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That's five more unicorns than the previous three years combined.
If you look everywhere between the numbers 1 and 2, you’ll never find 3. Let’s say you have an idea about how our physical reality might be different from how we […]
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Here's how we can use the concept of "impact impression" for criminal reform.
Charles Koch Foundation
Templeton Prize winner Marcelo Gleiser on knowledge, the endless frontier.
YouTube's constantly changing hate speech and harassment policies beg the question: Where exactly is the line?
Sobering accounts from one of the most pivotal battles in world history.
With the interest of these tech giants, it looks like cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
Extensive research at Yale signals the future of personalized medicine
When it comes to climate change, today's airplane pollution is a real problem.
The solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, was the nail in the coffin of a Newtonian Universe. On May 29, 1919, the world changed forever. For hundreds of years, Isaac […]
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When should you censor yourself, and when should you speak up? Emily Chamlee-Wright explains moral philosopher Adam Smith's 'impartial spectator'.
Institute for Humane Studies
Walmart is selling "snake oil," said the general counsel of the organization bringing the lawsuit.
Chinese scientist He Jiankui edited the genes of two babies to be resistant to HIV, provoking outrage. Now, a new genetic analysis shows why this was reckless.
Setting goals might be easy, but sticking to them? That's when it gets tough.
This MIT robot solves it faster than any human ever could. It's a world record.
The quality and duration of your nightly ritual helps define who you are.
We're putting the "care" back into "healthcare."
100 percent fruit juice is still 100 percent sugar.
After his breakout performance as Breaking Bad’s Walter White — and after playing dad Hal in Malcolm in the Middle — it might seem that Bryan Cranston’s always been as […]
Everything on Earth is made of atoms and their building blocks. Without this one rule, they’d never make anything interesting. Take a look around you at everything on Earth. If […]