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Apollo’s brain: The computer that guided man to the Moon ~space spaceflight Article 3133 words 5 votes
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Wonderland lost: Forty years ago, Earth, Wind & Fire’s final opus produced disco’s last great moment. My dad was there for all of it. ~music Article 4546 words 5 votes
How artificial intelligence will revolutionize the way video games are developed and played ~games Article 3781 words, published Mar 6 2019 8 votes
How the pursuit of leisure drives internet use: The second half of humanity is joining the internet ~tech internet Article 3855 words 4 votes
Bullhead City, Arizona was a retiree paradise. Then came a biblical plague of flies. ~enviro water Article 3638 words 8 votes
The tech of ‘Terminator 2’ – an oral history ~movies Article 14 632 words, published Aug 23 2017 5 votes
Madonna at Sixty - The original queen of pop on aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control ~music Article 8162 words 9 votes
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Gun violence has sharply declined in California's Bay Area. What happened? ~life Article 79 words 8 votes
American bull - The story of American beef is like the story of the nation as a whole: a mashup of history and myth, bloody and contested ~food history meat Article 3623 words 6 votes
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'Where was the Lord?': On Jefferson Davis' birthday, nine slave testimonies ~humanities.history Article 3748 words 7 votes
Henry Montgomery Paved the Way for Other Juvenile Lifers to Go Free. Now 72, He May Never Get the Same Chance. ~life Article 3167 words 10 votes