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The 10 Coolest Big Data Tools Of 2026 (So Far)

The 10 coolest big data tools of 2026 so far include products from Databricks, Google Cloud, Starburst, Teradata and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Brief History of the Erie Canal

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” The project ...
Slate

This Pie Tells One of the Most Essential Stories About Muslims in America

This is part of Season 2 of “Who’s Afraid of Aymann Ismail?,” a series featuring Slate’s Aymann Ismail investigating fears about Muslims in America. Watch the entire series. If you’ve never had a bean ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

How the Earth and moon formed, explained

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...