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If we can't reach a national consensus and the Supreme Court can't agree, it might be for each state to decide.
Though perhaps not the most pressing, believe it or not.
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Many people are quite sure of what's needed after a tragedy, yet there is a lot of disagreement. How can this be? It's all about how the brain can form widely different opinions inside different people.
Knowing how to code becomes the next phase of literacy.
The Second Amendment is “… not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.”
If You Work in a Creative Industry, You Should Steal Other People’s Ideas Just as Shakespeare lifted plots from his predecessors, young performers today ought to focus on emulating those […]
Technology companies are under pressure to remove violent, terrorist content from their sites. Who should decide what gets removed?
The largest asteroid in the Solar System is hiding volatile materials that have never seen the Sun. “Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the […]
How to stop mass shootings? Maps speak louder than words.
Don’t even think about getting anything other than this one! “No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.” –Quintus Ennius If you are (or you […]
Religion is part of the problem. But the bigger picture is much larger than any one book.
People who believe that vague, mundane, vacuous quotes are truly profound also show indications of decreased cognitive ability.
Get in the know about one of the world's most gorgeous natural events.
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How much sleep do you get? Chances are, it's not nearly enough. Deepak Chopra explains why seven-to-eight hours per night is necessary to keep your body operating as healthily as possible.
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U.S. politics has never been kind and genteel. Anyone who believes otherwise is wrong. It's always been a game ruled by its dirtiest players.
Is AI about to take over? Or does it struggle to be as smart as a toddler?
Researchers assessed what makes someone likely to believe collections of randomly mixed buzzwords were "profound."
While a “counter-Earth” may be impossible, there are three other ways it could actually work out. “We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing […]
It's not the end of the world, guys.
Keeping sugar-sweetened beverages off the dinner table.