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Janet Burns|
That old pie trope was around long before the Three Stooges.
Anna Green|
A few things you might not know about these stately handwriting masters.
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Matt Soniak|
The painting containsclues that have long fascinated and frustrated art historians.
Kristy Puchko|
It turns out lace, frills, and leopard print are a serious business.
Beth Anne Macaluso|
At 226,0040 square feet, "Lilith & Olaf" might beat out the Pueblo Levee Project as the world's largest mural.
Kirstin Fawcett|
Here's how someone—or, in many cases, someone's parents or grandparents—becomes wealthy enough to buy an NFL franchise.
Nick Greene|
Scientists have unearthed the largest cache of a single species of hominins ever discovered in Africa.
Jen Pinkowski|
After being ignored by moviegoers and hated on by Bob Dole, Quentin Tarantino's first writing effort is now considered a contemporary classic.
Roger Cormier|
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is using technology to make classical music more accessible.
Anna Green|
A new study finds cats do not view their owners as their prime source of safety and security.
Shaunacy Ferro|
The hulking Hoover Dam has been holding back the Colorado River and generating power for nearly 80 years, but you may be surprised to learn just how eventful its construction and naming were.
M. Arbeiter|
The Cola Wars were so heated in the summer of 1985 that even NASA got involved.
Michele Debczak|
Oklahummus! Alahama! New Pork! Here are all 50 states reimagined as different types of food by Foodiggity.
Rebecca OConnell|
A new study says that kids with a specific gene variant who read at least an hour a day are five times more likely to develop myopia.
Jordan Rosenfeld|
Gyms and the people who work for them have a nearly impossible mission.
Jessica Hullinger|
Puss caterpillars look like furry friends, but that fuzz is venomous!
Suzanne Raga|
Editorial Staff|
The artifacts range from a few hundred to several thousand years old
Anna Green|
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