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Why People Once Woke Up in the Middle of the Night and Went Back to Sleep
You wake up at three in the morning, stare into the darkness, and start doing the maths. If you stay awake another hour, tomorrow is going to be brutal. But for much of Western history, waking in the middle of the night was ordinary enough that people barely explained it. Records repeatedly mention a “first…
Over 400 Sickened as CDC Ties Salmonella Outbreak to Jalapeño Peppers
For Kristen Behne, it started with a routine lunch: a chicken burrito bowl ordered on a late June afternoon in Roseville, Minnesota. For three days, everything seemed fine. Then, on June 27, Behne suddenly passed out. Her collapse marked the beginning of a severe illness that would send her to the hospital—and quietly connect her…
Scientists Followed Nearly 4,000 People For 3 Years And Their Brains Kept Improving
Imagine reaching your 80s or 90s and discovering your brain isn’t doomed to just slow down as the years go by. A massive new study is turning what we think we know about aging upside down, showing that people of all ages can actually keep sharpening their minds. Instead of inevitably losing their edge, thousands…
Dolly Parton’s Final Goodbye Will Be Far More Private Than Fans Expected
Dolly Parton spent more than six decades performing for millions, but her final farewell will happen far away from the crowds. The country music legend has requested a small private funeral, with only her immediate family expected to attend. Parton died at 80 on August 25, following months of health problems and more than a…
Blind Musician Taught Himself Six Instruments And Is Now Chasing A Career In Country Music
Angel Paez never let the fact that he was born blind stop him from wondering what music could become in his hands. A fascination that began while listening to instruments at church eventually turned into a remarkable musical path, with Paez teaching himself six instruments entirely by ear and earning opportunities that once seemed far…
A Roman Villa Was Buried Beneath an Italian Vineyard for 1,800 Years
For generations, archaeologists knew a remarkable Roman villa was somewhere beneath a vineyard in northern Italy. They had found its mosaic floors before, photographed them, studied them, and then watched the site disappear beneath the soil. Every attempt to locate the villa again had ended with more questions than answers. Then an archaeologist tried something…
Two Men Swam Into A Flooded Field To Save A Fox Stranded On A Tiny Rock
Watching a family of foxes play around a nearby rock pile had been a daily routine on Colin Graham’s farm near Welwyn, Saskatchewan, until a sudden June 2014 flood swallowed the surrounding landscape. When Graham and his sister went to check on the den, they found the rock pile reduced to a tiny island—and a…
A High School Student Made A Remarkable Discovery At NASA
Most teenagers would probably spend their first few days at NASA trying to understand where everything is and how not to look completely lost. Wolf Cukier had a very different introduction to the space agency. Just three days into his internship, the 17-year-old high school student noticed an unusual signal buried in telescope data. What…
Mom Launches Pink Taxi Service to Help Women Get Home Safely
Amberine Nawaz stared at her silent phone in a panic. Her eight-year-old daughter was in a taxi with a stranger, driving through an area with no cell service—meaning Amberine couldn’t reach her at all. Since her family had just moved to a new town, she didn’t know a single person nearby she could call for…
25 Years After 9/11, Investigators Identify Another Victim Using DNA Genealogy
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, investigators have finally identified another person killed at the World Trade Center. The identification marks the first time New York officials have successfully used forensic investigative genetic genealogy in their decades-long effort to identify the victims. The newly identified victim was an adult woman whose family has chosen…