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The cosmic records we have are meant to be broken, but oh, have we ever gone so far. The great cosmic abyss contains more that humanity can ever hope to see, […]
"It's about having employees that are empowered."
We all know sleeping with your ex is a bad idea, or is it?
Tiny and efficient, these biodegradable single cells show promise as a way to target hard-to-reach cancers.
Our modern-day Kafka on his new novel Lake Success and the dark comedy that in 2018 pretty much writes itself
If we find the earliest signal from the Universe’s birth, how can we be sure we aren’t fooling ourselves? When it comes to the origin of the Universe, the Big […]
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Here's why the school you went to is less relevant than ever.
The new version's battery has a shorter range and a price $4,000 lower than the previous starting price.
It's hard to imagine such a number. But these images will help you try.
By 2022, there may be as many as three artificial moons floating above the city of Chengdu.
"Expropriation without compensation" is meant to address the nation's stark inequalities in wealth and land ownership.
Want a happy, satisfying relationship? Psychologists say the best way is to learn to take a joke.
A measles comeback is not the sort of return our children deserve.
Could the Universe loop around on itself? And, if so, might an intergalactic journey bring you back to your home planet? Back when people thought the Earth was flat, it was […]
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Writing by hand is the original concentration hack.
 A one-on-one conversation is a valuable opportunity to connect with someone and to benefit from what they have to say. Unfortunately, these chats tend to happen in the middle of […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has cancelled an upcoming trip to an economic conference in Saudi Arabia amid the controversy involving missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
A new report warns about the increasing likelihood of international conflicts over water.