At the western edge of the Mediterranean, the Phoenicians have also left their mark. In the spectacularly atmospheric Gorham’s Cave on Gibraltar’s eastern shore, accessible only by sea, fragments of an ancient clay mask of the monster Medusa have, just this year, been lovingly pieced together. The finds (thanks to […]
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Even the best Memorial Day sales make no sense in 2021
Americans are weird about holidays. I’m not about to go all Charlie Brown on you and lament commercialization or the contradiction of secular holy days, but can I just say one thing? Memorial Day sales make absolutely no sense in 2021. To be clear, I have no objection to people […]
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Millions of COVID-19 survivors have lost the sense of smell and taste. Will they come back? Not even researchers know.
Edelmira Rivera was lying on her bed with her husband and 16-month-old son selecting a movie when she heard a loud bang outside their home in Waco, Texas. Then her sister screamed, “Fire!” “I dropped everything and just grabbed my son and his blanket,” said Rivera, 22. “I could not […]
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‘It just didn’t make sense to us’: Nurse, daughter of 85-year-old calls for more accessibility in KCHD vaccine sign-ups
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A nurse in Florida and her sister, got online to get their 85-year-old mother an appointment for a vaccine in Knox County in early January, they didn’t get a spot. Upset, and feeling like she failed, Susan Day Richards’ sister called her in tears. “She said […]
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5 free agents who make sense for penny-pinching Yankees, including Brett Gardner replacement and former Red Sox ace
It’s time to find some bargains. There’s a time and a place for a healthy debate on the Yankees’ aversion to the luxury tax and whether or not this franchise is doing whatever it takes to win a World Series in 2021. But the Steinbrenner family money is not mine […]
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Meet The Design Entrepreneur Who Uses Science And The Sense Of Color For Good
As a first generation American, designer of color and founder of LOVE GOOD COLOR, Laura Guido-Clark was taught to dream big. Having grown up just outside of Detroit, the city taught her to look beneath what’s present to find the true potential. Moving to San Francisco in 1983 was the […]
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Adding a 3-D Printer to the Garage Might Finally Make Sense
From Car and Driver The gentleman who sold me my first car, a 1969 Datsun 2000, asked me to cup my hands as he poured out a jumble of letters. I dropped them onto the faded yellow hood of the roadster and arranged them: D-A-T-S-U-N. They likely cost pennies to […]