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This Is Ukraine After Over A Year Of Conflict

Syria has once again captured the world’s attention, casting a long shadow over the ongoing war in Ukraine. But does the shift in international attention necessarily mean flagging hostilities? In short: probably not. In early 2014, Ukraine’s east fell into turmoil after a wave of demonstrations hit the main square...

By All That's Interesting • Oct 15, 2015

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This Is Ukraine After Over A Year Of Conflict

Syria has once again captured the world’s attention, casting a long shadow over the ongoing war in Ukraine. But does the shift in international attention necessarily mean flagging hostilities? In short: probably not. In early 2014, Ukraine’s east fell into turmoil after a wave of demonstrations hit the main square...

By All That's Interesting • October 15, 2015

21 Fascinating Steve Jobs Facts That Reveal The Man Behind The Apple Empire

Twenty-one interesting Steve Jobs facts to acquaint you with the man behind some of the world's most revolutionary machines.

By All That's Interesting • Oct 10, 2015

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21 Fascinating Steve Jobs Facts That Reveal The Man Behind The Apple Empire

Twenty-one interesting Steve Jobs facts to acquaint you with the man behind some of the world's most revolutionary machines.

By All That's Interesting • October 10, 2015

50 Of Our Favorite Photos From The Apollo Archives

Thousands of high-resolution photos from the manned Apollo missions have just made their way to the Internet. Here are some of the best.

By Abby Norman • Oct 7, 2015

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50 Of Our Favorite Photos From The Apollo Archives

Thousands of high-resolution photos from the manned Apollo missions have just made their way to the Internet. Here are some of the best.

By Abby Norman • October 7, 2015

Pope Francis Has More Twitter Followers Than The White House, And 15 Other Things To Know About El Papa

The 266th pope has captured the hearts of people from all over the world, and after reading these Pope Francis facts, it's not hard to see why.

By Kiri Picone • Sep 24, 2015

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Pope Francis Has More Twitter Followers Than The White House, And 15 Other Things To Know About El Papa

The 266th pope has captured the hearts of people from all over the world, and after reading these Pope Francis facts, it's not hard to see why.

By Kiri Picone • September 24, 2015

Your World This Week, Volume XIII

Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Takes A Big Step Forward Google may have just taken its most important step yet in making the self-driving car a reality. And it didn’t happen in a lab, testing track or anywhere of the sort. It’s happening in a board room. Later this month, auto...

By John Kuroski • Sep 14, 2015

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Your World This Week, Volume XIII

Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Takes A Big Step Forward Google may have just taken its most important step yet in making the self-driving car a reality. And it didn’t happen in a lab, testing track or anywhere of the sort. It’s happening in a board room. Later this month, auto...

By John Kuroski • September 14, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXIX

The Ferocious Beauty Of Iceland’s Volcanoes Swedish photographer and geologist Frederick Holm has spent years hunting down volcanic eruptions across Iceland. Why someone would spend so much time in such a forbidding place doing such dangerous work becomes abundantly clear when you see the raw, ferocious beauty of these volcanic...

By John Kuroski • Sep 11, 2015

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What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXIX

The Ferocious Beauty Of Iceland’s Volcanoes Swedish photographer and geologist Frederick Holm has spent years hunting down volcanic eruptions across Iceland. Why someone would spend so much time in such a forbidding place doing such dangerous work becomes abundantly clear when you see the raw, ferocious beauty of these volcanic...

By John Kuroski • September 11, 2015

The Troubling History Of The Republican’s Frankenstein, Donald Trump

From buying political favors to dodging the draft, we look inside the hypocritical and scandal-ridden history of Donald Trump.

By Richard Stockton • Sep 8, 2015

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The Troubling History Of The Republican’s Frankenstein, Donald Trump

From buying political favors to dodging the draft, we look inside the hypocritical and scandal-ridden history of Donald Trump.

By Richard Stockton • September 8, 2015

Your World This Week, Volume XII

New Study Shows That HIV Prevention Pill Is Literally 100% Effective Recently, 600 healthy subjects considered to be at high risk for contracting HIV were given the daily prevention pill, Truvada. When the study ended, not a single subject had contracted HIV. Success rates of 100 percent are practically unheard...

By John Kuroski • Sep 7, 2015

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Your World This Week, Volume XII

New Study Shows That HIV Prevention Pill Is Literally 100% Effective Recently, 600 healthy subjects considered to be at high risk for contracting HIV were given the daily prevention pill, Truvada. When the study ended, not a single subject had contracted HIV. Success rates of 100 percent are practically unheard...

By John Kuroski • September 7, 2015

This Is What A War Crime Looks Like: Life Inside Occupied Palestine

“You can’t have occupation and human rights.” That’s what public intellectual and essayist Christopher Hitchens had to say about Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, one of the most contentious components of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict came to a head once again last summer, when Israel launched a seven-week...

By Savannah Cox • Sep 3, 2015

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This Is What A War Crime Looks Like: Life Inside Occupied Palestine

“You can’t have occupation and human rights.” That’s what public intellectual and essayist Christopher Hitchens had to say about Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, one of the most contentious components of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict came to a head once again last summer, when Israel launched a seven-week...

By Savannah Cox • September 3, 2015

How North Korean Propaganda Depicts, And Distorts, America

North Korean propaganda: outlandish glimpses at what one of the most dangerous countries on earth thinks about us--and claims to have in store for us.

By John Kuroski • Aug 19, 2015

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How North Korean Propaganda Depicts, And Distorts, America

North Korean propaganda: outlandish glimpses at what one of the most dangerous countries on earth thinks about us--and claims to have in store for us.

By John Kuroski • August 19, 2015