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Are your fingerprints really unique?

These amazing color photos predate color film #shorts

Did you throw out your black plastic spatula? #shorts

What wildfire "containment" really means #shorts

One reason movies are so dark now

Should fluoride be in our water?

2024, in 4 minutes

FIlmmakers love faking America in Vancouver

How to see our end-of-year video early

Why your favorite movies fake their locations

Trumpism is a movement, not just a moment | The Gray Area

How restaurants maximize profit #shorts

Why every restaurant has the same desserts

The stunning success of vaccines in the US #shorts

Napoleon's missing hand, explained #shorts

Why one side of a hurricane is stronger #shorts

The Trump states that voted for abortion rights #shorts

America’s shift to the right, in data #shorts

How Trump’s second term will be different

What polls can actually tell us

Why the US banned Red 3

The secret ingredient in almost everything you eat

The "dirty side" of a hurricane, explained

The Gray Area | Ta-Nehisi Coates on visiting Palestine

Why some cheese is yellow

The real reason cheese is yellow

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Are data centers a climate threat?

Can clean energy handle the AI boom?

How to support our journalism #shorts

The Gray Area | Yuval Noah Harari on the AI revolution

The camera that changed photography forever #shorts

How Kodak invented the “snapshot”

The Comstock Act, explained

Are crime stats fake?

Exactly how Trump could ban abortion

What are glass bricks?

Tornado alley moved east #shorts

Is physical media dead? #shorts

How the Hindenburg killed an entire industry #shorts

How to prepare for a natural disaster #shorts

Are pit bulls as dangerous as everyone thinks? #shorts

The Workhouse: a New Series from Into the Mix, a Ben & Jerry’s podcast on joy and justice

Tips for sleeping in the summer heat

The clips that explain Kamala Harris #shorts

How pit bulls got a bad reputation

Kamala Harris, explained in 7 moments

Why "pop-up" restaurants are everywhere now