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Flying Car, Oregon School Shooting, and Grown-up Happy Meals

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First Flying Car?
  1. 0.63 · curiosity · keep 0.64 · A pair of engineers began Tesla to prove the viability of electric vehicles
  2. 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.34 · In 2018, SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into heliocentric orbit for publicity
  3. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.42 · By designing a $35,000 car, Tesla sought to bring EVs into the mainstream
  4. 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.43 · The first flight on Mars carried a piece of the Wright plane with it
  5. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.19 · SpaceX was built to achieve Elon Musk's vision of making humans an interplanetary species.
  6. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.17 · Elon Musk joined Tesla in 2004, investing $30M and becoming chair
  7. 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Explore a timeline of advancements in American aviation
  8. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.48 · Explore a timeline of Tesla through 2025
  9. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · View the 18 vehicles that broke the land speed record
  10. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.19 · Since its 2019 reveal, the Cybertruck underwent numerous delays and design changes
  11. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.12 · Watch the hypersonic flight of a reusable aircraft
  12. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.66 · Take a drone tour of a Tesla factory
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Bystander shot and killed gunman in fatal Oregon school shooting.
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White House press secretary ousted after a week on the job.
  1. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.64 · See how the White House is 'flipped' in a matter of hours on Inauguration Day
  2. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.67 · See what it's like to work at the White House
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs moved to new prison, following fight and VIP treatment.
  1. 0.42 · longform · keep 0.09 · Georgia inmate pulls off $11M heist—from inside his cell
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CDC to send disease detective to investigate Pennsylvania measles outbreak.
  1. 0.60 · explainers · keep 0.09 · Amid a massive measles uptick in 2026, at least 6 babies in central Pennsylvania have been born with congenital measles.
  2. 0.56 · explainers · keep 0.17 · In Pennsylvania, there were roughly 4 times as many measles cases in 2026 as in the previous 3 decades—combined.
  3. 0.56 · news-in-context · keep 0.06 · Measles cases in the US reached a 35-year high in 2026 as vaccination rates dropped.
  4. 0.56 · news-in-context · keep 0.08 · Discover the latest information on US measles cases in the US from official outbreak tracking figures.
  5. 0.53 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Visualize America's confirmed measles cases and the vaccination rates in those areas.
  6. 0.51 · news-in-context · keep 0.07 · A look at the 2025 measles outbreak in West Texas and surrounding areas
  7. 0.50 · news-in-context · keep 0.10 · CDC does not require docs to report hand, foot, and mouth cases which makes tracking difficult
  8. 0.49 · news-in-context · keep 0.52 · Explore a heat map showing the decline in infectious diseases following vaccine deployment, with a focus on measles, hepatitis A, mumps, polio, and more.
  9. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.65 · Measles is one of the most contagious preventable diseases—it was eliminated in the US in 2000, but it is now making a resurgence due to declining vaccination rates.
  10. 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.20 · Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, meaning the country had been free of continuous disease transmission for 12 months or more.
  11. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.40 · A 1954 outbreak at a Boston boarding school allowed scientists to isolate the measles virus and formed the basis for the first measles vaccine.
  12. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Measles infection, which was nearly universal during childhood in prevaccine era, was described by the Persian physician Rhazes in the 10th century as 'more to be dreaded than smallpox.'
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive harvest, injuring American journalist.
  1. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.18 · View a timeline of Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank.
  2. 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.38 · The story of Palestine through the eyes of its people
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WNBA finals tip off amid record viewership and attendance.
  1. 0.61 · explainers · keep 0.31 · The economics of the WNBA
  2. 0.60 · news-in-context · keep 0.10 · Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have led to a WNBA resurgence
  3. 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.53 · Documenting the first year of the WNBA
  4. 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.35 · Explore an illustrated history of the WNBA's first 30 years, analyzing how the league has quadrupled its attendance since 2021.
  5. 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · Breaking down the WNBA's expansion plans
  6. 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Watch the inaugural WNBA game between Lisa Leslie's Los Angeles Sparks and Rebecca Lobo's New York Liberty.
  7. 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.45 · Top 25 milestones in WNBA history
  8. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.45 · WNBA legend Sue Bird credits Title IX for her career
  9. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · 20 years of NCAA buzzers
  10. 0.49 · news-in-context · keep 0.21 · The 2024 women's national championship between Iowa and South Carolina drew nearly 19 million viewers
  11. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.65 · The history of the WNBA in 60 seconds
  12. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.24 · The WNBA includes 13 teams
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Ovaries remain active decades after menopause, according to landmark study.
  1. 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.32 · The gaps in menopause research and their effects
  2. 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Late-onset menopause lowers osteoporosis risks, but heightens the risks for certain cancers
  3. 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.48 · Less than 1% of aging studies consider menopause and its effects
  4. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.75 · Menopause affects the brain in complex ways
  5. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.56 · 'Menobelly' is real, with more fat stored around the abdomen as estrogen levels drop.
  6. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.69 · This is what happens to your body during menopause
  7. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.29 · Postmenopause is a stage lasting roughly a third of a woman's life
  8. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.29 · 27% of US menopausal women used estrogen in 1999, but by 2020 that number was under 5%
  9. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.33 · Menopause may become a $600B industry
  10. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.76 · Scientists have not yet answered what the evolutionary benefit may be of menopause
  11. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.30 · Women experience heightened bone loss after menopause
  12. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.20 · HRT for menopause may not help with mental health or sleep says a large 2026 analysis
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Georgia firefighters help veterinarian deliver rare 15-puppy litter; one firefighter adopted a puppy for his d
  1. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.10 · Buford the Pyrenees showered with gifts after rescuing 2-year-old boy lost in the desert
  2. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · See nine celebrities who adopted animals they met on set.
  3. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.23 · Teen rides stranded scared horse to safety—14 miles out of burning canyon
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Bride jokingly surprises her dad with the emergency credit card he gave her when she left for college and let
  1. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · Toddler delivers tear-jerking speech at her mom and dad's wedding
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Teen triathlete raises more than $30K to distribute 400 bikes and 500 helmets to low-income families, and host
  1. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.19 · Peloton raised more than $300K in 30 days during its Kickstarter campaign
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Retired firefighter and fisherman coordinate six-hour community rescue of a dolphin stuck on a sandbar.
  1. 0.45 · longform · keep 0.11 · A pod of orcas takes down a yacht
  2. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.83 · Dolphins have doulas too?
  3. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.66 · River dolphins manhandle an unlucky anaconda
  4. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · After a 1907 shipwreck, 16 sailors survived eight months on Disappointment Island, a freezing speck of land with no trees.
  5. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · Fish populations in the Great Barrier Reef have increased after installing waterproof speakers on the ocean floor that played recordings of sounds from healthy coral reefs.
  6. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · Decommissioned oil rigs have been repurposed into artificial reefs that serve as nursery habitats for fish, corals, sponges, and other invertebrates in the decades since their installation.
  7. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.23 · Teen rides stranded scared horse to safety—14 miles out of burning canyon
  8. 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.41 · Thanks to digitized archives, shipwreck hunters can now do in a day the research that once took them at least a week or two.
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Woman secretly pays off her family's more than $58K debt with careful budgeting and over $40K in donations fro
  1. 0.48 · longform · keep 0.59 · Turning a profit with terminal illness
  2. 0.46 · longform · keep 0.49 · Inside a FIRE follower's money diary
  3. 0.43 · longform · keep 0.54 · In the 1870s, a woman from Boston ran a Ponzi scheme disguised as a bank by women, for women that promised 8% interest.
  4. 0.42 · longform · keep 0.09 · Famous scammer Anna Delvey lied about having a $67M trust fund
  5. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · One New Yorker saved $1,600 during her 'no-buy January'
  6. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Stranger pays for a family's breakfast tab and writes heartfelt note praising the father of three kids
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Browse this year's best inventions.
  1. 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · A rundown of some of the wildest new tech inventions around the world
  2. 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Twenty of the coolest products from CES 2025
  3. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · Critics choose the 2025 'Worst in Show' awards for CES products
  4. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · Browse a list of the most important invention from each state
  5. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.53 · Ten defining moments at CES through the years
  6. 0.44 · experiences · keep 0.55 · Explore an interactive timeline of technological inventions and social structures since 1500.
  7. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · 30 everyday inventions originally created for space
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How participation in social activities has changed since 1995. (w/chart)
  1. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.37 · Explaining the rise in adult sports leagues
  2. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.47 · Visualizing cause of death over time in America
  3. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.55 · How global conditions have improved over 200 years
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This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, explained with ice cream. (w/audio)
  1. 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.51 · The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was not among the prizes in Alfred Nobel's will but was established by Sweden's central bank in 1968.
  2. 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.13 · Joel Mokyr won the 2025 Economics Nobel as a historian of scientific ideas
  3. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Why some nations reach economic success and others don't
  4. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.48 · Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have honored major global achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace efforts.
  5. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.09 · Read more about the backstory on the 2025 Nobel Prize for immune system work
  6. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Various awards have been established to honor contributions in science, technology, and mathematics beyond the disciplines honored by the Nobel Prizes.
  7. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.80 · The Ig Nobel Prize—a satirical version of the Nobel Prize—aims to engage broader audiences by spotlighting scientific achievements that make people laugh before they think.
  8. 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.57 · Explore a visualization of the data behind Ben & Jerry's legendary ice cream flavors.
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The 21st century's bestselling albums of each year.
  1. 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · Traditional bands largely disappeared from the Billboard charts in the 21st century, mostly replaced by solo artists.
  2. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.62 · The 100 best hip-hop albums of all time
  3. 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.30 · A century of Billboard issues documenting the evolution of popular music.
  4. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.46 · The most performed operas of the 21st century are largely 19th-century works.
  5. 0.44 · experiences · keep 0.67 · See Spotify's most-streamed albums to date, from Bad Bunny's 'Un Verano Sin Ti' to Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour.'
  6. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.67 · Hip-hop gained significant popularity in the 21st century, dominating Billboard's pop chart.
  7. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.74 · Explore a list of the best album covers of all time, featuring iconic covers by Pink Floyd, Cyndi Lauper, Nirvana, and more.
  8. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.30 · Country music's popularity skyrocketed in the 21st century, establishing itself as a dominant force on the Billboard charts in the 2010s.
  9. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.60 · The best grunge albums of the 1990s
  10. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · A technological breakthrough altered how Billboard determined what was popular.
  11. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.31 · Some critics say comparing chart rankings across decades is meaningless
  12. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.59 · Explore a list of the 40 best obscure albums of the past 40 years, featuring lost classics from Talk Talk, King Sunny Ade, Linda Ronstadt, and more.
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Cornstarch saves a monarch butterfly that landed in refried beans.
  1. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.22 · Tiny solar-powered tags can now track monarch butterflies across North America
  2. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · While invasive species typically harm ecosystems by outcompeting native organisms for resources, some provide unexpected benefits, including new shelters, nesting habitats, and reduced environmental heat stress.
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Half of US adults say they don't use chatbots. Here's why.
  1. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.59 · As of 2025, increasing numbers of people turn to AI companions for emotional connection
  2. 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.39 · AI chatbot use among quarreling couples can aggravate tensions
  3. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.29 · As of 2025, ChatGPT accounts for more than half of all chatbot traffic
  4. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.48 · Roughly 62% of US adults under 30 say they use TikTok
  5. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.26 · As of 2025, about 9 in 10 Americans use the internet daily
  6. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.43 · About 17% of US adults said they had invested, traded, or used cryptocurrency in 2023.
  7. 0.42 · 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.
  8. 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · 1 in 5 American adults report daily loneliness
  9. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.56 · Try OpenAI's ChatGPT for free
  10. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.60 · This site reaches millions of visitors who are tired of AI chatbots and seeking human connection. Pretend to be an AI chatbot and ask questions, provide answers, and draw for people in real time.
  11. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.38 · In this live interview with phone-free childhood advocate Jonathan Haidt, host Ava Smithing—of Gen Z—presses Haidt on why there isn't more of a research consensus on the mental health implications of social media for children, among other contentious topics.
  12. 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.46 · Explore noteworthy use cases for ChatGPT
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Create your own crossword puzzle.
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How long would your pet survive in the wild? (w/video)
  1. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · Your pet might eat you if you die
  2. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · A pet turtle survived a fatal barrel plunge over the falls
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Taipei tops list of cities with best public transit.
  1. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.27 · Transit is funded through a three-tier system, and the federal government is the smallest piece
  2. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.75 · LA used to have one of the best mass transit systems in the country
  3. 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.56 · Evaluating the world’s 'smartest' cities
  4. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Public transit has been a front line of civil rights battles for over a century
  5. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.23 · NYC congestion pricing a year in: traffic is down, transit is up
  6. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.50 · Hear about the debate over free public transportation
  7. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.19 · Self-driving cars may upend transit before cities can build it
  8. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.68 · 45% of Americans have no access to public transit
  9. 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.22 · The New York MTA is North America's largest transit system
  10. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.63 · Dubai and Barcelona are examples of smart cities
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How Fenway Park feeds over 37,000 fans every game. (w/video)
  1. 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · Fenway Park is the oldest professional baseball stadium in use
  2. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.51 · Measuring which nation has the most baseball fans
  3. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.55 · A sophisticated data analysis found that stadiums with roofs or in cities that regularly have sunny skies are the easiest for outfielders to play in.
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Restaurants are bringing back happy meals for grown-ups.
  1. 0.67 · curiosity · keep 0.17 · McDonald's releases a new adult Happy Meal
  2. 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.13 · A McDonald's Happy Meal for adults
  3. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · The unexpected return of the steakhouse
  4. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · The history of the McDonald's Happy Meal
  5. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.61 · In the 1960s, eateries started using discounted drinks (and sometimes food) as a marketing tactic to make money during off-peak hours
  6. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.52 · How the Great Depression still shapes the way Americans eat
  7. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.33 · Delivery apps have realigned the restaurant industry
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Why haunted houses became popular during the Great Depression.
  1. 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.53 · Stand-up became more popular during the Great Depression
  2. 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.44 · The ghost-hunting industry helps maintain historical buildings
  3. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · 'Mystery hikes' were a popular attraction in the 1930s
  4. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.38 · Communism grew in appeal during the Great Depression
  5. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.19 · The National Housing Act established the Federal Housing Administration
  6. 0.46 · longform · keep 0.76 · See if your city hosts one of the most haunted places in the United States.
  7. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian design was developed in response to Americans' financial struggles during the Great Depression.
  8. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.60 · The perception of haunted places is influenced by psychology, setting and suggestion
  9. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · 'Horror hosts' helped build the genre's cult following
  10. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.46 · The Ouija board originated in 19th-century America as a business-minded response to the growing fascination with Spiritualism, or the belief that the dead and living could communicate.
  11. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.40 · The story of the Wall Street Crash of 1929
  12. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.52 · How the Great Depression still shapes the way Americans eat
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The food that may actually be healthier as leftovers.
  1. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.57 · Just because leftovers look and smell okay doesn't mean they're safe to eat
  2. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.28 · Health food broke into the mainstream by the 1980s
  3. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.55 · With Americans increasingly concerned about high grocery prices, experts suggest meal planning and using apps like TooGoodToGo to keep household food costs down.
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