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Sixty thousand years before modern dentistry, a Neanderthal endured a 35-minute stone-tool drilling procedure — no anesthesia — and survived. Caroline Knight explains what a 59,000-year-old infected molar reveals about prehistoric medicine.
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A nomadic human fleet, an Aurora-class battleship, and a character study gone wrong. Victor Lams, Lisa Jones, and Jeff Haecker weigh the best idea in SGA S4E5 “Travelers” against writing that can’t make Larrin (Jill Wagner) land.
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The U.S. government holds real patents for putting voices in people’s heads — and thousands say it’s happening to them. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli separate the real physics from psychiatry, internet lore, and outright fraud.
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Your monitor is the last computer upgrade that’s still genuinely affordable, and the tech has quietly gotten great. Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter decode the specs that matter, then hit two Sony stories about owning what you buy.
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A funeral becomes the turning point of an entire season, forcing grief, guilt, and a Cold War-style reckoning over Titans onto every character. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Patrick Mason break down Monarch S2E6, “Requiem.”
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When Klingons destroy the conference she was headed to, Kira ends up teaching guerrilla tactics to a demoted Dukat. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin unpack DS9 S4E14’s moral complexity, Damar’s debut, and whether Dukat is tragic or just evil.
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Never accept a label in place of a story. Lindsay Sant brings notes from Melbourne’s Proclaim 26 evangelization conference, Caroline Knight reports on 59,000-year-old Neanderthal dentistry, and Lino Saubolle weighs in.
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A crystal entity turns Sheppard into every crew member’s nightmare in SGA S4E4 “Doppelganger.” Lisa Jones, Jeff Haecker, and Victor Lams tackle fear-feeding aliens, Heightmeyer’s death, and what Robert C. Cooper called his “Nightmare on Atlantis Street.”
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A Liverpool merchant spent 30 years tunneling beneath his own neighborhood and never said why. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh seven theories about Joseph Williamson and his mysterious underground labyrinth.
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Laptop prices are up and RAM is scarce — so how much computer does a college freshman really need? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Tom Grelinger map Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chromebook picks to every major.
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The presidential speech was written in five minutes as a placeholder. Nobody replaced it. Yet people are still quoting it three decades later. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Rob Leonardi trace its roots — Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas — on Independence Day at 30.
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No character is safe in *Monarch* S2E5 “Furusato.” A character’s death reshapes the Randa family. Dom Bettinelli and Jeff Haecker discuss identity, a Japanese lullaby, and what Apex’s overconfidence cost.
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Is Rings of Power Peter Jackson fanfiction or genuine Tolkien? Patrick Mason asks Rob Leonardi, Robert Story, and honorary “Rob” Fr. Bryan Shackett to give their takes on Seasons 1 and 2 — and cautious hope for Season 3.
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A separatist leader kidnaps Beverly Crusher and makes arguments the Enterprise crew can’t quite answer. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on TNG’s toughest terrorism episode: “The High Ground” (S3E12).
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Built without a single nail, carved with dragons, and still standing 800 years later. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace the history, theology, and Catholic heritage of Norway’s medieval stave churches — and their surprising American descendants.
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Ronon’s Satedan comrades are back — and they’ve been turned by the Wraith. Jeff Haecker, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams break down SGA S4E3 “Reunion,” Carter’s first episode in command of Atlantis.
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A bottomless pit in central Washington, 80,000 feet deep and impossible to fill. In 1997, one phone call to Art Bell turned a piece of local folklore into a national mystery. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate Mel’s Hole.
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Cramped keyboard, tiny screen, no ports—those are the three pain points of working away from your desk. Dom Bettinelli and Leo Devick gear up with portable keyboards, monitors, stands, mice, and USB hubs to fix all three.
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A Kansas City weather anchor starts speaking a language no human knows — and Steven Spielberg’s *Disclosure Day* turns alien contact into a question about God. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Tom Grelinger dig into the faith at its core.
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Apex plays the long con, sending Monarch chasing a whale while the real heist is in Pensacola. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Patrick Mason on Monarch S2E4 “Trespass”: Titan control, Cate’s guilt, and what’s in Keiko’s letter.
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