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Sound Tracks: A fascinating archaeological history of music

Trumpets and a trumpet tube from between 4500 and 2800 years ago Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology/Heritage Images/Alamy Sound…

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Fashion

A 1920s Fashion History Lesson: Flappers, The Bob, and More Trends

Four illustrations featuring the fashions of Molyneux, Brialix, Berthe, and Vionnet, 1928.GraphicaArtis/Getty Images The Little Black Dress ICYMI, Chanel’s LBD…

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Science

A brief history of chairs in astronomy

This article was originally featured on MIT Press. This article is adapted from Omar W. Nasim’s book “The Astronomer’s Chair:…

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Fashion

The Royal Family’s Most Stylish Easter Outfits Throughout History

On Sunday, March 31, the British royal family will walk from Windsor Castle to St. George’s Chapel to attend a…

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Science

This is the most cosmically perfect time in history

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer…

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Are Stocks Going to Plunge if Joe Biden Wins a Second Term? Here’s What History Says About Stock Market Returns When Democrats Win.

It’s that time again — and I’m not talking about earnings season. In a little over seven months, Americans across…

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Politics

The History Behind Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic

While Shirley Chisholm made American history as the first Black woman presidential candidate, she is not a household name on…

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Science

Evolutionary history of the formation of forceps and maternal care in earwigs

Dermaptera (earwigs) are an order of common insects often found under stones and is characterized by a pair of forcep-like…

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A man got a gene-edited pig kidney transplanted, making medical history : Shots

Surgeons perform the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in…

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Science

Sunken Lands review: Heeding the flood warnings of history

Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, UK, flooded in January. Anna Barclay/Getty Images Sunken LandsGareth E. Rees (Elliott and Thompson) FOR many people, the…

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