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I have been in love with quantum theory since before I started my Ph.D. in the subject over 30 years ago. Suddenly, however, I feel like we should maybe take a break. The trigger for this quantum of doubt was a new paper. There’s nothing particularly special about it; it’s just a proposal for an experiment that might...

Truman Capote in 1966 (left) and Robert Frost in 1957 (right). (Capote) John Downing/Express/Getty Images; (Frost) Keystone/Getty Images In 1942, a fresh-faced, sharp-tongued Truman Capote landed a job at The New Yorker. It wasn’t exactly illustrious: Capote, then still in high school, was a copyboy, a position that entailed ferrying other people’s copy from one place to another...

David Bowie's "Changes" on vinyl. Adam Berry/Getty Images No matter where you usually hear today’s top hits—the radio, Spotify, a mixtape on your Sony Walkman—you’ve probably noticed that they tend to be around three minutes long. As Vox explains, the custom dates back to the early 20th century, when shellac records first appeared in the market. The rates...

Jason Kempin/Getty Images Dolly Parton has long been an advocate for literacy and since 1995, has donated more than 100 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Now, the 76-year-old country music star is teaming up with one of the biggest names in fiction to publish a book for adults. As Entertainment Weekly reports, Run, Rose,...

New Bose QuietComfort 45 Bluetooth Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones - Triple Black Looking for a new set of wireless headphones and ready to make a real investment? Try the new Bose QuietComfort 45 noise-canceling headphones, which you can get on sale this weekend for $50 off the $329 list price. There are other opportunities to save this weekend on...

Ross Land/Getty Images In 1993, there was no Google, Facebook, YouTube, or Amazon. But an early version of the internet was there for people with the curiosity and the hardware necessary to explore it. To see how journalists reported on the advent of "the Net" 29 years ago, check out this video. CNN's compilation of news footage from...

Tatiana/iStock via Getty Images Your kitchen sponge should be cleaner than the dirty dishes it comes in contact with, but if your sponge has been sitting in a puddle by your sink for several weeks, that may not be the case. It's no secret that old sponges are one of the germiest items we touch on a daily...

In 2018, astronomers operating an antenna called EDGES in the Australian outback reported that radio waves of a particular frequency were significantly dimmer than other waves coming from the night sky. The finding, published in Nature, was heralded as a groundbreaking signal from the birth of the first stars after the Big Bang—an event dubbed “cosmic dawn,” which should have...

Several fashion trends from the 1970s have made a comeback in recent years, but the mullet has been a tougher sell. Now, Natural Light is attempting to revive the hairstyle for the 2020s. As Food & Wine reports, the beverage company is giving away free beer to people who ask their stylist for the retro cut. Natural Light...

The situation has clearly gone from bad to worse. (Man) TheStockyard/iStock via Getty Images Plus; (Speech Bubble) Ajwad Creative/iStock via Getty Images Plus If you’re talking about a first date so horrible that no other date could ever come close to being as bad, you could call it the worst first date of your life. That’s because worst...