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Featured todayIran: The History Behind the War
How a seventy-year friendship collapsed into today's Iran, US, and Israel conflict.
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Biographies17 minutesChe Guevara: The Man and the IconChe Guevara: The Man and the Icon
The doctor who became a guerrilla and a minister — and, in the end, the most reproduced photograph in history.
Politics19 minutes1945 Was Not the End: Neo-Nazis, Europe and Moscow1945 Was Not the End: Neo-Nazis, Europe and Moscow
From Rostock to Moscow: how a defeated ideology keeps coming back, and who profits from it.
Biographies18 minutesThe Polgár Experiment: Geniuses Aren't BornThe Polgár Experiment: Geniuses Aren't Born
A father believed genius is built, not born — and proved it on his own daughters.
History18 minutesSmyrna 1922: The End of a Cosmopolitan CitySmyrna 1922: The End of a Cosmopolitan City
How the Aegean's most cosmopolitan city was lost in a few days — and what crossed the sea.
Economics & Business20 minutesLehman Brothers: The Bankruptcy That Shook the WorldLehman Brothers: The Bankruptcy That Shook the World
How a bank that survived a civil war and the Great Depression collapsed in a single weekend.
History17 minutesSeptember 11: The Day That Changed the WorldSeptember 11: The Day That Changed the World
The true story of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and twenty years of consequences.
Economics & Business17 minutesThe Price of OrderThe Price of Order
The real history of tax — from a payment for protection to the foundation of the welfare state.
Politics16 minutes12 Nautical Miles: The Line That Could Start a War12 Nautical Miles: The Line That Could Start a War
Why extending Greece's territorial waters by a few miles is treated by Turkey as grounds for war.
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Politics20 minutesIsrael and Palestine: One Land, Many MemoriesIsrael and Palestine: One Land, Many Memories
From ancient Canaan to today's war, the story of a land that became home to two peoples.
Science17 minutesTime Dilation: A One-Way Ticket to the FutureTime Dilation: A One-Way Ticket to the Future
A ten-minute trip to a black hole — and no way to know how many years you'll lose.
Technology18 minutesHow LLMs Actually WorkHow LLMs Actually Work
The program that wrote this poem doesn't know what a single word inside it means.
History14 minutesGold: A History of ObsessionGold: A History of Obsession
Why one metal has driven humans to extremes, again and again, on every continent and in every era.
Psychology & Growth17 minutesThe Truth Only a Few Can See (Or So They Think)The Truth Only a Few Can See (Or So They Think)
Why fanaticism doesn't need evidence — it just needs the feeling that you belong to the chosen few.
Ideas & Philosophy21 minutesHow Artificial Intelligence Is Becoming Our New GodHow Artificial Intelligence Is Becoming Our New God
From the Oracle of Delphi to a glowing screen at midnight: why we trust a machine like an authority.
Politics12 minutesThe Ceuta Crisis: When 60,000 People Crossed the BorderThe Ceuta Crisis: When 60,000 People Crossed the Border
How 60,000 people crossed into Ceuta and triggered the largest migration crisis in Europe's history.
Science19 minutesThe Experiment That Erased RealityThe Experiment That Erased Reality
Discover how a simple test with light and matter shattered classical physics and revealed quantum realms.
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