an electron to knock it off a surface depended on the frequency of the light wave.

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#49 · experiences Jul 26, 2024

Watch city kids encounter the national parks

Part of Ken Burns’ "The National Parks: America’s Best Idea" film series, this video follows students from Las Vegas and Miami as they visit national parks. In Death Valley, the students get hands-on lessons in geology, while in Biscayne, they canoe through secluded groves and past coral reefs.

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#50 · curiosity Mar 10, 2026

'Harry Potter' dominance led The New York Times to create a new bestseller list

In 2000, The New York Times introduced a separate bestseller list for children's books after Harry Potter titles occupied top spots on the main list for more than a year.

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#51 · curiosity Oct 6, 2026

'Harry Potter' became the first kids' book to top the New York Times list since 1952

After its 1998 US release, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" reached No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list—the first children's book to do so since "Charlotte's Web." By September 1999, the first three books held the top three spots on the list.

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#52 · explainers Sep 28, 2026

Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier received the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for showing how the CRISPR-Cas9 system enables precise gene editing in living cells.

The RNA-guided system began as an adaptive bacterial immune system, in which bacteria store pieces of viral DNA and use them to identify and destroy future genetic trespassers.

The major breakthrough from Doudna, Charpentier, and their colleagues came from recognizing that this system could be programmed to cut target DNA using a single strand of guide RNA.
Beyond Cas9, other proteins, such as Cas12 and Cas13, each with their own cutting characteristics, can serve as components in future molecular detection systems.

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#53 · curiosity Jun 2, 2026

Ebola species have historically been named after where they were discovered, stigmatizing residents who live there, including Bundibugyo, in Uganda.

This occurred with Ebola Zaire (now the DRC), Sudan, and Bundibugyo, a region in western Uganda composed largely of cocoa farmers.

Uganda's link to the Bundibugyo virus is that the species was discovered there almost 20 years ago, in a November 2007 outbreak.

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#54 · curiosity May 29, 2026

Marburg virus, related to Ebola, is also extremely deadly, and has no available vaccine.

Discovered nine years before Ebola, Marburg is part of the same filovirus family.

While this virus is less contagious, it can still be deadly. Currently, no vaccines exist to combat this disease.

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#55 · news-in-context Mar 10, 2026

National parks, explained

Roughly 83 million acres of the United States are set aside as federal National Parks land, an area large as Germany. From the original Yellowstone Park to small monuments and memorials, learn the essentials on this portion of America dedicated to public enjoyment and recreation with our quick explainer video.

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#56 · curiosity Oct 6, 2026

The Wall Street Journal compiled the best parts of Warren Buffett's annual letters

Over the years, Buffett has quoted Yogi Berra and Mae West, as well as country songs and the Bible. Many turn to his letters as a source of inspiration and wisdom.

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#57 · curiosity Dec 20, 2024

Warren Buffett has said not investing in Google or Amazon early enough was a mistake on his part

After avoiding investing in tech stocks during the dot-com boom, Buffett's stance on investing in tech was widely criticized. Buffett later shared his thoughts on why he regrets not investing early enough.

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#58 · explainers Oct 1, 2026

The S&P 500, managed by the same company, is another major stock index

Also run by S&P Dow Jones Indices, the S&P 500 tracks 500 large US firms using market-value weighting. Many analysts view it as a more accurate gauge of the American economy.

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#59 · curiosity May 12, 2026

Ernest Rutherford's gold foil and nitrogen experiments revealed nuclear structure

Observing high-angle deflections when alpha particles were fired at gold foil led to an atomic model with a dense, positively charged nucleus. Firing those particles at nitrogen resulted in the emission of hydrogen nuclei—protons—leading to the discovery of the subatomic particle.

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#60 · curiosity Apr 20, 2026

How scientists earned themselves a Nobel Prize by discovering what destroyed ozone

In 1974, chemists Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland showed that chlorofluorocarbons—then used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, and industrial solvents—rise into the stratosphere and, upon being struck by ultraviolet radiation, release chlorine atoms, which break apart ozone molecules. Their work earned them the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1995.

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