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The tritone has been blamed for chaos, banned by choirs, and embraced by metalheads. Here’s what the 'devil's interval' ...
Known for its aromatic whites, Austria also has outstanding sweet wines, reds and field blends, all best enjoyed in a rural ...
Emma Jung, Toni Wolff and Sabina Spielrein were brilliant thinkers in their own right. Now, they are finally getting their ...
The S.S. Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1857, taking with it 425 lives and a fortune in gold rush ...
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At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life ...
The dogged search for a bird that many people figured had gone extinct included torrential rains, washed-out bridges, swine ...
At high doses, cosmic rays can tear through DNA molecules and damage biological tissue. Prolonged exposure to cosmic ...
Venues are in crisis, with more closures than ever — but superclubs, sober parties and new government powers could save the ...
Once known as the Kingdom of Aragon, this region in the foothills of the Pyrenees has managed to evade mass tourism despite ...
Two hundred years ago, the son of a saddler from a rural French village devised a groundbreaking tactile writing method of ...
The trendy supplement was originally developed as a fabric dye—and later used as a malaria treatment. We asked experts if it ...