Not long ago, the world of audio was dominated by such Japanese brands as Kenwood, Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui, Sony, and...
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Cryptocurrencies
On Oct. 31, 2008, a white paper entitled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to an e-mail...
Air Rage
United Flight 857 was proceeding smoothly to Shanghai from San Francisco. Everything was quiet in row 55, where...
Retail Apocalypse
The list is long. Brooks Brothers, GNC, J. Crew, J.C. Penney, Lucky Brand, Neiman Marcus, Papyrus, Pier 1 Imports, Sur...
Grayfields
It’s becoming an eerily familiar sight: deserted shopping malls and big-box stores, surrounded by vast, decaying...
Supersonic Aircraft
In 1971, U.S. Congress halted federal funding of a next-generation supersonic...
Darwin on Steroids
On Sept. 20, 2020, a day before his 22nd birthday, Tadej Pogačar, a Slovenian cyclist, became the second-youngest...
NFTs
NFTs have taken digital art and collectibles by storm. NFTs are tokens used to represent ownership of unique items,...
Ghost Franchises
Greenville, N.C.-born Jimmy Donaldson has morphed into MrBeast, a 22-year-old YouTube star with 63 million...
Supersizing
To appeal to America’s insatiable appetite for the supersized, Carpinteria, Calif.-based Carl’s Jr. (and Hardee’s)...
Singles Nation
Drivers first spotted them during the 1970s in that ahead-of-the-curve state, California. No, not yuppies, bumper...
Hot Peppers (Spicy Food)
The heated scene takes place in Long Beach, Calif. Thousands have gathered for the annual California Hot Sauce Expo...