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Researchers found what all viruses have in common and created a therapy that should work on any kind, and will outsmart viral mutation.
A new videogame has bad guys that evolve in response to the way you play.
Sean Curry takes aim at the rapidly evolving "gourmet" food industry that is warping our expectations, mindsets and first-world privilege to a scary new level. 
Could the Nobel Prize of 2011 have been awarded without cause? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my […]
Physicists discover strikingly similar structures in human cells and neutron stars.
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Theaters today seem like hallowed ground, says Harvard's Diane Paulus, but that's not their natural state. Once, they had the same atmosphere as sport: visceral, alive, and indebted to its audience. How can we get back there?
As a number of states decide the fate of legalized and medical marijuana next week, John Hudak looks back at the history of public policy. 
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What happens when Shakespeare goes to prison? His works humanize prisoners and open them up to reform in a way that the prison system fails to, says author Margaret Atwood.
The DOOR CLOSE button on your elevator is there only to make you feel better since it doesn’t actually work.
New report has some surprising findings when it comes to the gender pay gap.   
If humans are going to explore the solar system, we need to figure out how to live in space. The best way to figure that out is on the Moon — and you can help. Here's how. 
And succeeds! “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.” –J. K. Galbraith One […]
Geneticists make a surprising find in the DNA of Melanesians.
Trees are far from dumb; they talk and share, because they need each other to live better lives. 
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“My Experience is What I Agree to Pay Attention to,” said psychologist William James. And therein lies the problem and danger of advertising: we don’t always agree or choose to pay attention, but it shapes our life experience irrevocably.
Innovation is all about people. And the world of innovation is a world in which humans define what is new and accepted and embraced.
Interpersonal skills are a prerequisite for harnessing outside-the-box thinking on behalf of others, and they’re just as important as math, science and technology training.
Google’s Deep Brain team watched neural nets learn to develop their own encryption.