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Nobel Peace Prize
- 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.51 · The Nobel Peace Prize has been criticized for sometimes honoring individuals who embody certain ideals, rather than those with recognizable achievements.
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.54 · Hundreds of individuals are nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize each year, and nominees have included controversial figures like Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Nominations for each Nobel Prize in science are submitted by an invitation-only group of thousands of people, which includes leading academics and former Nobel laureates.
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Former Chicago Bears coach and Hall of Fame tight end Mike Ditka dies at age 86.
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.31 · Explaining the 1985 Chicago Bears defense, the greatest ever
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Panama is struck by two powerful earthquakes.
- 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.70 · View the 10 largest earthquakes ever recorded as of 2025, led by a 1960 magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile, which left about 2 million people homeless.
- 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.26 · If, not when: An earthquake is destined to destroy the Pacific Northwest.
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.50 · Earthquakes of identical magnitudes are unlikely to cause equal damage because magnitude only measures energy released, and earthquake severity depends on environmental factors, such as local architecture and geological conditions.
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Trump administration strikes deal to obtain diesel from Russia.
- 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.11 · Breaking down Europe's reliance on Russian energy (preinvasion)
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President Donald Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed's Lisa Cook.
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.14 · The Federal Open Market Committee is a 12-member voting body that sits within the Fed
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.48 · See all 16 former Fed Chairs ranked by stock market performance—from the Fed's first leader, Charles Hamlin, to Jerome Powell.
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.25 · The central bank was designed to operate free of short-term political influence to prevent the Fed from making disastrous policy decisions
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.68 · See a ranking of the best (and worst) Federal Reserve Chairs since 1914 out of the 16 men and women who have held the office since.
- 0.42 · longform · keep 0.68 · The idea for the Federal Reserve was conceived in secret in 1910—with bankers donning duck hunt gear for disguise while traveling to a remote country club on Georgia's Jekyll Island
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.66 · No institution wields more power in US finance than the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the US—but opinion polls indicate that most Americans don't know what it does.
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Separately, the Trump administration selected conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to replace Karoline Leav
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Pentagon will livestream first military firing squad execution since World War II.
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Iran-backed Houthis strike Riyadh airport, killing three Saudis.
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Thieves steal 30,000 bottles in Italy's largest-ever wine heist.
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.06 · In 2025, thieves stole roughly $100M of jewels from the Louvre
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.49 · In 2013, a lone bandit stole $136M in jewels from a luxury hotel in just 30 seconds
- 0.49 · longform · keep 0.14 · The largest jewelry heist in US history resulted in $100M of jewelry stolen
- 0.47 · longform · keep 0.61 · Some robbers have been able to steal works of art with surprising ease
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.60 · Art theft is the third-largest source of criminal revenues worldwide.
- 0.46 · longform · keep 0.65 · Learn about eight art heists that have gone terribly wrong
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · See the 17 most expensive wines ever sold, including a 6-liter bottle of wine that sold for $1M.
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.44 · Tombaroli steal precious items from ancient people's tombs in central Italy
- 0.43 · longform · keep 0.12 · Breaking down the details on how the art heist at the Louvre unfolded
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · Seventeen strange historical heists
- 0.43 · longform · keep 0.24 · Two men dressed as cops stole artwork from a Boston museum valued at over $500M at the time
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.41 · In 1910, riots swept Champagne over unfairness in the winemaking industry
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Separately, French authorities recovered two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum last month and arrested six
- 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.06 · In 2025, thieves stole roughly $100M of jewels from the Louvre
- 0.53 · longform · keep 0.24 · Two men dressed as cops stole artwork from a Boston museum valued at over $500M at the time
- 0.52 · longform · keep 0.61 · Some robbers have been able to steal works of art with surprising ease
- 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.58 · Picasso was on trial for the theft of the 'Mona Lisa'
- 0.51 · longform · keep 0.65 · Learn about eight art heists that have gone terribly wrong
- 0.50 · longform · keep 0.12 · Breaking down the details on how the art heist at the Louvre unfolded
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · In 1911, a solo thief stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, propelling the painting to a new level of celebrity.
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.60 · Art theft is the third-largest source of criminal revenues worldwide.
- 0.47 · longform · keep 0.61 · Meet the Dutch art detective who's recovered a Van Gogh, Dali, and Picasso
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.76 · Stolen art is often ransomed rather than resold because it is too risky for collectors to purchase.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.49 · In 2013, a lone bandit stole $136M in jewels from a luxury hotel in just 30 seconds
- 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.25 · Breaking down the numbers on art theft trends
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Man frees a baby swan caught in a fishing line while keeping its protective parents calm.
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · Across the animal kingdom, parenting can include adults carrying their young, providing their bodies for sustenance, searching for food and shelter for their children, and separating siblings who may eat one another.
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.66 · River dolphins manhandle an unlucky anaconda
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Teenager gives his Nike slides to an older man crossing the street with a walker in shoes that are falling apa
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Malibu homeowner finds inspiration to rebuild after discovering her late husband's basketball hoop survived th
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · Meet a 90-year-old who built his own hobbit-inspired house
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Chicago White Sox received letter from Chicago-born Pope Leo before a playoff win last month.
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Triplets and twins who received care in the same NICU become best friends and raise more than $2K for the hosp
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.40 · Couple welcomes rare quadruplet daughters who are actually a set of twins
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The 2020s' most influential movies to date.
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.58 · The 25 most important stunt scenes of the 21st Century
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.28 · The 2022 best picture winner, 'CODA,' was an Apple+ original
- 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.52 · Visualizing Hollywood's flops and winners in 2023
- 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.72 · A deep dive into A24's top ten films
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.42 · A round up of the best Oscar-snubbed films of 2026
- 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.71 · Keep track of how many of the '100 best films' you've seen
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.67 · The 100 most significant sports moments between 2000 and 2025
- 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.68 · The 100 greatest cinemas in the world
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · The 31 best science fiction films ever
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.70 · Visualizing the highest-grossing movie franchises from 1979 to 2019
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.67 · Ray Bradbury said Steven Spielberg was 'one of the most incredible young talents that's ever come into the world.'
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.67 · The best Steven Spielberg movies
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Why do octopuses have blue blood? (w/video)
- 0.62 · curiosity · keep 0.88 · Blood can be blue, green, magenta, or transparent due to differences in the oxygen-carrying molecules they contain.
- 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Named after the Ancient Greek term for 'eight-footed,' octopuses have eight, suction-filled arms, not tentacles—the latter only feature suckers at their tips.
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · Blood color differs across the animal kingdom, with some animals producing blood that appears green (a group of lizards in New Guinea) or blue (horseshoe crabs).
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.90 · Watch this octopus win every single Escape Room challenge
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.84 · Octopuses have taste receptors along their tentacles
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.86 · Massive blooms of microscopic plankton called dinoflagellates produce the neon blue light seen in glowing tides.
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · Divers capture a blanket octopus unveiling her billowing membrane
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Biofluorescent animals—those that absorb light, such as ultraviolet rays, and re-emit other types of light, such as neon green—include some flying squirrels, scorpions, sea turtles, and platypuses.
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.86 · US labs drain an estimated 500,000 horseshoe crabs of blood each year to harvest a compound that screens vaccines and medical devices for bacterial toxins.
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.87 · Why 75% of ocean animals glow
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.55 · How can octopuses and MDMA help scientists understand the human brain?
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · The economics of horseshoe crab blood
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Can you match the college football team to its stadium song?
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.75 · See some of college football's most iconic gameday traditions.
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · Every city has a song: Music writers identify one tune that represents their hometown, from Chicago to Buenos Aires
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · College football bowl games boast some of sports' most absurd names
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · ‘Hang On Sloopy,’ Ohio’s unofficial anthem
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.36 · Selling beer during college football games was once taboo, but it's now commonplace for the country's biggest teams.
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · College football bowl games boast some of sports' most absurd names and sponsors.
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Edible pregnancy test could let blind women detect pregnancy.
- 0.73 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · An innovative lollipop pregnancy test may eventually help blind women detect their pregnancies—it would produce bumps on the candy when exposed to the pregnancy hormone hCG in saliva.
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · Read the 1963 study testing out an ancient Egyptian pregnancy urine test.
- 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · The Ancient Egyptians developed the first pregnancy test—and scientists tested it in the 1960s and discovered it was accurate about 70% of the time.
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · A super-sniffer smelled her husband's Parkinson's disease years ahead of symptoms.
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.13 · Trials ongoing for a 99% accurate, AI-powered blood test
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.60 · Modern pregnancy tests detect a specific hormone in a woman's urine or blood.
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.43 · Using brain implants to restore vision
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · The pregnancy test industry is worth roughly $769M
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.31 · Scientists create contact lenses that give you infrared vision
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Exposing fetuses to certain flavors in the womb could lead to children being less picky eaters
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.67 · Humans can track smells on the ground quite well—our ability to crawl is a limiting factor
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.67 · Blindfolded people could identify objects by touch alone a week after encountering them
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Why people are cold-calling restaurants to find dates.
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Is it better to rent or buy a home? (w/video)
- 0.63 · explainers · keep 0.61 · A 'rent vs. buy' financial calculator
- 0.62 · explainers · keep 0.32 · The pros and cons of long-term renting
- 0.56 · news-in-context · keep 0.43 · Renting versus owning a home, charted by age
- 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.26 · About 88% of all homebuyers feel their home is a good investment.
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.43 · Roughly 37% of first-time US home buyers have student debt
- 0.49 · news-in-context · keep 0.35 · The average wealth gap between homeowners and renters was more than $1.3M in 2022.
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.32 · The average monthly mortgage payment in the US costs 38% more than monthly rent
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.30 · Owning a home can help build wealth via tax benefits and more
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.21 · How interest rates affect homebuying
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.21 · Historically, borrowing money from other people to purchase property was common until private financing companies—primarily building and loan associations—stepped in to offer mortgages to buyers.
- 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.20 · US housing costs have risen by roughly 175% between 1991 and 2026—but a growing number of Gen Zers are becoming homeowners anyway. In 2025, 4% of homebuyers were Gen Z, up from 3% the year before.
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.20 · How the credit scoring system could change
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Bilbao, Spain, tops list of best-value destinations.
- 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.66 · 51 must-see attractions in Barcelona
- 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.74 · The world’s most beautiful cinemas
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This AI-generated Rumpelstiltskin meme is freaking people out. (w/video)
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.52 · While robots tend to become more appealing the more humanlike they appear, beyond a certain point, humans have exhibited uneasiness and fear—a phenomenon known as the uncanny valley.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Understanding 'YouTube Face,' the platform's pervasive thumbnail style
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.41 · AI is not good at understanding satire
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.72 · AI-generated avatars allow users to create deepfakes in real time
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Warren Buffett has worried that AI might end up being as consequential as the development of the nuclear bomb
- 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.77 · Test your ability to identify AI-generated images
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.48 · The rise of generative AI could exacerbate anxiety because people may turn to chatbots for constant reassurance.
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · Teaching a robot to laugh
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.25 · Why this artist staged a satirical romance with Mark Zuckerberg
- 0.40 · longform · keep 0.59 · Memes can turn regular people into unwitting celebrities
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In-flight Zoom calls are causing tension in the skies.
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When is it OK to nudge your friends on Venmo? (w/audio)
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.14 · A guide to gig-worker taxes and the new Venmo rule
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Six scientifically backed ways to recover from a bad day.
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Easy resets for stress reduction
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.52 · Just a 10-minute mental health break can yield benefits
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.56 · There is a template for how to live a better, healthier day, and it includes a digital sunset
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.49 · 'The Father of Positive Psychology' gives tips on building resilience
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.67 · Four psychological tools for a happier, calmer life
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.74 · One hundred ways to improve your life without really trying
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.45 · The positives of feeling stressed
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Americans pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago.
- 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.64 · Explore an interactive map of global water gaps, caused by human consumption surpassing the rate at which water reserves are replenished by the hydrologic cycle.
- 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.32 · Americans spent an estimated $14.8B for the Fourth of July 2025.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · Americans only became intolerant of body odor in the last century.
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.55 · Enter your ZIP code to see its median income, median home value, and how affordable a typical home is there.
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.27 · Housing prices have skyrocketed over the last 50 years
- 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.58 · See a chart that shows how the average American spends their annual earnings, with almost half of all American consumer spending going toward transportation and housing.
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Understanding how the commodification of water has contributed to global water scarcity
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.60 · Most Americans are bothered that some wealthy people don't pay their 'fair share' of taxes.
- 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.50 · Disney World tickets cost 56% more now than in 2014
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · Bottled water started as a 19th-century wellness trend
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.23 · College tuition has climbed 600% in 40 years
- 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · Wedding cost increases have outpaced inflation
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You've never seen insects in this much color.
- 0.44 · experiences · keep 0.48 · Visual deep dive into the collapse of insects
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.88 · What is the rarest color in nature?
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · At any given time, there are an estimated 10 quintillion individual insects alive on Earth.
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The bestselling book the year you were born.
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.23 · The New York Public Library reveals its 10 most checked-out books of all time
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United States Naval Academy opens (1845); American actress Helen Hayes born (1900); Filmmaker Orson Welles die
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.28 · 'I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.'
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