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A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
“My dad asked me if I had been to tutoring and I lied… Then he showed me the tablet."
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
Surely they can't be worse...can they?
Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.
Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia's war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
Satanic cultists don't even believe the Devil exists. Satanism is largely a religion focused on secular humanism and hedonism.
What if your best friend was an informant?
Even after a decade of hormone therapy, trans women are stronger and faster than cis women.
After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
The "attention economy" corrupts science.
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Is science destined to crack the code of consciousness—and how would we even go about it?
John Templeton Foundation
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
Turning away is a natural response.
Why, exactly, don't you trust that person's opinion?
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
Some animals were even assigned their own lawyers.
Imagine Flipper trained in the art of espionage.
The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
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More than mindless bloodshed, the gladiatorial games were organized sports. Gladiators were treated as world-class athletes, receiving superior diets and medical care.
We're still using 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid a year, but burials are becoming far less common.