The Pattersons said they were merely going on vacation. That was nearly 70 years ago.

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Consumer tastes have shifted over the past 20 years.
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Long before he was Calvin Coolidge’s vice president, Charles Dawes wrote an instrumental piece called “Melody in A Major” that later became a #1 hit.
These retro novelizations of classic movies like ‘Alien’ and ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ read like the best kind of blast from the past.
Suggestions for what to call the period of time from 2000–2009 ranged from ‘the nillies’ and ‘the oh-ohs’ to ‘the double zeroes’ and ‘the noughties.’ So how’d we land on ‘the aughts’?
Next time you’re in the Hub, you can let your Masshole flag fly with these Boston slang terms that will have you sounding like a townie in no time.
Fazlur Khan and the idea that would turn architecture on its head.
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Scientists are closer to understanding how Greenland sharks can survive for hundreds of years.
Don’t be deceived by this seemingly simple painting of a man and his instrument. Pablo Picasso’s The Old Guitarist has secrets in its past and in its paint.
The part about the old man bumping his head and not waking up in the morning could describe a dangerous head injury.
Melting polar ice is slowing Earth’s rotation speed, extending the length of each day by a few milliseconds per century.
If you’re looking forward to polo and tug of war at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, we have bad news for you.
Some dogs lift their leg to pee as a way of marking their territory. But they also do it as a way of letting other dogs know they're the baddest canine in town.
The nightmare scenario described in an influential 2008 study may end up being less destructive than scientists thought, but Angelenos still shouldn't get too comfortable.