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A small piece of foam caused the catastrophic breakup of the Space Shuttle ColumbiaOn February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during atmospheric reentry, claiming the lives of all seven astronauts on board. While the disaster occurred during l…
A small Texas lizard reveals how prehistoric giants conquered the world's ancient oceansDiscovered by an amateur fossil hunter at a construction site, Dallasaurus turneri is a missing link in evolutionary history. This three-foot lizard lived 92 million years ago, po…
A small town's defiant call to arms against NapoleonIn 1808, a tiny municipality made a massive statement. While the French occupied the Spanish capital, Móstoles issued a public decree declaring the homeland in danger and calling …
A small town's radical experiment in libertarian livingIn 2004, Grafton, New Hampshire, became a laboratory for libertarian ideology. The goal was to create a haven of minimal government oversight, but the social and logistical conseq…
A small-brained human relative lived alongside our ancestors until just 236,000 years ago.Discovered in 2013, Homo naledi shattered the idea that human evolution was a linear march toward larger brains. This enigmatic species possessed a primitive, ape-like anatomy yet…
A small-town newspaper editor who rose to become the 29th U.S. president.Warren G. Harding transformed a failing Ohio daily into a profitable enterprise before navigating the complex, patronage-heavy world of early 20th-century politics. Though his pre…
A small-town pastor faces a crisis of faith after his son describes heavenWhen four-year-old Colton Burpo survives emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix, he returns with startling claims of visiting heaven. His father, a Nebraska pastor, must reconc…
A small-town pizzeria owner inherits a media empire and faces a corporate takeover.When a billionaire dies on Mount Everest, a humble greeting-card writer from New Hampshire is thrust into a high-stakes corporate battle. Amidst tabloid deception and a ruthless b…
A smaller, sharper Westeros: the unlikely buddy comedy of Dunk and EggMoving away from the sprawling power struggles of Game of Thrones, this prequel focuses on the intimate, wandering journey of a lowborn knight and his royal squire. It is a ground…
A smell is a sparse cloud of molecules read as a patternAn odor is one or more volatile chemicals, often at low concentration, that noses translate into scent. Millions of olfactory receptor neurons in a rear nasal patch bind odorants,…- A smelly ear discharge might be more than just a common infectionDo not ignore persistent ear drainage or hearing loss. While often mistaken for routine infections, a cholesteatoma is a destructive growth behind the eardrum. If left untreated, …
A Smoky Mountains town grew around a school founded with $15,000 of church moneyIn 1910 a survey ranked Sevier County as the part of Tennessee most in need of schools. A Methodist minister answered with a nearly free school in the Smokies, and the town that g…
A smooth stingray exploits the vulnerability of freshly moulted spider crabsWatch a cinematic display of marine predation as a stingray targets a group of defenseless crabs. This footage from Blue Planet II captures the high-stakes reality of life beneath…
A smuggler's moral compass is tested by the weight of historyIn the year 2000, an Indian drama explored the grueling reality of human migration across the Great Rann of Kutch. It tells the story of a man who treats refugees as mere luggage—…
A snail in a ginger beer bottle created the modern law of negligenceIn a café in Paisley, May Donoghue poured the rest of a ginger beer over her ice cream and saw what looked like a decomposed snail slide out. She could not sue the café, since her…
A snap election triggered by a house in total fractureBritish Columbia is heading to the polls on October 24, 2026, not because of a scheduled date, but due to a sudden move by Premier David Eby. The move comes as the province's prim…
A snapped seatbelt in 1962 may be why Star Wars existsDays before finishing high school, George Lucas flipped his souped-up car into a tree; the belt broke, he was thrown clear, and he survived. The crash killed his dream of racing. …
A sneak peek at the final vision for a historic Bay Head home renovation.Designer Jules Duffy walks master carpenter Norm Abram through the planned interior of a home currently under construction in Bay Head, New Jersey. This preview offers a glimpse i…
A snide review of a failed indie band gave Daft Punk their nameThomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo first played in a short-lived trio called Darlin', which a Melody Maker critic dismissed as a daft punky thrash. They found it fun…
A snowbound manor, a murdered patriarch, and eight women hiding explosive secrets.In François Ozon’s 2002 musical mystery, a family gathering turns into a high-stakes investigation when the man of the house is found dead. Trapped by a storm, eight women—each wi…
A snowmobile maker's engine purchase accidentally launched a global train giantBombardier bought an Austrian firm in 1970 for the engines it made for Ski-Doo snowmobiles, and got a tram business thrown in. Five decades of acquisitions later, that side ventur…
A snowy Vermont town turns deadly when a werewolf hides among its eccentric residentsIn the 2021 horror comedy Werewolves Within, a blizzard traps a group of suspicious neighbors in a remote lodge. As tensions rise over a proposed natural gas pipeline, the residen…
A snowy Western train ride hides a deadly conspiracy in the Idaho mountainsIn the 1975 film Breakheart Pass, a train carrying medical supplies to a diphtheria-stricken frontier fort is not what it seems. As passengers vanish, an undercover agent discover…
A snubbed bicycle repair letter started the company behind Škoda carsIn 1894 a young Czech bookseller named Václav Klement sent his broken German bicycle back to its maker with a letter written in Czech. The reply told him to write in a language th…
A soap opera born from a local dispute over a foster home in AustraliaCreated by Alan Bateman after observing community outrage in Kangaroo Point, Home and Away transformed a local conflict into a global television phenomenon. Initially titled Refug…
A soap opera patriarch whose life is defined by betrayal, secrets, and recurring returns.Max Branning is a central figure in the long-running drama EastEnders, known for his volatile relationships and constant struggle to maintain his family. His life in Walford is ma…
A soaring brick masterpiece in Iran that holds no body, only a legendRising 61 meters above the Iranian landscape, the Gonbad-e Qabus tower is a marvel of medieval engineering. Built in 1006/7 as a tomb for a Ziyarid ruler, the structure remains an…
A sobering look at the hidden, long-term psychological toll of modern combat deploymentBased on David Finkel’s non-fiction book, the 2017 drama Thank You for Your Service follows soldiers returning from Iraq to the realities of civilian life. The film explores the h…
A soccer club built on community, not commercial interestsWhile many sports franchises prioritize corporate expansion, Detroit City FC was founded by five residents with a different goal: cultural regeneration. By rejecting traditional i…
A soccer club where winning is measured by carbon footprintsVermont Green FC isn't just trying to win trophies; they are aiming for net-zero status. By weaving environmental justice into their core identity, this Burlington-based club has …
A soccer game where a heart condition dictates the strategyIn a world of superhuman sports, one protagonist can't even run. Unmei Sasanami faces a physical ceiling due to congenital heart disease, forcing him to trade raw athleticism for …
A social odyssey where friendship is the primary currencySky: Children of the Light isn't just a game; it is a social experiment in connection. Developed over seven years, it uses a custom engine to create a world where players fly thro…
A social safety net or an expensive economic experiment?Launched as the centerpiece of the Great Society, Job Corps was designed to pull disadvantaged youth into the American workforce. Yet, decades later, it remains one of the most po…
A socialite tired of chipped china built the first dishwasher that caught onJosephine Cochrane was wealthy enough to have servants, and that was her problem: they kept damaging her good china while washing it. In 1886, working with a mechanic in her tool …- A software bug in a pirate game accidentally birthed a Greek mythological epicDuring the development of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, a glitch turned human crew members into giant cyclopes. This unintended sight inspired Ubisoft Quebec to create an entirely new…
A software glitch and a ballot fraud scandal defined Saxony's 2024 state electionFollowing the 2024 Saxony state election, a technical error in seat allocation unexpectedly stripped the AfD of a blocking minority. Meanwhile, investigations into manipulated mai…
A software titan and philanthropist who turned a persistent cold call into billionsRobert F. Smith built a private equity empire by applying the precision of a chemical engineer to enterprise software. Beyond his financial success, he is a major philanthropist k…
A software update aims to make spotting real drug synergy more reliableResearchers released SynergyFinder 3.0, an update to a free web tool used since 2017 to analyze how multiple drugs interact. The new version combines several existing synergy-scor…
A soil bacterium is revolutionizing agriculture by turning crops into their own pest killers.Bacillus thuringiensis, a naturally occurring soil bacterium, produces proteins lethal to specific insect pests. By applying these as sprays or engineering them directly into crop…
A soil bacterium that hacks plant DNA to build its own private buffetAgrobacterium tumefaciens is a master of genetic engineering. By injecting its own DNA into a plant, it forces the host to grow tumorous galls that serve as a dedicated food sourc…- A solar sail successfully navigates the vacuum using only lightWatch the first successful demonstration of a solar sail raising a spacecraft's orbit. This video captures the transition from system checks to the actual deployment of a sail tha…
A solar system fractured by betrayal, madness, and the cost of revolutionIn Pierce Brown's 2019 epic, the Solar Republic faces total collapse. As the Society Remnant sieges Mercury, internal coups and rogue terraforming technology turn the heavens into…
A soldier resurrected as a weapon, then reprogrammed as a puppetImagine being brought back from death only to have your memories rewritten like software. In the 2020 film Bloodshot, a soldier becomes a living weapon for a corporation that trea…
A soldier survived six hours of hell and lived to tell the taleRoy Benavidez was left for dead in a body bag after sustaining 37 wounds in Vietnam. He survived by spitting at a doctor to prove he was still breathing. His subsequent journey to…
A soldier trapped in his own body becomes a haunting symbol of war's horror.Dalton Trumbo’s 1971 film Johnny Got His Gun depicts a soldier who loses his limbs and senses in World War I. Though initially forgotten, the film gained cult status after Metalli…
A soldier turned playwright, his life was more dramatic than any stage production.Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy lived a life defined by narrow escapes and literary triumphs. From surviving the French Revolution and accusations of treason to crafting the most ce…
A soldier who became the premier duke, he valued his military medal over nobility.Miles Fitzalan-Howard lived a dual life as a high-ranking British Army general and the premier duke of England. While he inherited vast estates and the hereditary responsibility f…
A soldier who survived five wars and countless plots, only to fall at the track.Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro was a man of violence who rose from the battlefield to the presidency of Peru. He survived machine gun fire, multiple coups, and targeted assassination a…
A soldier's blinded eyes sparked a revolution in American civil rightsThe modern push for diversity and equity in our workplaces and schools traces back to a brutal encounter on a South Carolina bus. One veteran's mistreatment became the catalyst th…- A soldier's final words: "Do not come up, I will handle them."During the 2008 Mumbai hotel siege, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan faced a choice between tactical safety and a life-saving rescue. This biographical drama explores the personal cost …
- A soldier’s quest for peace ends in the shadow of a falling empireIn the 3rd century BC, a lowly foot soldier survives a brutal battle by playing dead. He captures an enemy general, hoping to trade his prisoner for an honorable discharge. But as…
A solemn tribute in Moscow before the next voyage to the starsBefore launching into orbit, the Expedition 45 crew paused to honor the legends of spaceflight. From the historic Gagarin Museum to the Kremlin Wall, these astronauts connected wi…
A solid solution is a single crystalline phase with a flexible chemical compositionUnlike a simple physical mixture, a solid solution blends components at the atomic level to create a single, homogeneous crystal lattice. By substituting or inserting atoms into a…
A solo astronaut returns from space pregnant, sparking a mystery that defies human logic.When astronaut Molly Woods returns from a thirteen-month solo mission, she faces an impossible reality: she is pregnant despite years of infertility. This science fiction drama ex…- A solo violin performance set amidst masterpieces of abstract artExperience a digital premiere featuring violinist Leila Josefowicz performing massive solo works within the historic courtyards and galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A Somali academic turned president navigates a volatile landscape of shifting political alliancesHassan Sheikh Mohamud, a former university dean and peacebuilding expert, has served two non-consecutive terms as president of Somalia. His tenure has been defined by persistent s…
A Somali state named for Egypt’s legendary Land of PuntPuntland, a semi-autonomous federal member state in northeastern Somalia since 1998, takes its name from the ancient Egyptian Land of Punt—often placed in today’s Somali coasts th…
A son finally connects with the father he never knew through a rare aircraft.Wing Commander Joseph Watts died in 1940 during a mission over Occupied Europe. His son, John, was born eight months later and never met him. This documentary follows John as he e…
A son's cinematic journey to uncover the truth about his mother's tragic, defiant lifeZubeidaa is the final chapter in a celebrated trilogy by director Shyam Benegal. It tells the story of a man searching for the truth about his mother, an actress who defied social…
A song about monogamy became the anthem for the free love generation's countercultureWritten by Darby Slick after a painful breakup, Somebody to Love was a plea for loyalty in a city defined by casual romance. Though it began as a quiet local track, it became a fe…