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Unions between Muslims and non-Muslims played a huge part in the expansion of Islam.
Can learning about the great white shark help protect us from cancer?
Why do people buy into stories that are clearly lies? Hannah Arendt can help us understand.
Diversity without inclusion is largely pointless. Beyond superficially satisfying some hiring metric, bringing on an employee who has little chance of thriving deprives the company of diversity’s benefit and puts […]
Maslow's highest level on the hierarchy of needs.
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Evolutionarily speaking, being gay is still something of an enigma
It was so well-motivated and compelling. But the particles never appeared. Every so often, an idea comes along in theoretical physics that’s undeniably profound. When a single idea can solve […]
Creativity can bring about unchecked harm, but it's up to us how we wield it.
One flew east, one flew west, eight shrinks flew into the cuckoo's nest.
Seemingly small moments of discrimination often pass unnoticed.
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Good science is sometimes trumped by the craving for a "big splash."
The first planet beyond ‘naked eye’ astronomy will pass within just 1° of Mars. Although there are eight major planets in the Solar System, most of us never see Uranus or […]
Two space agencies plan missions to deflect an asteroid.
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Soon, parents may be able to prescribe music to their kids to help them focus.
The assumption "that without memory, there can be no self" is wrong, say researchers.