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Government information should be made much more freely available.
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How can we keep from destroying information that might be relevant later?
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The unfortunate side effect of information technology: it doesn’t forget, even when our society does.
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A conversation with the Director of the Information Innovation Policy Research Center at the National University of Singapore
Penn and Teller are not like other famous duos, says Penn Jillette, the larger and more talkative of the two magicians. Lennon and McCartney, Martin and Lewis, Jagger and Richards—these relationships were […]
Tom Jones’ old friend Elvis Presley once told him “You have the voice of a black singer. Are there any black people where you come from?” To which this multi […]
Would it be cheaper to deal with climate change when it comes, rather than take preventative measures now? The Atlantic Wire considers the ideas of Al Gore, Paul Krugman and Ezra Klein.
"If everyone writes, there'll be more bad novels. And if writing is thought sacred, they will become more boring." The Telegraph doesn't think the novel is dead, just boring.
Twenty-four years after the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Scottish sheep are finally free of radioactive material brought on by heavy rain following the meltdown.
After dogs, horses may be man's best friend, new research suggests. Based on their ability to understand subtle eye and body movements, horses can grasp human dispositions relatively well.
Cases of human irrationality are manifold, but Wired Science has found a new one: Do the outcomes of local sporting events influence voters during political elections? Yes, two studies say.
"Feeling down? Having a stimulating conversation might help." Scientific American looks at a study suggesting that deep conversations are more satisfying that superficial ones.
Historically a bedrock of U.S. foreign policy, Israel is losing support from outside and inside the U.S. because of its recent aggressiveness, says Jonathan Freedland for The Guardian.
A recent Supreme Court ruling that denies a Christian college organization access to campus facilities violates the First Amendment, says Dennis Byrne at the Chicago Tribune.
"Repeal of the estate tax imposes significant costs on the taxpaying public and promotes concentrations of wealth that harm our democracy," says a Boston College law professor.
Robert Wright says that the Internet is scattering our brains, sacrificing individual coherence for a superorganism where people are but single cells of a greater, electronic being.
Queen Elizabeth II is here, and today she spoke about peace. She said, in her speech at the United Nations, “the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership […]
I’m nearly done filming a second season of “SCI-FI Science: Physics of the Impossible” on The Science Channel. In this exciting new series, I’ve identified 12 more familiar science-fiction movie, […]
As the Queen addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and pays her respects to those – including sixty three Britons – who lost their lives in the […]
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It can be tough, especially with young kids, because people understand atheism so poorly.