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NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

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Explore mysterious 9,000-year-old Stone Age megastructures found in the Arabian Desert. Deep in the Arabian Desert lie thousands of enigmatic stone megastructures whose true form is visible only from ...

Deep in the Arabian Desert lie thousands of enigmatic stone megastructures whose true form is visible only from the sky. Follow archaeologists as they decipher the mysterious remnants of a Stone Age ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, often called the world’s first computer, was built by ancient Greek engineers over 2,000 years ago. This astonishing device tracked the heavens with incredible precision and ...

Nova Launcher, one of Android’s best customization tools, is shutting down for good. Founder Kevin Barry made the announcement over the weekend, confirming that he’s leaving the company that owns Nova ...

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