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Your Horoscope According to Your Birth Year's #1 Single: 1996
If you were born in 1996, your Pop Star is "Macarena" by Los Del Rio and it's literally the only reason why you are obsessive, misunderstood, and a trailblazer.
When Two Remain Two: A Potted History of Failed Soccer Club Mergers
Plans to merge two football clubs are rarely popular and tend to founder, often in the face of overwhelming fan opposition. Here, we revisit some of the grand alliances that never came to pass.
What It Feels Like to Be Illiterate All Your Life
The reason illiteracy often disappears under the radar is because, by its very nature, it is socially, culturally, and financially exclusionary.
Ali Al-Habsi: The Desert Fireman
The first footballer of Gulf Arab origin to play in the Premier League, Ali Al-Habsi is an icon to many. Against all odds, the former fireman has made a legacy for himself on English shores.
The Army Is Testing Brainwave-Reading Technology for Drivers
Is this the future of staying safe on the road?
Talking to Patti Smith About Being in Love and Crying at Everything
The punk poet talks last meals, crying all the time, and reading every day.
The Bookmark Light Is Design at Its Brightest
Silver nanoparticle ink meets practical magic in Kyouei design's stunning hybrid bookmark reading light.
Why Are We Still Teaching Kids Cursive?
It's pretty, but only if you practice all the time...which no one does.
Yup, Amazon's Next Kindle Is the Kindle Oasis
A couple of leaks, as well as WHOIS data, suggest we may be looking at a Kindle Oasis this week.
'The Familiar' Would Like to Be Less Familiar Than It Actually Is
What the fuck is happening in this book?