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March Mavericks: 6 Wonderful Books That Will Tune Up Your Life
The cool and colourful Indian spring is nearly over and the hot summer days will be here soon. Stil…
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One of the world's most famous historians has a crucial piece of advice on interviewing: 'Shut up!'
His voluminous works are celebrated, as is his dedication to his craft: Caro and his wife Ina have …
Ben Gilbert
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How To Win $625,000 By Becoming A MacArthur 'Genius'
You cannot apply to be a MacArthur Fellow. Recipients are nominated by the organization's own "tale…
Dina Spector
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As Amazon fights for a $10 billion Pentagon cloud deal, Microsoft is a 'lock-in' for an $8 billion government contract that nobody else can really win
Google, for its part, doesn't hold the proper security certifications required by this contract. An…
Rosalie Chan
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3 students won $700,000 for using AI to translate 2 tweets worth of text from previously unreadable ancient scrolls
The Herculaneum papyrus scrolls, preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, could "completely rewri…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Never-before-seen video of the Titanic wreckage to be released nearly 40 years after its discovery
James Cameron's "Titanic" was released 25 years ago, and now rare 1986 footage of the actual shipwr…
Jordan Hart
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Nothing wrong with re-examining history in light of new evidence: William Dalrymple
Stressing that it is the job of the historian to take note of new research, historian and author Wi…
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The unsung warriors of 'The Price Is Right'
How the models known as "Barker's Beauties" brought down the legendary host of "The Price Is Right"…
David Kushner
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Will Smith's Civil War-era drama 'Emancipation' was inspired by the true story of an enslaved man whose gruesome photos of his scarred back helped catalyze an anti-slavery movement
The movie sheds light on the heroic enslaved Black men whose bravery and service transformed a nati…
Lauren Frias,Brianna Holt
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'1619 Project' creator Nikole Hannah-Jones turns down tenure at UNC to join Howard University's faculty with Ta-Nehisi Coates
The award-winning journalist called out her alma mater in a lengthy statement announcing her decisi…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A pitmaster shares 4 tips for ordering at a barbecue restaurant if you want the best meal
Pitmaster Rodney Scott's barbecue ordering hacks include asking for sauce on the side and researchi…
Rachel Askinasi
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Saleemah E. Knight is a dancer and choreographer who has performed with Beyoncé. To grow in her career, she channeled inner strength and self-love.
Saleemah E. Knight is a choreographer who has worked with the likes of Beyoncé and Wiz Khalifa. Her…
Brea Cubit
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Deep-sea divers helped solve a century-old U-boat mystery in the waters between the UK and France
British divers helped confirm the identity of two German U-boats found at the bottom of the English…
Vivienne Machi
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Trump threatens to investigate and pull federal funding from schools that teach NYT's 1619 project on the consequences of slavery
The move comes after Trump ended anti-racism training at federal agencies and California proposed a…
Connor Perrett
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Ray Dalio says anyone who wants to understand today's world should read this 32-year-old book about empires
Kennedy's book is an investigation of the life spans of the world's great powers since 1500, the st…
Richard Feloni
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I've paid $18 to watch British theater broadcasts in NYC movie theaters - and if you're not tuning in now that it's streaming for free, you're missing out on one of the best ways to watch drama
When I moved to New York City, it got too expensive to keep seeing that much theater. I was rarely …
Nick Lichtenberg
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How Ray Dalio's unique understanding of power can be used in everything from group decisions to trade wars
This is a distillation of the idea in Yale historian Paul Kennedy's award-winning 1987 history, "Th…
Richard Feloni,Sherin Shibu
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A local's ultimate guide to visiting Providence, Rhode Island
A Providence local who's lived in the city for a year shares what to know before you go, the best p…
Liv Pasquarelli
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I spent 7 nights working from a 5-star resort in Arizona. From live-music happy hours to poolside cabanas, here's what the 'Work From Hyatt' program was like.
Michelle Gross traded in her one-bedroom apartment for a mountain-view suite at the Royal Palms Res…