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Warren Buffett’s letter to shareholders for 2017 contains valuable insights into recent market activity, and also explains how he won a 10-year bet with Wall Street.
Microsoft researchers work to create a digital "alter ego" that will know everything about you and make you much smarter.
Nietzsche has had a large influence on political history, but what did he really think of all the ideologies he examined?
A single, complete view of half the world was enough to teach us how these distant, frozen bodies work. On July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons flew by Pluto. Pluto’s atmosphere, […]
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Having a goal to change the world for the better is great. But what's more important, says Chelsea Clinton, is having a plan to make it happen.
A new study links heavy alcohol usage with dementia. Other research finds that soon we might not be able to tolerate alcohol at all.
Years of inconsistency in marijuana studies sent UC-Boulder researchers pouring over all the MRI data associated with alcohol and pot.
A newly discovered phenomenon shows that humans communicate outside of mere auditory and visual modes.
Stephen Fry announces that he’s had surgery for prostate cancer nine the most Stephen-Fry way possible.
Philosophers like to present their works as if everything before it was wrong. Sometimes, they even say they have ended the need for more philosophy. So, what happens when somebody realizes they were mistaken?
Research shows that the U.S. has more food allergies than other nations though it’s not clear why. The good news: For one of the worst allergies, peanuts, there’s promising news.
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If aliens do exist, posits theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, why would they want anything to do with us?
The medal-winning Norwegian team had a most unusual explanation for why their speed skaters wore blue. Is there any science to back it up? Every four years, the Olympics come around, […]
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How do we reconcile American culture when an increasing amount of it is made by sex offenders? It's not a new phenomenon. Actress, author, and whistleblower Rose McGowan is here to tell you that American culture has been screwed up for a long, long time.