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In a recent CBS News interview, Jon Stewart lays out some fascinating thinking about Trump, how we got here, and what we all need to do to keep the country working as best it can.
During a time of division and fear, the Buddhist path offers insights into surviving and uniting.
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Fad diets are with us now, and will always be with us, says health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels. This despite the fact that weight loss is a simple science: eat less, exercise more.
This breakthrough Stanford University study may lead to gender specific treatments for post-traumatic experiences.
Researchers in materials science — physics, chemistry, and engineering — are working on new technologies which could solve some of the biggest problems humans currently face.
Stephen Hawking considers the future of humanity in a talk at Oxford University.
A massive complex of ancient stone structures is uncovered in remote Kazakhstan.
Women have the right to decide when to get pregnant. To exercise that right, they need access to contraception and information about family planning.
Fitness experts are praising the benefits of crawling.
Every day, somewhere between 60 and 70 million girls are not in school. More than half a billion females worldwide are illiterate—about twice the number of illiterate males.
Some things are held to a higher standard than mob rule. “The evidence at present available points strongly to the conclusion that the spirals are individual galaxies, or island universes, […]
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The maxim "One Man, One Vote" is so enshrined in our understanding of democracy that its weaknesses are difficult to see. Yet weaknesses it has.
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There are two people inside everyone: an artist and a bureaucrat. You'll need both to succeed in life, so how can you get beyond your apparent limitations? Take a lesson from Pixar Animation Studios.
This was a large-scale study, including 55,000 students from eight different countries.
The troubling ReAnima clinical trials in India have just been blocked.
Don't believe everything Google tells you. Facebook and Google are taking measures against fake news, but it's becoming clear that it's a symptom of a bigger problem.
SuitX has announced the next generation of workplace human augmentation: a bionic suit that could help enhance productivity within the labor industry and reduce costs.
How Polling botched the 2016 election “Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.” -Nate Silver On the eve of the 2016 election, Nate Silver’s 538 site […]
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Journalist Jelani Cobb considers the impact of Obama’s presidency on race in America. Did he make good on the promise of change that got him elected?
Donald Trump directly contradicts the biblical notion of charity. Yet Evangelicals, Mormons, Protestants, and White Catholics overwhelmingly voted for him.