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MTV MTV News website vanishes, and with it 30 years of archived stories Rob Beschizza

trees Poison used to kill view-blocking trees may have poisoned beach below—and the sea Thom Dunn

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architecture The oldest skyscrapers in the world Natalie Dressed

History The Soviets mastered photo manipulation long before the age of Photoshop Carolyn Townsend

Mexico City Artist explains Olmec head crushing a Tesla: "to troll Elon Musk and his new car plant in Mexico" Jennifer Sandlin

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when censorship backfires After losing "woke" war, Ron DeSantis now wants to fine the same book-banners he whipped up (video) Carla Sinclair

lawsuits eBay fined $3 million for employees who sent live spiders and pig fetus to critics Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Neri Oxman, wife of plagiarism critic Bill Ackman, plagiarized passages of her dissertation Rob Beschizza