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January 9, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThese Bizarre, Centuries-Old Sharks May Have a Hidden Longevity SuperpowerThe very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long…

One might think a drag version of a baroque oratorio with lyrics taken entirely from the King James Bible would be something out of a fever…

With Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked, on which the successful Broadway musical and now duo of feature films are based, The Wicked Witch of the West…

Alamy5. CeremonyLawrence Alma Tadema, A Foregone Conclusion, 1885The sense of suspenseful ceremony is skilfully acknowledged and manipulated in London-based Dutch artist Lawrence Alma Tadema’s charming enactment…

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here.“When Paul Morphy plays seven games of…