The groundbreaking clean-energy discovery made at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is a big step for science but has a long way to go.
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George Meegan, a British adventurer, set out in 1977 to walk on foot from the southernmost tip of South America to the northernmost point in North America.
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The majority of businesses barely survive three decades, but these establishments, from Japanese sweet shops to Irish pubs, are entering their second century.
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The oldest human DNA on record was found back in 1994 in the Atapuerca Mountains in northern Spain. And it was found in a pretty gruesome place.
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Many of us know Sears as the massive, mall-based department store our parents saw as a go-to for all their shopping. But was there a real person named Sears?
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Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti" featured various culturally significant people on its album art, from Hollywood stars to the band themselves.
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University of Mississippi coach Mike Leach certainly favors the aerial game; his system has been called the "air raid" offense. Here's the history.
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The heirs to big fortunes tend to get a bit litigious once the one who had been holding the purse strings dies. These are the wildest inheritance disputes ever.
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There are those who view modern America as a melting pot, a place where numerous cultures and societies have come together and shared their traditions.
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During World War II, the last place that a person of Jewish descent would want to be was Germany. So why did so many Jewish men serve in the German military?
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Monthly subscription services are common these days, but if you're old enough, you'll remember Columbia House. So what happened to it? Let's find out.
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Howard Hughes seemed to live several lifetimes over the course of his 70 years -- lifetimes that included taking the life of an innocent man one night in 1938.
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At various points in history, in different nations, religion has been a focal point not just of personal belief, but national, even international, tension.
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2022 has seen many notable developments in archeology and history, including more mummies, sunken ships, and new science.
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Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, made crime history for his acts of domestic terrorism. After his imprisonment, the Texas Bomber wrote to him.
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Princess Anne is known for her tireless charitable work and her quick wit, but there are at least a few people who have famously gotten on her wrong side.
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The story of Moses is one most everyone knows, but even in that common canon, there are often things we ignore about the character.
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A 2022 authorized biography of actress Elizabeth Taylor offers new insight into the substance use issues the classic Hollywood actress experienced.
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Dale Chihuly was driving across England in the 1970s when an accident flung him head-first through the windshield, a hideous ordeal that cut his face to pieces.
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Barry Scheck was a star defence attourney in the 1995 O.J. Simpson case in which Sheck cross-examined an LAPD criminologist. Here's what Scheck is up to now.
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Colleges and universities have been awarding honorary degrees for centuries. But what exactly are they, are why are they given in the first place?
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By the standards of the American presidency, Ronald Reagan's was a strange one filled with a number of idiosyncrasies. So did he really lean on astrology?
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One of the most infamous airplane hijackings in American history took place in 1971 when a man, "D.B. Cooper," escaped with $200,000 in cash.
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D.B. Cooper evidently had a daring and death-defying nature, and there are a number of suspects in the case. But why does Ted Braden's name keep coming up?
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Authorities were determined to learn what had caused the fatal crash that killed Paul Walker and his friend, Roger Rodas. Here's what they found.
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Mark Antony and Cleopatra's love inspired a new name for a small Turkish island where some say the couple spent time together.
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DNA evidence helped reunite hundreds of missing children from war-torn El Salvador with their families. Here's how.
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