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1967 “At almost any hour that urban Americans are on the move, there is an anthem of gnashing teeth,” Newsweek reported on the growing “agony of getting anywhere” for city dwellers. In “no other society has man deployed so many wheels: they enable him to live in one place, work in another, and vacation anywhere he chooses.” On the road, “automobiles choke the expressways.” Ever-more beleaguered today by increased congestion and pollution, a new age of smart technology aims to alleviate these historic challenges—such as ride-sharing services and autonomous vehicles. 1980 After Meryl Streep’s stunning performance in Kramer vs. Kramer, Newsweek predicted she “may become the strongest performer of her generation” and “rival the power of such male stars as [Dustin] Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.”…

"It is a terrible thing you are doing, but you will have to live with it, not I!" —PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ANTI-IMPEACHMENT LETTER TO HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI “NEWSFLASH: YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT [WITHOUT] TAGGING ME.” —MONICA LEWINSKY “Maybe that’s how you get the U.S. government to put money into things like healthcare or teachers...just tell them the Taliban is there.” —host trevor noah “I WANT TO BE A WORKING ACTOR. AND I CURRENTLY AM UNEMPLOYED, SO I’M NOT SUCCEEDING RIGHT NOW.” —Star Wars lead actor Daisy Ridley “The first thing I said was, ‘I can’t, I’m Canadian. I can’t go accept an Icon award.’ Yet I’m also Canadian so I said, ‘Yes.’” — SINGER ALANIS MORISSETTE ACCEPTING THE WOMEN IN MUSIC’S ICON AWARD "Those are not alleged facts,…

1536 Henry VIII, the OG star of British royal sex scandals, who married his third wife, Jane Seymour, 10 days after beheading second wife Anne Boleyn. He’d married Boleyn after having an affair with her sister while married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Henry had six wives in all. 1809 Frederick, Duke of York, who was a son of George III and commander in chief of the British armed forces, was forced to retire in disgrace after his mistress confessed to selling army commissions, with his knowledge, to finance the expensive life she led with the married duke. 1869 Edward, the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII, was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and a notorious playboy known by the nickname “Bertie.” In 1869,…

Why this book? It’s the right time. Math is fundamental for grasping the complicated phenomena we experience every day. It’s the flow of water through our taps and the electricity that keeps the lights on. It’s the ads we see in our internet browsers to the “friend” recommendations pushed at us on Facebook. I want people to know how they can both avoid falling victim to mathematical manipulators and use math to their own advantage. What is a mathematical biologist? The job of a mathematical biologist is to use mathematics in order to gain an understanding of complex biological processes. These range from the way in which our genes function at the smallest scales all the way up to the way in which diseases spread through populations at the largest…

01 Sensory Deprivation Flotation Tanks United States While floating in a pitch-black soundproof pod filled with salt water might seem terrifying, this is one of the hottest wellness trends in the U.S. Devotees say the lack of stimuli creates a deep state of mental and physical relaxation that lasts long after emerging from the tank. 02 Ayahuasca Peru Ancient Amazonian tribes used this psychedelic brew made from tea leaves for spiritual and religious purposes. Now, however, it has become popular worldwide as an alternative healing treatment to reach an altered state of consciousness and to heal past traumas, depression, cancer and more. During a retreat, a shaman prepares the drink and guides the participant through the ceremony, which can result in the body purging in all forms, which…

JOHN HENRY DURHAM, THE U.S. ATTORNEY for Connecticut, is a self-effacing, modest, deeply religious, hard-working prosecutor. Unlike a fair number of U.S. attorneys across the country, he also shuns the limelight relentlessly, even though, on several occasions through a storied career, the limelight has nonetheless found him. But not like this. Not like now. Appointed by Donald Trump to lead Connecticut’s U.S. attorney’s office in 2017, Durham was tapped by Attorney General William Barr in May of this year to investigate the origins of the investigation into candidate and then President Donald Trump—and his alleged ties to Russia. Depending on where you fall on the red-to-blue spectrum, this makes him either an avenging angel, come to right the wrongs inflicted on Donald Trump by an evil deep state—or a deeply…

AMID MORE THAN 50 DEATHS and thousands of hospitalizations in the U.S. attributed to e-cigarette- or vaping- associated lung injury, and the CDC’s recommendation to refrain from all vaping products pending their investigation, comes a new study. Scientists found that vaping may carry the same risk as cigarette smoke when it comes to making the lungs more susceptible to infections, and they published this research in mid-December in the journal Respiratory Research. Vaping is the inhalation of a heated liquid, which becomes aerosolized. It was introduced to the market in the U.S. in 2007, and according to Euromonitor International, the number of vapers has increased from about 7 million in 2011 to 41 million in 2018. To reach their conclusion, researchers grew bacteria in a lab and exposed them to…