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This Haunts Me: Did Scientists at CERN End the World in 2012?

This Haunts Me: Did Scientists at CERN End the World in 2012?

Do you remember 2012? People were convinced that the world was going to end — that the Mayan calendar had predicted it more than 2,000 years earlier. Protesters and time-travelers continued to decry the cataclysmic dangers of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, where scientists were taking apart the building blocks of the universe to understand how

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Bewildered, bored, delighted? The Disney classics my kids loved – and the ones they couldn’t finish

Not everything has aged well, but the animator’s storytelling skills still strike a chord with 21st-century children Princesses, overpriced theme parks and a rapacious commercialisation of childhood: these would have been my suggestions if I’d been asked six months ago what I thought were Walt Disney’s legacies. Which isn’t to say that I’m anti-Disney. At

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The Crocs Timeline: How The Foam Clogs Went From Hated To Loved

The Crocs Timeline: How The Foam Clogs Went From Hated To Loved

“The Ugliest Shoe Ever Made” In 2002, brightly colored foam clogs named Crocs were released to utter derision by the masses. The chunky, child-like shoes made their debut at a Fort Lauderdale boat show and were instantly deemed by the culture to be one of the ugliest shoes on the planet. However, it was undeniable;

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