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art Watch the live Kennedy Center stream of Trump's name coming down (video) Jason Weisberger

History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin

Games The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser is now eight years old and counting Grant St. Clair

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

Republicans MAGA Mike is sneaking around your Social Security Jason Weisberger

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History Hundreds of tiny medieval tunnels no one can explain Ellsworth Toohey

art Danish cemetery has a grave dated 1996–2064, for a time traveler Popkin

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AI Ted Chiang argues an LLM chatbot is as conscious as Microsoft Word Ellsworth Toohey

Science New solar-power desalination device leaves no brine Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment At Disney World, you'll soon be able visit Monsters, Inc.'s city to celebrate H.U.M.A.N. Day Ruben Bolling

christian nationalism 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths Séamus Bellamy

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