When Light Became Ordinary: A Century of Electrifying Lives
On a spring evening not so long ago in the sweep of history, an American farmhouse went bright for the…
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Call On Me: The Hit Eric Prydz Couldn’t Outrun, Until Now
A surprise drop in Austin revived a 2004 anthem and reopened an old, thorny story about sampling, credit, and what…
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The Scholar Who Seized China and Rewrote Its Past
In the autumn of 23 CE, as rebels surged into the imperial capital of Chang’an, the emperor who had promised…
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The slow breath changing hearts: inside HRV’s quiet revolution
In a quiet room a phone timer glows, a soft tone marks five seconds in and five seconds out. On…
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The Forgotten Diabetes Shaped by Childhood Hunger, Not Genes
In clinics from southern India to parts of East and Central Africa, physicians still encounter a familiar, uneasy picture. A…
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How Colonial Kinshasa Set the Stage for HIV’s Rise
The riverboat eased into Leopoldville at dusk, its whistle mixing with cicada drone and the clatter of freight. On the…
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How one mistyped command stalled a chunk of the internet
It began as routine maintenance on a quiet Tuesday morning. Minutes later, a sizable slice of the internet flickered and…
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Where soda’s bubbles hide: the science of carbonation
The hiss, the rush, the sparkle—open a bottle of seltzer and it feels like the drink springs to life. But…
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Two Common Amino Acids Linked to Lifespan, With Sex-Specific Clues
Two workhorse amino acids that help power the brain and body may also hold clues to how long we live….
