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Evolution's Viral Twist
- 0.58 · curiosity · keep 0.31 · HIV originated in Central and West Africa from a virus in chimpanzees
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.37 · Chimpanzees are dying from human colds
- 0.54 · explainers · keep 0.25 · The evolution of the human brain
- 0.53 · explainers · keep 0.80 · The 4% DNA difference between humans and chimps
- 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.62 · Up to 8% of the human genome consists of ancient viral DNA
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.46 · Watch how viruses like Ebola can spill over from animals to humans—and vice-versa.
- 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.28 · Wild chimpanzees have been spotted with leprosy lesions
- 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.61 · Bonobos and chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing a last common ancestor that lived roughly seven million years ago.
- 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.67 · Major genetic shifts in flu viruses can spark global pandemics
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · The Paranthropus genus, our mysterious extinct cousins
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.58 · Increasing contact between humans and wild animals is driving zoonotic threats
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.27 · Every virus is classified into 7 groups based on genetic differences
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Justice Department sues to block Alaska Senate results if incumbent loses.
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Separately, the Justice Department charged two former FBI officials with lying to Congress about their roles i
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New York City bans horse-drawn carriages in Central Park.
- 0.69 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · New York City's carriage horses are at the center of a long-running debate over whether a centuries-old tradition still belongs in the country's largest city.
- 0.61 · curiosity · keep 0.47 · New York City's carriage horses are a holdover from a time when the city was home to hundreds of thousands of horses roaming its streets.
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · In the late 1800s, New York City streets were covered with millions of pounds of horse manure thanks to a widespread horse-driven transportation industry.
- 0.53 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · In the 1800s, the carcasses of the many horses that died transporting city residents were dumped in a bay in New York City.
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.43 · In the 1930s, New York banned buskers as part of an antinoise campaign
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.23 · NYC congestion pricing a year in: traffic is down, transit is up
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · Before modern sanitation, New York City let pigs roam the streets to eat its garbage
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.40 · Mass transit in America began with horse-drawn omnibuses in New York City in 1827
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · A New York fireworks ban necessitated a new way to ring in the New Year
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Melania Trump helps broker localized Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, White House says.
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Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Starlink isn't fully functional, despite reports Pres
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.45 · SpaceX's Starlink is a satellite internet service that provides broadband internet by connecting users to satellites in low Earth orbit, which then communicate with ground stations connected to the internet.
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Israel orders full lockdown of occupied West Bank after shooting attack.
- 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.18 · View a timeline of Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank.
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French officials deploy 70,000 law enforcement officers ahead of planned protests.
- 0.50 · explainers · keep nan · French students blockaded schools to demand repairs and more teachers, just as France's borrowing costs hit a 24-year high.
- 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.42 · Check out information on the over 1,000 protests across the globe since 2017.
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Final tests begin for the new James Bond.
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · The real James Bond was a bird scientist whose name author Ian Fleming stumbled upon while developing his spy protagonist.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.89 · Watch a former CIA deputy director rate spy gadgets from movies and television
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New York couple opens raccoon rehabilitation center, estimates they have saved more than 800 raccoons to date.
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.86 · Calvin Coolidge had many animals—including a White House raccoon
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.23 · Biologists believe over 5,000 coyotes inhabit LA as of 2025
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.06 · Ten thousand mink got loose in Ohio
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · A dive into some of the country's stranger Thanksgivings
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Climate activists install floating wetlands across a British harbor to revive wildlife populations.
- 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.35 · The floating homes of Holland
- 0.49 · 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.
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.58 · Climate resilience strategies, which help communities mitigate the effects of climate change, include painting roofs white, building clam gardens, harvesting fog, and feeding cows seaweed.
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.45 · Founder of The Ocean Cleanup explains the case for cleaning oceans
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.13 · Nonprofits strive to replant the Amazon and slow global warming
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.54 · How flooding the Dead Sea could help the climate
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.60 · Microforests in urban environments may help combat climate change
- 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.33 · The fish doorbell letting people help spawning fish
- 0.42 · 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.
- 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.22 · The ocean's ability to store carbon long-term is being hindered by marine heatwaves
- 0.40 · experiences · keep 0.73 · National Geographic presents how to protect the oceans
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.28 · Biological terraforming studies have been conducted at Biosphere 2
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Midwest NICUs dress their tiny patients up for an annual Halloween costume contest.
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.54 · UNICEF collects donations for children at Halloween
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NBA point guard quietly cofounds an insoles company inspired by his own foot injuries; product spreads by word
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · The business plan for Blue Ribbon Sports came from a Stanford assignment
- 0.48 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · Many startups now have shoes-off policies
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.64 · Bill Bowerman's daughter-in-law found the waffle iron he used to create a breakthrough shoe
- 0.47 · experiences · keep 0.75 · Watch Bill Nye discuss biomechanics and sustainability while shopping for sneakers
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · A NASA engineer came up with the idea for the air-cushioned Nike Air shoes
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · Bill Bowerman got the idea for the breakthrough waffle-knit running shoe from a waffle iron
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · Nike cofounders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman met on the University of Oregon's track team (Knight ran, Bowerman coached).
- 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · Nike started out as a Japanese shoe distributor called Blue Ribbon Sports
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · Nike was almost named 'Dimension Six'
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · The NBA warned Michael Jordan about wearing custom Nikes, and Nike capitalized on the controversy by building a marketing campaign around it.
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.64 · Shaquille O'Neal showed up to a meeting with Nike wearing head-to-toe Reebok
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.28 · Kanye abruptly left Nike in 2013 and took his Air Yeezys to Adidas for $10M
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Utah woman who lost her uterus to cancer becomes a mother with the help of her mother-in-law, who served as he
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · One dad, one hundred babies
- 0.44 · longform · keep 0.41 · How two families navigated an unthinkable IVF mistake
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.77 · See how to make a baby with 3 parents, a process called mitochondrial replacement therapy.
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.10 · Four frozen embryos in the US were created via 3-parent IVF technique
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.19 · Mitochondrial DNA swapping can occur before or after fertilization
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.30 · Scientific advances are unlocking a wide range of alternatives to IVF
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.38 · ‘Hope for Healing’: The first-ever use of an in utero stem cell treatment
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Compare your net worth to others your age.
- 0.53 · explainers · keep 0.34 · Learn how to calculate your net worth
- 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.57 · Calculate the financial outlook for your retirement
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Track Warren Buffett’s real-time net worth
- 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.33 · Americans ages 30 to 34 have $44,800 in their 401(k) accounts on average
- 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.40 · Visualize America's retirement savings by age, with the median retirement savings for Americans being $87K as of May 2024.
- 0.42 · news-in-context · keep 0.53 · Visualizing the world's wealth in 2019
- 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.23 · The mean net worth for an American household is now $1M
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.31 · The average 401(k) balance for Gen Zers was $13K as of Q3 2024
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.59 · History’s largest intergenerational wealth transfer is happening in the next few decades
- 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.45 · Americans think they need $1.46M to retire comfortably in 2026.
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.41 · Each generation’s median income
- 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Explore Ray Dalio's real-time wealth ranking and net worth
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Why some sunsets are so much prettier than others.
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.68 · Rayleigh scattering of light gives the atmosphere its blue skies and red sunsets
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.48 · 'I don't know what you can say about a day when you see four beautiful sunsets.'
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Four ancient Greek comedies that are still funny today.
- 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.31 · Aristophanes was put on trial for his satire
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.73 · How Monty Python shaped modern comedy
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The Kelly Clarkson bird artist finally broke his silence.
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Five sneaky ways stores make you spend more. (w/video)
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.61 · Watch a video that visualizes what really happens inside a credit card network when you make a purchase.
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.68 · Experts argue some frugal habits—like driving farther for cheaper gas—aren't worth it
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.72 · Dollar stores often place staple items at the back of the store so customers encounter other less-necessary items on their way there, leading to impulse buys.
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.86 · 'Buy one, get one free' is often a clever way to get you to spend more money
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.85 · How big brands keep your loyalty
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.63 · Listen to a podcast episode about why college sticker prices are often misleading.
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Some people think they're werewolves. It's a real medical condition.
- 0.53 · explainers · keep 0.49 · One doctor argued vampires were based on a real disease
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.52 · Lupus, an autoimmune disease with varied symptoms, was named for wolf bite-like lesions
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.42 · In 2011, a mysterious illness spread around LeRoy, New York
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Is workaholism real?
- 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.54 · Examining self-diagnosed synesthesia
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Cost of raising a child in every US state.
- 0.64 · news-in-context · keep 0.52 · US child care costs, mapped
- 0.62 · news-in-context · keep 0.61 · The income needed to raise a family by US state
- 0.50 · news-in-context · keep 0.60 · See how much it costs to build a new home in each US state, as homeowners look to new construction in a competitive real estate market—with a national average cost of over $332K for a 2,100-square-foot home.
- 0.49 · news-in-context · keep 0.45 · The latest data on US motherhood
- 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.64 · At $55K, on average, New Jersey is the most expensive US state to host a wedding
- 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.72 · Massachusetts is the state with the highest median household income for young Americans at $123.2K per year
- 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.54 · See the annual income required to purchase a typical three-bedroom home in each state as of 2025, based on a 10% down payment, a 6.65% interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage, and a 30% income-to-housing cost threshold.
- 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.67 · The income needed to be middle class in every US state
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Connecticut recently became the first state to create and launch a baby bond program, a government-funded savings or investment account that is seeded when a child is born.
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.58 · The American Dream costs more than $4M
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.61 · How much Americans spend on groceries by state
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.40 · Poverty rates by US state
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... and a Virginia town was just named the best US suburb.
- 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.64 · The 20 best small US towns for retirement
- 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.66 · Check out America's happiest places to live
- 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.41 · Some of the youngest, wealthiest US suburbs are in Westchester County, New York
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · America's best mountain towns
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.53 · Washington DC's streetcar network built the modern American suburb
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Earth is getting rounder. Here's why.
- 0.56 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · Explaining why the Earth wobbles
- 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.40 · Aristotle discovered that Earth was spherical by observing the round shadow it cast on the moon during lunar eclipses and by noting that different constellations were visible from different latitudes.
- 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.52 · Scientists can map Earth's shape and structure by measuring the ratios of certain particles arriving from different directions in space, as these ratios change with the density of the material particles travel through.
- 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.49 · Earth's smooth, continuous motion as it orbits the sun prevents detectable motion
- 0.46 · experiences · keep 0.66 · The geoid depicts what Earth would look like if not for tides and currents, given the planet's rotation and uneven gravitational field.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.46 · Rising sea levels due to climate change may be slowing Earth's rotation
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.80 · Earth's core is about 2.5 years younger than its surface according to relativity
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · Earth’s tilt and orbit cause the sun to create a figure-eight pattern
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.64 · Are there any planets in the universe that aren’t round?
- 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.35 · What makes the Earth shake?
- 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.81 · The overview effect is a cognitive shift experienced when viewing Earth from space
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · Earth is constantly bombarded by material from space
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Saunas are making a comeback. Is the wellness hype true? (w/audio)
- 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.45 · Why young people in the UK are hanging out at saunas
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How planes fly without air traffic control. (w/video)
- 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.41 · The US air traffic control system is safe but due for major technological updates
- 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.18 · Is there a shortage of air traffic controllers?
- 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.53 · Within the continental US, air traffic flying above 10,000 feet is managed by one of 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
- 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.84 · Find out how airlines quietly became banks
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.64 · The aviation industry built trust in automation by keeping pilots in the cockpit
- 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · Watch an amateur fly a 1902 Wright glider at the Kitty Hawk dunes
- 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · Most commercial planes get struck by lightning multiple times a year
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The case for not trying to be your best self.
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.28 · A quote from Robin Williams
- 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.36 · The case for optimism
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Midwest-style pizza is taking off nationwide. (No, not deep-dish.)
- 0.61 · experiences · keep 0.76 · View a map of America's regional pizza styles
- 0.57 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Chicago deep-dish pizza arrived in 1943
- 0.56 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · The story of pizza in the United States
- 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · New Haven 'apizza' nods to Naples and New England
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.64 · Detroit-style pizza's recipe nods to the Motor City
- 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · Pizza became more popular in Italy after it took off in the US.
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.46 · One food history professor says pizza is more American than Italian
- 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.20 · Pizza's popularity has waned in the 2020s
- 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.57 · Pizza didn't take off in the US until after World War II, likely because of technological advancements and soldiers' exposure to it abroad.
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · A list of the world's best pizzerias
- 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.70 · The Hawaiian pizza was popularized by a Canadian chef
- 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.33 · 'Neapolitan pizza' is a highly specific (and tightly regulated) distinction
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How to tell if someone is lying.
- 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.68 · The average person can only detect someone is lying 54% of the time
- 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.66 · You may be better at spotting a lie when listening to a speaker's voice inflections rather than watching for facial and body cues.
- 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.77 · Research shows that, on average, humans correctly spot liars about half of the time
- 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.29 · How to read the news on TikTok
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