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The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two people, one a doctor and one a survivor of ISIS captivity, for their work in raising international awareness about wartime sexual violence.
Is The Goblin's orbit a breadcrumb leading us to Planet X?
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Trump's Space Force is "not a crazy idea".
High-level official LeClair suppressed her sexuality for decades. Now that she's out, she's speaking up.
The latest advances in technology have led to revolutionary changes in almost all parts of modern life. The rise of the internet, in particular, has enabled an uncountable number of […]
Some of the meteorites that strike our planet originate from our red neighbor, Mars. Here’s how we know. As the planets orbit the Sun, well-separated from one another, we tend to […]
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MIT's Robert Langer explains why great leadership is determined by the quality of your questions.
Amazon raised its minimum wage for US workers to $15 per hour. Then, it took a bunch of other benefits away in what's being called a "stealth tax."
A California-based company called PIX will soon release a backpack that can display animations and play games, offering a glimpse into the potential future of wearable technology. PIX, which started […]
It's hard to quantify what it means to be good, but this framework takes a stab at breaking down what makes people behave nicely.
Lederman helped promote the importance of particle physics to the general public and his research laid the groundwork for the Standard Model.
It's just one of the workplace gender insights in a new study.
People were about to start hunting grizzly bears in Yellowstone again, for the first time in 40 years. Thankfully, that has now been blocked.
A new report from Bloomberg describes how Chinese subcontractors secretly inserted microchips into servers that wound up in data centers used by nearly 30 American companies.
Self-cleaning trays may be on the horizon across the world.
There are many integral components to successful and effective employe onboarding over the days, weeks, and months after a new hire has joined your organization. Some of the basics include […]
The field they work in is quite cutting edge.
South Africa is no longer the only place on the continent that has urban wealth clusters
On September 27, 1972, scientists performed the first test of Bell’s inequality. God does play dice with the Universe, after all. One of the most puzzling and counterintuitive aspects of quantum […]
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Lions, lightning, and rivers all have one thing in common. We can use the laws of nature to build a regenerative economy and fix rampant inequality.