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From questionable shipwrecks to outright attacks, the Sentinelese clearly don't want to be bothered.
The minimum wage is a popular policy, but it's not the only way governments have tried to help workers secure a decent living.
"Strategic ambiguity" has long been the West's strategy on Taiwan.
Quantum mechanics forces us to toss out the old, reliable ways in which we make sense of our everyday reality.
quasar-galaxy hybrid
From black holes to dark energy to chances for life in the Universe, our cosmic journey to understand it all is just getting started.
dark triad
Managers who are able to identify and understand dark salespeople can manipulate them to benefit the company. What could be more Machiavellian than that?
The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
e-bike
The Rubbee X requires almost no setup and is far cheaper than a brand new e-bike.
mirrors
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.
cartilage
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
evolution
Organisms respond in similar ways to similar circumstances.
Mesopotamian beer was not flavored with hops, and it was probably on the thick, porridgey side.
jwst deep field
No. No no no. Just… no. The JWST has truly blown our scientific minds, but it's a pure crackpot idea that the Big Bang is now disproven.
big bang james webb
Unexpected images of galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope do not disprove the Big Bang. There are other likelier explanations.
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
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