An Olympic Hockey Hero, A Violent Crime And The Specter Of Brain Trauma
Forty years ago, Mark Pavelich played a crucial role in the US hockey team's triumph over the Russians. Was there a steep cost for his lifetime on the ice?
Forty years ago, Mark Pavelich played a crucial role in the US hockey team's triumph over the Russians. Was there a steep cost for his lifetime on the ice?
While this might look like a random, lucky shot, it was actually the result of quite a bit of patience.
Some dogs were able to ace the agility competition at the Westminster Dog Show. Lobo, however, captured the audience's attention and hearts by behaving just like a dog.
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What's the plot of "The Iron Mask"? We honestly could not tell you. But it looks fun. Or maybe awful? Again, we're confused.
Maggie Gaines was told that her daughter, Margot, who has Down syndrome, had triggered a threat assessment by the school district — and that, under district policy, school officials had to call police.
The memoirs of Dan Peres and other ex-employees of the magazine company reveal mess behind the gloss of the aughts.
Jonel the Shih Tzu just wants the same attention as Koko.
This data visualization, put together by Redditor takeasecond, shows the tallest building in all 50 states.
Why a rotary cellphone? Because in a finicky, annoying, touchscreen world of hyperconnected people using phones they have no control over or understanding of, I wanted something that would be entirely mine, personal, and absolutely tactile,while also giving me an excuse for not texting.
Jim Carrey tells Conan O'Brien about the time Anthony Hopkins came to dinner and gave him chills.
What sort of black magic sorcery aka engineering ingenuity is this?
The Trump administration's attempt to kill one of America's strongest climate policies has been a complete debacle.
Investing in the stock market is risky, but you can mitigate some of that risk by learning the algorithmic secrets of quantitative trading. The Quantitative Trading for Beginners Bundle is just $49 today.
The YouTube channel The Slow Mo Guys recorded a tranquilizer dart at 3,000 frames per second and then watched the action unfold in slow motion.
We've all been there: maybe you just got dumped, or you're single on Valentine's Day, and need to watch something that reminds you of just how terrible sex can be.
We know that the Mercator projection, the standard map projection for navigation, has its issues in distortions. Turns out many other methods have the same issue, but in different ways.
Dividing the actual budget amounts for the 2020 fiscal year by the US population and sizing the numbers proportionally to make their scale easier to visualize.
Google "living apart together" and you'll find a dizzying number of articles, most focused on whether this behavior is socially acceptable or good for a relationship.
P!nk the Border Collie wins big at the 7th Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster.
We've heard of cars being stripped for parts after they've been stolen, but we've never seen an example as extreme as this.
Walter Huang, who died in 2018 after his Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete barrier, had previously complained about the SUV malfunctioning on the same stretch of Silicon Valley freeway, according to NTSB documents.
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American military training exercises in northern Norway are escalating tensions with Russia.
Made up of 7,541 pieces, this massive Lego ship measures 33 inches long. It's a wildly intricate set that Star Wars fans new and old can ogle.
The Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, a luxurious hotel in Dubai, has been voted "best hotel in the world" several times and is the inspiration behind the term "seven-star hotel."
Well, that's one glass barrier broken.
They're plentiful, cost almost nothing to feed, and taste like a "luxuriant steak."
A new op-ed finds the company once again at its most tone-deaf. Here's why the Big Tech backlash keeps surprising Amazon.
Why is it always pickup truck drivers?
The dream of the perfect mattress is fueling a consumer boom - with unimagined environmental repercussions.
You know those rows of fake building facades with nothing behind them that you see on a movie set, like for an old Western? They're, of course, carefully shot from a limited range of angles during film production to disguise the fact that these places are all hat and no cattle. Well, this trick is not just for Hollywood anymore.
The movie, which tells stories about a fictional magazine in a French city, stars Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Elisabeth Moss and many more. "The French Dispatch" premieres in theaters on July 24.
In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But a few revealing pages survived.
Taryn Southern and Elena Gaby are co-directors of the new technology
documentary, "I Am Human." We spoke to them about their new film and how best to approach a future in which the distinction between human and machine is unclear.
A group of bored husbands team up to offer each other some company while their wives shop at Target in this hilarious parody.
The challenge: Hike to the summit of Vermont's Stratton Mountain. Catch the gondola down. Repeat 16 times. That adds up to a little more than 29,029 feet of elevation — the equivalent of Mount Everest, without the altitude sickness and oxygen tanks.
Sixty years later, curators at the National Museum of American History talked to the brothers who found a relic of the 1800 Adams and Jefferson election
Life doesn't work this way, kid.
Behind the scenes of an iconic era of music history.
Past estimates suggested the planet formed in just two to four million years. But which figure is right is open to debate.
After five years of planning, kayaker Dane Jackson successfully took on the Salto Del Maule in Chile.
It started at a Chicago Burger King in 1992 — and ended up in basketball history.
This is the wild story of one developer's journey to release a game that never quite stuck the landing.
The men who reappear after countless left swipes have become modern urban legends.
More companies are using automated job screening systems to vet candidates, forcing jobseekers to learn new and absurd tricks to have their résumés seen by a human.
And it turns out the reason why there are fake doors and facades in Paris is very similar to reason for this phenomenon in London.
What's the point of this? Why were they setting off an explosive? Does it really matter when it looks this cool?
From cars that project their own pedestrian crossings to efficient extending tails.
And interestingly, the largest private company in the US has held its place as first for the past 12 years.
The Real Thing, one of Britain's most successful black groups, has been overlooked for decades.
In a flash of inspiration, Ariel Avissar synced Inigo Montoya from "The Princess Bride" with Eminem's classic hip-hop track.
The images, by artist and professor Dornith Doherty, are ethereal and oddly comforting.
For more than four decades, Page Six has ruled the world of gossip about the famous and powerful. In an era when celebrities control the narrative and "power" is a dirty word, can it survive?
Driven by loss, two of the world's best mountaineers set out to make history — and find answers — in the shadow of Mount Everest.
Why are so many scholars and scientists obsessed with deciphering a bizarre, illustrated 600-year old manuscript?
We couldn't have imagined a better plight.
Danny Caine on the transparency and responsibility of the world's largest bookstore.
The new "Sonic the Hedgehog" movie has riled fans with its bizarre depiction of the cartoon's teeth. We spoke to a veterinarian about real hedgehogs, because they're cute.
Some dogs hate bath time. Not this corgi, though.
A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.
You never know when you might need a light! On the trail or in an emergency at night, light can be a lifeline. The ZeroDark 3-Piece Tactical Set has a flashlight, lantern, and headlamp and it's only $19.99.
The cold weather is slowly starting to melt away, so Huckberry is offering up huge discounts on outerwear, slippers, bedding and more. The biggest discounts go live on February 12th, but they'll only last until the existing stock sells out.
If you love curling up next to a fire, but don't have a hearth of your own, this personal concrete fireplace from FLIKR Fire is well worth picking up. It's safe, burns cleanly and it's perfect for roasting marshmallows.
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