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#1 · news-in-context Mar 18, 2022

Breaking down Europe's reliance on Russian energy (preinvasion)

One side effect of the Russian-Ukraine conflict is how it underscored European dependence on Russian natural gas and oil. This article, published days before the Russian attacks, outlines and illustrated how much gas and oil flows from Russia to Europe and the potential for either side to use sanctions to get what they want.

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#2 · explainers Feb 28, 2023

The people behind the indie film studio A24

The movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once" has dominated at the box office and in awards shows, the latest in indie film studio A24's string of cult favorites. This absorbing piece reports on what makes A24's executives distinct from other...

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#3 · longform Oct 13, 2026

Watch the trailer for Nathan Fielder's documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, 'You Can See Everything.'

The documentary follows Holmes over the 34 days leading up to her entering federal prison in 2023.

Fielder moved in with Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, during the documentary's recording.
The project was kept secret for years, until it debuted at the Telluride Film Festival in 2026.
The documentary debuted with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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#4 · explainers Aug 18, 2026

The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams in 2024.

From 2014-2023, the College Football Playoff included four teams competing for the national title.

The tournament added first-round games on campus and attempted to give more programs a shot at the national title
Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in the championship to become the first-ever 12-team playoff champions.

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#5 · curiosity Aug 18, 2026

College football bowl games boast some of sports' most absurd names and sponsors.

College football bowl games, played after the regular season, have been taking place since 1902.

In 2025, there were 36 traditional bowl games, with 11 additional games played as part of the College Football Playoff.
Bowl games are known for the eccentric names and sponsors, including the Pop-Tarts Bowl and the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop.

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#6 · curiosity Sep 10, 2026

Selling beer during college football games was once taboo, but it's now commonplace for the country's biggest teams.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was the first college to sell beer at games, a practice it began in 1971.

Nearly 40 college programs sold beer at their stadiums in 2016.
The Southeastern Conference, one of college football's premier conferences, began allowing its member schools to sell beer and wine at games in 2019, nearly doubling the number of programs selling alcohol.
By 2023, 117 of the 133 NCAA Football Subdivision (FBS) programs sold beer at their stadiums.
Most stadiums have restrictions on their alcohol sales, with no more than two beers able to be purchased at once, and sales usually conclude at the end of the third quarter.

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#7 · experiences Oct 16, 2026

Explore small gestures and moments that made strangers happy with this interactive bird-catching site.

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#8 · curiosity May 31, 2022

Stunning shots of a singing red-winged blackbird

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda visits Huntley Meadows Park to photograph red-wing blackbirds singing. In 2019, she captured them emitting smoke-like rings from their beaks due to visible condensation in the cold. This serendipitous shot won the top prize at the Audubon Photography Awards that year, highlighting the unique phenomenon of birds' breath visible in chilly temperatures. Check out the photos here.

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#9 · curiosity Jul 26, 2023

The history of the iconic Barbie doll

The 1959 debut of the Barbie doll changed the culture of toys permanently, and its many iterations have come to reflect, in a certain way, the aspirations of women around the world. But Barbie's unrealistic looks and plastic substance have prompted...

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#10 · news-in-context Feb 19, 2026

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022

Russia launched a massive multifront assault from Belarus, Russia, and Crimea, aiming to seize Kyiv within days. Instead, Ukrainian forces repelled the advance, halting Moscow's plans for a rapid takeover.

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#11 · explainers Feb 19, 2026

Ukraine's pro-Russian President halted an EU deal in 2013, leading to a mass protest movement

In late 2013, President Viktor Yanukovych suspended preparations for a long-negotiated EU association agreement under Russian pressure, signaling a return to Moscow's influence and sparking mass Euromaidan protests across Ukraine.

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#12 · longform Sep 30, 2026

Elizabeth Holmes is among the many tech founders who famously dropped out of college, leading to a podcast series called 'The Dropout,' exploring her formation.

Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start Theranos, the blood testing startup that later proved fraudulent.

The award-winning podcast series went on to inspire the Hulu docuseries of the same name, starring actress Amanda Seyfried.
Early episodes of the investigative podcast series dive into Elizabeth Holmes' younger years before heading to Stanford.

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#13 · explainers Aug 27, 2025

The College Football Playoff included four teams each year from its inception in 2014 to 2023

Replacing the BCS, the four-team College Football Playoff matched semifinal winners for the national title—delivering dramatic upsets, dynastic runs, and some of the sport’s most memorable games over its first decade.

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#14 · curiosity May 7, 2025

The NOAA has a specialized team of researchers that fly directly into hurricanes

The reconnaissance missions gather data for computer models to forecast hurricanes and improve disaster preparedness. Each flight can last eight to ten hours and uses a specialized Air Force fleet.

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#15 · curiosity Apr 1, 2026

Through coral IVF, researchers have collected coral eggs and sperm from healthy reefs, grown baby corals in lab pools, and then released them to help repopulate damaged or lost reefs.

Other restoration methods include Coralclip®, a device that helps attach these corals to existing structures, promoting growth without the use of chemical bonding agents.

Corals near extinction can also be frozen using liquid nitrogen for future restoration efforts.

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#16 · experiences Jun 26, 2026

Peek into the love lives of thousands of strangers whom Stanford University researchers have been tracking since 2017 on this interactive page.

Each person answered questions about their relationship status, how they met their partner, and how their relationship is going. They have been interviewed in waves in 2017, 2020, and 2022, providing fascinating insights into how major events like a global pandemic can impact relationships.

Compare and contrast different relationships and their reported satisfaction levels, with details available on factors such as wealth, gender, age, and more.

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#17 · curiosity Feb 21, 2026

Danish cookies became a treasured Lunar New Year gift, thanks to their unique tin container

Hong Kong experienced an economic boom in the 1970s, which led to snacking, including on Western foods, becoming a cultural norm. Kjeldsens butter cookies became a popular treat, and their packaging, a distinct tin container, presented them as more refined than a simple snack. Instead, they were considered a worthwhile present for Lunar New Year.

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#18 · curiosity Oct 5, 2023

One artist's horrifyingly ornate jack-o-lanterns

Ray Villofane is a world-renowned artist known for his realistic and scary pumpkin carvings which take the art to the next level. Spook yourself with a dip into just a few of his pieces, ranging from the silly to the truly terrifying.

Villofane's...

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#19 · news-in-context Jan 2, 2026

Oil prices spiked when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022

The price of a barrel of Brent crude experienced volatility in the early 2020s. This chart shows price spikes at the beginning of the pandemic and again when Russia invaded Ukraine.

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#20 · explainers Sep 10, 2025

Lessons from the 1973 energy crisis still echo in today’s geopolitical battles over oil

The video from the Economist highlights how energy supply disruptions can be weaponized—just as in 1973, today’s gas cutoffs (Russia throttling supplies to Europe after their invasion of Ukraine) reveal the ongoing importance of strategic energy resilience.

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#21 · longform Sep 8, 2026

Read a primer on Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of biotech startup Theranos who was sentenced to prison for defrauding investors.

Elizabeth Holmes is arguably one of the best-known scammers in business history.

The Stanford dropout and founder of blood-testing startup Theranos was once hailed as a prodigy of sorts, celebrated by magazines like Forbes and Fortune, as well as the startup community at large, for becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire.
However, a 2015 Wall Street Journal Investigation revealed that Theranos's core technology didn't work as claimed.
Theranos founder and CEO Holmes and her business and romantic partner, Sunny Balwani, were sentenced to federal prison for criminal fraud charges in 2022.

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#22 · explainers Apr 3, 2025

The messy story of humanity's genealogical past

For decades, scientists viewed the human fossil record and concluded Neanderthals, an early hominin, came before homo sapiens, or modern humans. The story became more complicated as technology advanced and ancient DNA samples were analyzed. This video breaks down the evidence, concluding the development of humanity was a lot messier than previously believed.

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#23 · curiosity Apr 23, 2026

Elon Musk's $100M investment in SpaceX was lost to three failed rocket launches

The attempts with Falcon 1 endangered the company's future but provided valuable information from which to iterate and follow up with the successful first privately funded orbital launch in history and multiple ISS resupply missions.

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#24 · curiosity Apr 23, 2026

Overcoming industry skeptics, SpaceX provides low-cost, high-publicity spaceflights

From recovering and reusing rocket components to launching a mannequin and Tesla into orbit to the tune of David Bowie's "Starman," Elon Musk drove public interest and government contracts to his company as he transformed space launches into spectacles.

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#25 · experiences Jun 30, 2026

Watch a time-lapse of the 120-day journey of a pumpkin seed growing into an adult fruit.

Pumpkins are atypically enormous winter squashes, meaning they are harvested in the fall and then remain edible throughout winter.

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#26 · curiosity Oct 5, 2023

The agricultural history of the pumpkin

Pumpkin pie holds a special place in Thanksgiving traditions, but its journey from everyday produce to a seasonal treat spans over 10,000 years. Trace the history of this oversized fruit with this fascinating dive.

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#27 · curiosity Feb 27, 2026

Campaigning for the Westminster dog show can cost up to $6K

Before dogs make it to the high-profile Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, owners invest money in registering their dog in numerous shows, paying for professional photoshoots, and grooming services. While winning dog shows often doesn't come with cash prizes, it does usually result in more interest in the dog's breeding stock.

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#28 · news-in-context Oct 6, 2026

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has destabilized safety and oversight at Chernobyl

Russian forces cut power and disabled monitoring of the decommissioned nuclear power plant in 2022, endangering operators at Chernobyl. In February 2025, a Russian drone struck the confinement structure—part of broader efforts to pressure Ukraine's energy infrastructure—punching a hole in the containment shell.

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#29 · explainers Feb 19, 2026

The Minsk peace accords failed to end fighting in eastern Ukraine in the mid-2010s

The Minsk Agreements of 2014 and 2015 sought to halt the war in eastern Ukraine through ceasefires and political reforms, but repeated violations left the accords unenforced and the conflict unresolved.

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#30 · longform Sep 30, 2026

Elizabeth Holmes has publicly spoken about the 'hell and torture' of prison since she began serving time.

Following a nearly four-month trial in 2022, the Theranos founder was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to roughly 11 years in prison.

However, Holmes maintains that she is innocent and wants to continue working on her blood-testing technology upon being released from prison.
The former CEO no longer speaks in the low baritone voice she adopted while running Theranos.
Holmes gave birth to her second child with partner Billy Evans three months before she reported to federal prison.

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#31 · explainers Jul 7, 2026

Millions of Americans will be invested in SpaceX because of the fast-tracked process to list SpaceX on the NASDAQ 100, and, subsequently, the index funds that track it.

Getting a company listed on major stock indexes usually generates billions of dollars in capital, thanks to the large number of Americans who invest in the funds that track those indices.

Traditionally, being added to a stock index is a lengthy process that requires at least a full year’s worth of liquidity and price ratio benchmarks.
Leading up to SpaceX’s IPO, the Nasdaq changed the requirements to qualify for the Nasdaq 100, an index of the largest tech companies in the US.
Index funds are marketed as low-risk investments, but the addition of SpaceX has raised concerns for some who believe many American investments will be at risk if SpaceX turns out to be overvalued.

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#32 · curiosity Oct 6, 2026

Chaos gardening involves scattering seeds without any planning

The trend is intended to produce colorful, dense gardens by mixing various seeds. While encouraging experimentation and lower stakes, the success of these gardens depends on choosing plants with similar needs and incorporating native, nectar-rich flowers.

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#33 · curiosity Aug 28, 2026

The concept of the American front lawn was popularized by a 19th-century book that argued its maintenance was a neighborly obligation.

Lawns were a European import, but they were not part of American life until the invention and widespread manufacture of lawn mowers in the 19th century.

Frank J Scott's 1870 book "The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds" articulated many of the ideas about front lawns that were common by the 20th century.
Scott believed lawns were a "home's velvet robe" that should not be decorated or overused.
He believed that a neighborhood's lawns were part of a larger whole and, considering that, each neighbor had a responsibility to maintain their own plot.

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#34 · experiences Oct 15, 2026

Spend a minute self-reflecting with this crowd-sourced interactive that pairs birds with moments of joy.

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#35 · curiosity May 8, 2025

How birds are becoming research assistants

Through the creation of tiny sensors easily placed on their bodies, birds have served as research assistants for various scientists. With untold numbers of birds sending back data, researchers have achieved greater insights in long obscure areas of meteorology, ecology, and more. For example, weather scientists use high-flying birds to outline the height of the planetary boundary layer, while conservationists track gulls to protect migrating whales. Learn more here.

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#36 · curiosity Oct 6, 2026

Richard Hamilton's iconic pop art collage inspired the set of 'Barbie' (2023)

Ken's Mojo Dojo Casa House in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" was inspired by Hamilton's jumbled vision of a home in "Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?" Set designers cited the work as inspiring the mishmash of Americana imagery in the man cave.

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#37 · news-in-context Feb 19, 2026

Protests in Ukraine from 2013 to 2014 set the stage for the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Beginning in November 2013, the Euromaidan movement saw hundreds of thousands of protesters gather in Kyiv's Independence Square after the government rejected an EU deal.

Months of demonstrations and violent crackdowns culminated in President Yanukovych fleeing to Russia.
This Netflix documentary goes behind the scenes of the protests and gives a helpful overview of the entire conflict.

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#38 · explainers Aug 20, 2026

Ceasefires rarely produce a total cessation of violence.

An analysis by The Economist tracked over twelve thousand violent events surrounding nine major ceasefires in the Middle East.

The analysis found that while fatal incidents dropped by an average of 81% in the month after a truce, not a single one produced a total cessation of violence.
Agreeing to a ceasefire with the intention of eventually resuming the war could be a strategic decision for one or both sides.
Armies can use ceasefires to recalibrate and rearm, while allowing both sides to engage in small-scale violence to test their adversary's willingness to fight and to create additional leverage in negotiations.

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#39 · longform Sep 30, 2026

Listen to a comparison between former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' real voice and her fake, deep one.

Elizabeth Holmes may have begun lowering her voice to sound more authoritative when she became a rare female CEO in the male-dominated field of biotech.

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#40 · explainers Aug 18, 2026

Frustrations with the Bowl Championship Series led to the creation of the College Football Playoff.

The BCS was created in 1998 to match up top teams after the regular season in bowl games, including a national championship game between the top-ranked teams.

The BCS rankings were calculated using a combination of polls and computer metrics.
Controversial rankings, disputed championship matchups, and calls for a fairer path to the title pushed college football to replace the BCS with a four-team playoff in 2014.

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#41 · curiosity Jan 19, 2024

Revisiting the ornamental hermit craze of the 1700s

One of the more elaborate gardening trends of the 18th century was the placement of a well-designed hermitage within the landscape, a throwback to the more religious antiquity and the Middle Ages. The trend went so far for some that they hired real live hermits, preferably older, bearded, and willing to stay quiet and out of the way. Read about the wild trend here.

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#42 · curiosity Aug 18, 2026

College football bowl games boast some of sports' most absurd names

From the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to the Pop-Tarts Bowl, college football's postseason is filled with quirky, sponsor-driven names.

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#43 · experiences Dec 19, 2025

Watch live cams of wild birds feeding

If you're curious to see what albatross, red-tailed hawks, and hummingbirds are up to this very minute, explore different live cams of them feeding. Occasionally, you'll catch a squirrel joining in on the meal.

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#44 · curiosity Dec 7, 2023

Photobombing bird nabs best wedding photo of the year

Just as groom-to-be started in on his vows in the beautiful setting of wild Whistler, Canada, a curious bird alighted upon his dear love's head, and photographer Tara Lilly captured what would become the year's best wedding photograph. See the shot and read the story here.

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#45 · curiosity Dec 13, 2024

Meet the bowerbird, the bird world's greatest architect

There are roughly 20 species of bowerbird in and around Australia. It is a remarkable species known for its sophisticated nests. From what experts can tell, the bird has one thing in mind when building its elaborate abode: attracting a mate. See the variety of structures each bird makes in this well-written blog accompanied with incredible photos of bowerbird constructions.

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#46 · news-in-context Feb 19, 2026

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is the largest ground war in Europe since World War II in terms of casualties, forces mobilized, and displacement of civilians.

Russia is estimated to have suffered nearly 1.2 million battlefield casualties between February 2022 and December 2025.

As of January 2026, the war had displaced roughly 10 million Ukrainians (about 3.7 million internally and 5.9 million abroad).
This interactive map shows conflict events across Ukraine throughout the war, categorized by attack type.

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#47 · explainers Feb 19, 2026

Russian forces seized Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014

Days after Ukraine's 2014 revolution, unmarked Russian troops occupied key sites in Crimea, a Black Sea peninsula with a predominantly Russian-speaking population that had been part of Ukraine since 1954.

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#48 · longform Jul 20, 2026

See the trailer for the 2017 HBO movie 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' starring Oprah Winfrey, who plays the daughter of the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge or permission, and now underpin numerous scientific discoveries.

The 2010 book 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' sparked global bioethics discussions and reforms, a foundation for the Lacks family, a series of lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies that utilize HeLa cells, and eventually the HBO movie starring Oprah Winfrey.

The film was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.

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#49 · explainers May 7, 2026

A hoops expert on the likely March Madness expansion

Rumors about March Madness expanding to a field of 76 teams have led to consternation among some college basketball fans, who believe overcrowding the tournament will dilute what makes it great. HoopsHQ's Seth Davis argues it's a good idea, comparing the change to college football's recent (and highly successful) playoff system.

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#50 · curiosity Apr 26, 2024

Sports media have also embraced sports betting

For decades, ESPN kept its distance between reporting on games and talking about gambling lines. Sports teams refused to have franchises in Las Vegas, fearing it would harm the sport. But since 2018, that has changed. ESPN’s personalities regularly pick games, and the company has also launched its own betting app.

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#51 · curiosity Apr 1, 2026

Inside Australia's National Sea Simulator, scientists are cross-breeding coral species and using CRISPR to genetically engineer heat-resistant corals to withstand warming reefs worldwide.

Early trials have developed hybrid groups with survival rates up to 34 percentage points higher than nonhybrids.

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#52 · experiences Jan 19, 2024

A network of live bird song trackers

Do you know where the birds are singing? In a kind of magical way, now you can see where the latest literal tweets are happening with this innovative network of birdsong trackers dispersed around the world. The network automatically identifies which bird produced the sound and shares the data with the network. See who's singing here.

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#53 · curiosity Feb 27, 2026

An 87-year-old widower goes viral for hand-delivering party invitations door to door that read "4 pm until the cops arrive"

A man knocked on his neighbor's door to offer a paper invitation to a winter-themed party he was throwing. "My wife is gone now, so it gives me something to keep me busy," he later explained. "I'm going to get these people in one room, and maybe they'll get to know each other." The viral experience has since brought him fan mail and party treats.

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#54 · curiosity Oct 15, 2026

Nevada's 'divorce ranches' once housed wealthy women who wanted to get divorced more quickly and easily, starting in the 1930s.

During the Great Depression, Nevada made it easier to establish the legal residency required to file for divorce, shortening the time period to just six weeks.

Most other states required longer waiting periods for divorce and had stricter requirements, such as the need for one party to prove that the other had been unfaithful.
Wealthy women seeking a fast divorce often spent those six weeks at Nevada's divorce ranches, where many could ride horses, go fishing, swim, and take trips to the rodeo.

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#55 · news-in-context Feb 19, 2026

Pro-Russian separatists seized cities in eastern Ukraine in 2014

After Russia's annexation of Crimea, armed pro-Russian separatists seized government buildings in Donetsk and Luhansk in April 2014, declared the regions independent, and sparked a prolonged conflict with Ukrainian forces.

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#56 · curiosity Sep 30, 2026

Elizabeth Holmes' partner Billy Evans has raised millions of dollars for a new biotech startup during Holmes' time in prison.

The name of the company is "Haemanthus," which means "blood flower" in Greek.

Haemanthus intends to use AI to debut a biotech product that will conduct medical tests.
Holmes, the founder of the failed blood-testing startup Theranos, has been giving advice to Evans from prison.
In a March 2018 settlement, separate from the criminal fraud charges she'd later serve prison time for, the SEC banned Holmes from serving as an officer or director of any public company for a decade.
She has said that she plans to return to her career in biotech upon her release from prison.
Holmes is the mother of Evans' two young children.

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#57 · explainers Dec 28, 2021

A simple infographic explaining how coral bleaching works

When corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients, they expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn completely white.

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#58 · curiosity Sep 20, 2023

Neanderthal stereotypes fall flat in the face of evidence, advocates argue

Picture a Neanderthal in all their knuckle-dragging, loin cloth-wearing glory. Now, throw that picture away. This article dives into the rising tide of academic advocates for Neanderthals, a human ancestor that went extinct about 40,000 years ago.

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#59 · curiosity Apr 16, 2026

SpaceX was built to achieve Elon Musk's vision of making humans an interplanetary species.

Founded by Elon Musk in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is a Texas-based company that pioneered the development of reusable rockets.

Learning quickly from early Falcon rocket failures and clashes with vendors and safety regulators, the company has focused on reusability as a first step to reaching Mars.
It's also been backed by NASA funding to do so.

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#60 · experiences Dec 13, 2024

Exploring bird skulls

Birds inspire us to fly—but what about bird skulls? This collection of various birds' preserved skulls offers a peculiar "bird's-eye" view. See the many surprising shapes of beaks and eyeholes, from mockingbirds to turkeys, in this fascinating visual collection.

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Ukraine Attacks Resume, Elizabeth Holmes, and 'Dog Week'