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Easy Company From Currahee to the Eagle's Nest

They ran a Georgia mountain until they hated it, then jumped into Normandy in the dark. What happened to Easy Company, and what the legend leaves out.

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Why Airplanes Fly and Why Turbulence Won't Break One

The wing throws air downward, the air pushes back, and the bumps that terrify you're nowhere near what the structure was built to shrug off.

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GuidePreparednessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Your Emergency Fund and the Cash You Can Actually Reach

When the card readers go down, the guy with twenties in his pocket eats dinner. Here's how to set up both halves of household money readiness.

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The Ten-Dollar Runaway and Other Presidents Who Had Nothing

A pawned watch, a canal-boat mule driver, and a tailor's apprentice with a bounty on his head. The log cabin story is a campaign prop, except when it isn't.

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Most of the Seafloor Has Never Been Properly Mapped

Pressure at the bottom of the Challenger Deep runs about eight tons per square inch, and that's the easy part to explain.

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Flood Prep Starts Thirty Days Before the Rain

Flood insurance has a waiting period, sandbags have a limit, and a foot of water will float your truck. Sort all three now, while it's dry.

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StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The Two Hours at Pearl Harbor and the Answer That Followed

A destroyer fired the first shot at 6:45 in the morning. What happened over the next three years is the part worth telling.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

StoryScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How the Hoover Dam Actually Holds Back Lake Mead

582 miles of pipe buried in concrete, four tunnels blasted through a canyon wall, and a wedge of rock-hard math that hasn't budged since 1936.

GuidePreparednessSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

What Your Parents Need Before The Next Three-Day Outage

Pills, power, and a phone number written on paper. One Saturday at their house beats a dozen worried calls when the lines are down.

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StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Lincoln Hired the Men Who Thought He Was a Fool

He ran a cabinet full of rivals, a war he was losing, and a country that hated itself. The record shows exactly how he did it.

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GuideScience & SpaceSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Five Saturday Science Projects That Actually Teach Something

The baking soda volcano is a dud. These five take an afternoon, cost almost nothing, and give your kids something they can change and test again.

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GuidePreparednessSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Build a Family Emergency Plan Your Kids Can Recite

The binder in the closet isn't a plan. Here's how to get every person in your house to the same information without a phone.

StoryHistoryWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Ten Miles of Track in One Day

On April 28, 1869, a crew in the Utah desert broke a record nobody has broken since. Getting there took seven years, a mountain of granite, and men who kept showing up.

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Your First Telescope Should Probably Be an 8-Inch Dobsonian

Aperture and a steady mount beat everything else. Skip the 675x box-store special and buy the thing you'll actually carry outside.

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Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

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Paper Chars at 451 Degrees. Your Safe Should Know That.

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The Wright Brothers Didn't Trust the Experts and They Were Right

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How a Car Engine Actually Works, Stroke by Stroke

Four moves, a few thousand times a minute, and a gallon of gas becomes forward motion. What's happening, and what actually kills engines.

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Build a Car Emergency Kit That Works in January and July

The $29 pouch from the checkout aisle is mostly bandages and a whistle. Here's what belongs in your trunk, what swaps out by season, and what to check twice a year.

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