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Robots, Rock Guitar and a Vegas Offer at the AGT Live Finals

A teenage guitarist plays beneath sparks, robots split the panel, and Howie Mandel offers to fund a magic show. Inside an AGT final where praise comes with pointed disagreements.

Oct 19, 20267 min read

Simon Cowell Cut the Track. L6 and These Young Singers Had to Start Again

Oct 19, 20266 min read

Jocelyn Bell Found a Signal From Space at 24. The Nobel Went to Two Men.

Oct 19, 20264 min read

Guinea Pigs, Golden Buzzers and the Young Singers Who Stunned Got Talent

Oct 19, 20266 min read

He Left Roanoke for Supplies. Three Years Later, He Found One Carved Word

Oct 19, 20265 min read

The First Barcode Scan Rang Up Juicy Fruit. Shoppers Called It a Rip-Off

Oct 19, 20264 min read

At 74, the World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Became a Mother Again

Oct 18, 20264 min read

Monowi, Nebraska, Population 1: The Mayor, Clerk and Bartender Are the Same Woman

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Sylvan Goldman Invented the Shopping Cart. Shoppers Refused It Until He Hired Fake Shoppers

Oct 18, 20264 min read

In 1977, a Volunteer Circled Six Characters and Wrote “Wow!” in Red Ink

Oct 18, 20265 min read