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Absurdism
Modern cosmology conjectures different possible fates for the Universe and thus for the end of time. Details depend on which model is right.
Cold War meets Star Wars in this cut-away of a 1950 “rubber bubble,” the first line of defense against nuclear sneak attack.
Satire and an inflated sense of self-importance collide in a series of maps that goes back more than 100 years in American history.
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
Socrates lived during a time when people did not strive to separate fact from fiction. So how much of what we know about Socrates is true?
To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?
One hundred years ago, a Ukrainian flag flew over Vladivostok and other parts of the “Russian” Far East.
For the first time, I genuinely enjoyed the new series. There’s been one question that’s bothered me in every episode since Star Trek: Discovery began: why would anyone want to be […]