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Can 6,500 mercenaries "fix" Afghanistan? The U.S. is resurrecting privatized warfare.
A recent study could help improve treatments for PTSD, anxiety and phobias.
Few students will become architects, but architecture may be able teach them more about real-life problem-solving than geometric proofs.
Biographies, treatises and stories on the occult and its strange cast of characters.
“History is always written by the winners,” goes the saying. It’s also true that history is continually being made, and the identity of the “winner” continually shifts. In his Big […]
If dark energy is causing the Universe to disappear, how can we still find and see ultra-distant stars and galaxies? In the 1920s, scientists discovered that the Universe was expandingbased […]
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Harassment isn't about your intention. It's about your impact, explains Michael Kaufman.
A new study has some disturbing implications for rodents who like a nice soda.
Landlords aren't the ones getting rich off of renting properties; slumlords are.
Some are worried this represents an Orwellian move. At heart, it's not.
Unfortunately, this means that drivers act more aggressively on the road when spotting cyclists.
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Artistic depictions of the atom have deceived us all.
The visible light portion of the spectrum is tiny compared to the whole thing. Here’s what we’re missing. When you look at the Milky Way in visible light, you might see […]
The diet claims that people with different blood types process their food differently. Does it pass muster?
The ancient Egyptians worshiped cats as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.
A recent Colorado study of ER visits is alarming medical professionals.
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Have swipes and scrolls replaced deep thinking?
Love, grief, and moral disgust aren't unique to humans. Like chimps, humans sometimes struggle for dominance, but our first impulse is trust and connection. Frans de Waal has spent decades showing that most of what we believe about animals, humans, and the differences between us is wrong.
LIGO and Virgo have now detected a total of 11 binary merger events. But exactly 0 were in the Milky Way. Here’s why. One of the most spectacular recent advances in […]