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Meet the 'father of all bombs'

9 years 6 months ago
Russia says it has developed a bomb even more powerful than the "Mother of all bombs," the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal. Meet the "Father of all bombs."

Bill Nye becomes science warrior in Netflix series

9 years 6 months ago
Can Bill Nye really save the world? Probably not by preaching to the choir, which doesn't make his half-hour Netflix show "Bill Nye Saves the World" any less noteworthy as a breezy blow struck on behalf of science, despite a few structural miscalculations.

'Silicon Valley,' 'Billions' offer new view of super-rich

9 years 6 months ago
"Silicon Valley" is about a lot of things, including the odd collision of social awkwardness, big business and even bigger money in the high-tech world. Yet like another pay-cable series, Showtime's "Billions," the HBO comedy offers a more nuanced of the super-rich than TV often has in the past.

Jesuits and Georgetown repent for slave trading

9 years 6 months ago
There is a chasm, Frederick Douglass wrote in 1845, between Christianity proper and the "slaveholding religion of this land." One is "good, pure and holy," the other corrupt and wicked, the "climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds."

See world's most beautiful floral hotels

9 years 6 months ago
If spring is your favorite season, you don't have to go outside to enjoy beautiful flowers. Just check into one of these hotels, from Mumbai to Manhattan to Monaco, for some of the world's most elegant and opulent floral displays all year round.

The world's most beautiful floral hotels

9 years 6 months ago
If spring is your favorite season, you don't have to go outside to enjoy beautiful flowers. Just check into one of these hotels, from Mumbai to Manhattan to Monaco, for some of the world's most elegant and opulent floral displays all year round.

The beginner's guide to the French elections

9 years 6 months ago
France is about to pick a new president. C'est bien, you say, but you're still recovering from the tectonic shifts of 2016. (Brexit! Trump!) You really should pay attention, though. One of Europe's most important countries will end up being run either by a far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, or someone who's never held elected office, centrist Emmanuel Macron. Either way, the result will ripple across the globe.

'Super-Earth' may be the most exciting exoplanet

9 years 6 months ago
Over the last year, researchers have found nearby exoplanets that could potentially support life, like Proxima b and the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets. Now, a "super-Earth" has been found 39 light-years away, according to new research in the journal Nature.

Prison suicides are on the rise

9 years 6 months ago
It's no secret that American's jails and prisons are among the most dangerous and overcrowded in the world. But news of former NFLer Aaron Hernandez's suicide in prison highlighted a recent overlooked trend in corrections facilities nationwide.

Poll: Ivanka, Jared's WH roles inappropriate

9 years 6 months ago
Fewer voters have unfavorable opinions of the first family than President Donald Trump, but a majority disapprove of the adviser roles of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters.
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