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Dying is a part of living. Yet our inability to imagine death is a limiting factor. Confronting death allows us to complete relationships, tell our stories, and make peace with […]
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Is there an ethical limit to prolonging life?
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Why is end-of-life care neglected by the medical profession?
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Many fear that if budget cuts need to be made, science will suffer, says Randall.
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A little scientific method couldn’t hurt.
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Restoring the Constitution, Randall says.
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The government, Randall says, needs to think in the long term.
We know ourselves best so we generalize outwards, Randall says.
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Greed has been a major motivating factor, says Randall.
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Randall believes in effective theories.
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Randall’s creative process is pretty random, she says.
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Randall, a physicist, wishes that science was a part of pop culture. It’s just as important to understand certain basic elements of science as it is to understand certain basic […]
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The Harvard physicist explains the design and goals of the 27 kilometer-wide proton-smasher in Switzerland that physicist hope will unlock the secrets of the universe.
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Randall hopes people will start asking the broader questions.
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Some science is risky, but much of science is not, says Randall.