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Phil Edwards

Phil Edwards

Former correspondent

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    Triple axels can turn skaters into legends. This is why.

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    The Lincoln Memorial could have been a pyramid. See all the forgotten proposals.
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    One hundred years ago, work on the Lincoln Memorial began. These pictures show how different it could have been.

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    Why the Lincoln Memorial was almost never builtWhy the Lincoln Memorial was almost never built
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    It was a huge controversy. But the opposition wasn’t what you might expect.

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    An audiobook narrator explains her processAn audiobook narrator explains her process
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    Listening to an audiobook is easy as pressing play. Making one is a lot more complicated.

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    YouTube’s Filthy Frank and the future of shock comedyYouTube’s Filthy Frank and the future of shock comedy
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    Filthy Frank has become a YouTube star. Should he stay one?

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    Movies
    How Technicolor changed moviesHow Technicolor changed movies
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    Glorious Technicolor was much more than groundbreaking movie technology.

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    The dollhouses of death that changed forensic scienceThe dollhouses of death that changed forensic science
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    These dollhouses are creepy — and they changed detective work.

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    39 water terms, mapped39 water terms, mapped
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    How firths, lochs, and other bodies of water are different.

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    How granite countertops became an American obsessionHow granite countertops became an American obsession
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    Almanac

    “It has granite countertops!” This is how granite became the hottest countertop around.

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    The origins of our open office hellscapeThe origins of our open office hellscape
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    We all know open offices are awful. How did we get here?

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