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Why were the Nazis so enamored with the occult, pseudoscience, and magic?
A new study finds that casually fibbing to children results in lifelong issues.
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Here's how to best position yourself for taking advantage of the unexpected.
Progress for women can only go so far while men still struggle with ideals of masculinity that teach violence and emotional disconnect. Liz Plank is trying to change the conversation.
A fully programmable quantum computer that can outperform any classical computer is right at the edge of today’s technology. Earlier this month, a new story leaked out: Google, one of […]
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Can we radically shift our perception of who should be enacting real change in K-12 education?
Future-minded companies are investing in soft skills and digital learning to empower their talent.
What image of femininity is subtly imposed on us in the war against toxic masculinity?
Recent advances indicate that the idea could work.
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As humans, we teach each other. But do we take for granted our freedom to do so?
Charles Koch Foundation
For now, artificial intelligence is nothing to fear. But as it rapidly develops in the years ahead?
Turkish government is trying to silence its own.
Polls never reveal who we really are. Google does.
"At this point our data is more valuable than oil," Yang said. "If anyone benefits from our data it should be us."
Every day, humanity generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. Every minute, users are sharing nearly 500,000 tweets, watching more than 4 million YouTube videos, and conducting more than 3.6 million […]
Before you judge someone's personality based in their playlist, you may want to read the results of this study.
FieldTrip is advancing the realm of clinical psychedelic testing.
In hopes of saving their countries, many small nations are making big promises on cutting emissions.
She’s not a scientist, an expert, or even an adult. But she’s got one good lesson to teach us all. Like most people on Earth, Greta Thunberg is not a climate […]
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Has misinformation clouded our understanding of the anti-aging power of hormones?