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Should you check yourself before you bedeck yourself?
Lab-grown meat will be on our plates sooner than we may realize.
Will we stick around for eternity? Or someday decay away? “I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end […]
It's easy to forget everyone isn't represented on the “worldwide” web.
There is a modern backlash against the pursuit of knowledge, and here is why that is absurd.
Excavators found the bones of an ancient warrior surrounded by "lots of bling," bronze weapons, and — interestingly enough — several vanity items such as a mirror and six combs.
If we have serious ambitions to live on Mars, it might be.
The origin of life is one of the biggest open questions. Could it all have started before our planet was even born? “When you arise in the morning, think of […]
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It's not about making poor choices, says Mary Bassett. It's about the fact that people in the hardest hit neighborhoods (like Brownsville, Brooklyn) don't have enough options to choose from.
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Famous pundits virtually never make falsifiable forecasts.
Let's talk about the facts, which include why you totally can eat bacon.
Teachers reinforce that making mistakes will get you a dunce cap. Shouldn't it be getting you a gold star instead?
American stuff is the stuff of American history, as recorded in still life painting.
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It's time for companies to rethink how they engage with their employees.
If I were to say that “crocodiles sleep with their eyes closed,” and then a week later ask you if “crocodiles sleep with their eyes open,” what would you say? The answer might surprise you.
Cancer is the scariest disease, but not all causes of cancer frighten us equally.
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Diversity is key to building a successful organization. Teaching yourself to shed your subconscious inhibitions to it is the first real step.
Morocco is turning innovative ideas into action as the rest of the world watches.