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While the 2019 'Aladdin' is a big improvement from the 1992 version, it still recycles some old tropes.
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According to a new study, those who have a tendency to sabotage their relationships may find solace in the fictional worlds…
The health of American democracy could be at stake.
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According to a new study, a small portion of a site can yield thousands of objects, adding up to millions of dollars.
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Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till the morning of his murder. But that hasn't stopped…
Sports are segregated by sex. But what happens when athletes don't fit neatly into sport's definition of gender?
The holiday honors a 19th-century battle between the French and the Mexican armies that, strangely enough, may have influenced…
Many immigrants come to the United States chasing the 'American dream.' So do immigrant racehorses, who literally…
How did we become so submissive to a condition of constant surveillance that – except in spy movies or paranoid delusions…
There have been 'Jeopardy!' greats who can easily answer all the questions, who have mastered the buzzer and who…
An ethnomusicologist traces the origins of the practice, from early 20th century 'air conductors' to Joe Cocker's…
With her childhood neighborhood undergoing redevelopment, displacement and gentrification, a folklorist is working to preserve…
Looking nostalgically to the past, a young architect sought to revive the building as a bulwark to the uncertainty of the…
Something about Netflix's business model just doesn't add up – unless you look at the streaming service as a massive…