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Anonymous targets Donald Trump for his proposed ban on allowing Muslims to enter the United States.
Always wanted the Zen, but without the meditation? Maybe drawing is your path to mindfulness.
These days it's hard to believe there is still moral beauty in the world. This is why we still want to believe, and where we can start looking.
Ice mountains, frozen nitrogen flats and surprisingly familiar features show what the outermost worlds looks like. “We’ve learned that the view of four inner rocky planets and four outer gas giants […]
What's next in education?
Nigeria is building houses out of a most unusual building block.
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Mary Beard, one of the world's most respected classical scholars, is the author of a brand-new history of the Roman Empire.
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The rules that govern content/brand relationships with consumers have changed A LOT in a relatively short amount of time.
Richard Feynman's method for understanding science can also be used for detecting pseudoscience.
After hydrogen and helium, the periodic table is full of surprises. “The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.” -Harlan Ellison One of the most remarkable […]
Which makes you wonder what other “candidate worlds” aren’t worlds after all. “These types of systems could be ubiquitous in the universe. This is a really exciting time for planet hunters.” […]
Dengvaxia is a drug to watch for.
Have we ignored another of the criminal justice system's major issues?
If all the rational arguments argue against American gun culture, then the irrational (sometimes creepy) ones must be to blame for our fatal firearms attraction.
Scalia was sitting right next to Clarence Thomas, the sole African-American justice, when he made these startling comments.
Germans are cold and hard. Filipinos are warm and soft. Or is that oversimplifying it?
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Mindfulness meditation can be hugely beneficial in our personal and professional lives, but people often leave the practice because their expectations are set unreasonably high.
Giving the streets back to folks for whom they were originally designed: pedestrians.
Making Internet available where there once was none.
Dark things come in small packages, but the reason why is what’s truly astounding. “A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.” […]