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Early Household Technology on Exhibit
The Museum on Main in Pleasanton is hosting an exhibit of late 19th and early 20th century inventions that changed the ...
AI Can Save Humanity—Or End It
The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...
The Atlantic on MSN5d
The Invention That Changed School Forever
Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...
10 Seemingly Modern Gadgets That Have Been Around Way Longer Than You'd Think
Many of the modern pieces of technology you use everyday actually evolved out of prior inventions that, in some cases, date ...
Nostalgia was once a disease. Now we’re all infected.
New books examine the emotion’s long history and the politically diverse movements it has served.
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How Modern Traffic Laws Were Born 🛑
Ever wondered why we have stop signs? 🚗 From the chaotic roadways of early 20th-century cities to the development of modern traffic signals, this video reveals the surprising origins of road rules ...
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Winter is Coming: These Are Our Favorite Portable Jump Starters
Between the invention of the self starter and the end of the 20th Century, the best portable car jump starters weren’t ...
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Strife Among the Sociologists
Over several months this year, the prominent sociologist Loïc Wacquant’s 2022 monograph The Invention of the “Underclass": A ...