Music has long been tied to culture more than to science, but when researchers decided to take a good, hard...
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Read moreDuring the 1500s, Spanish explorers enslaved the Pueblo people in the American Southwest and tried to destroy their religious practices....
Read moreUnlike animals that directly sniff each other, humans are more discreet. After shaking hands with another person, we raise our...
Read moreQueen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of Britain as the latest in a long line of royalty. But according...
Read moreEver wonder why a man has to buy not one, but two rings to marry a woman? Wouldn't one ring...
Read moreThe Renaissance is generally synonymous with progress, and progress is synonymous with science. So it is generally assumed that that...
Read moreIt turns out that there are too many different types of practice---and other factors built into the concept of success---for...
Read moreListen to the popular horror stories about just how many rats there are in the world's cities, and it'll make...
Read moreAlchemy was, at its heart, the science of trying to find a way to turn lead or other common metals...
Read moreUnusually for a town so near the Canadian border, Town Line, New York voted to secede from the Union in...
Read moreWe've been told that our transaction records are "anonymized" by removing our names and other personal details before our credit...
Read moreAccording to the popular story, slaves running north on the Underground Railroad were often sent secret messages through quilts. Conveniently...
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