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If Isaac Asimov Had Named The Smartphone, He Might Have Called It The “Pocket Computer Mark II”
The sci-fi author correctly predicted a number of innovations that have come to pass
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From people stealing baby bison and Yosemite trademarks to epic blooms in Death Valley, 2016 has been an eventful centennial year for the NPS
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Five Years Ago, This Island Nation Lost an Entire Day
On this day in 2011, Samoa switched sides of the international date line for the second time, losing December 30 in the process. Here’s why
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You Can Hear Hagia Sophia’s Sublime Acoustics Without a Trip to Istanbul
Stanford scientists have digitally created the building’s unique sound, taking listeners back to the Middle Ages
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France Is Paving More Than 600 Miles of Road With Solar Panels
In five years, France hopes the panels will supply power to 5 million people
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Why Crossword Puzzles Are Still Mostly Written By Humans
Computers can write sports articles, replace stock brokers and help diagnose patients. But they can’t write good crosswords
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Presidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin Thought It Was Better Than Assassination
The founding fathers struggled with the idea of whether the top leader should be impeachable
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On This Day, The Black Box Proved Its Worth
The Park Slope plane crash was a tragedy, but it proved the importance of the flight data recorder
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Ever Wonder Who Invented the Tea Bag?
Its two competing origin stories are linked by one thing: convenience
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Why Basketball Is The Perfect Sport for Virtual Reality
James Naismith invented basketball on this day in 1891. He couldn’t have seen VR coming
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Silicon Valley Owes Its Success To This Tech Genius You’ve Never Heard Of
Robert Noyce was one of the founders of Silicon Valley
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Another Weird Facet of America’s Strangest National Park: The Conscience Pile
People mail stolen rocks back to Petrified Forest National Park, but they can’t be returned to their original sites
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People at the 1904 World’s Fair Paid Half the Price of Admission for a Box of Cotton Candy
Celebrating cotton candy’s sugary, innovative goodness
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This Artist Wants to Send a Sculpture of Your Laughs Into Space
#Laugh is on orbit to become the first art piece created in space
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Alan Turing’s World War II Headquarters Will Once Again House Codebreakers
Bletchley Park is being revived as a cybersecurity training center
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Escape With a Virtual Ride on the World’s Steepest Train
Things are looking up (down, right and left) thanks to a 360-degree video captures a stunning Norwegian fjord
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Dallas Proposes the Country’s Largest Urban Park
A 10,000-acre Nature District could turn the Trinity River into the city’s centerpiece
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Could Magic Mushrooms One Day Help Cancer Patients Face Down Death?
Two new studies show the promise of psilocybin for patients with anxiety and depression
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In 1913, Henry Ford Introduced the Assembly Line: His Workers Hated It
It was seen as one more way the automaker could exert rigid control over his employees
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