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An Australian rocket scientist has engineered a new nano-device that injects vaccines into the human body at a level just beneath the skin, using a flat patch instead of a needle.
Cooperation and generosity are better modes of behavior than obstinance and self-interest when it comes to thriving within a society.
Obama says he wants Congress to approve the strikes, but he is rather cold and technocratic when making the case.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk reveals a rocket design by using an interactive ‘Iron Man’-like computer interface that responds to his gestures.
It seems like every online news outlet wants infographics, and I really think it’s like data porn.
Lots of like bad creative writing programs will probably tell you that there is, but I disagree with that.
A business throws out pollution but doesn’t have to account for it or pay for it.
We wouldn’t think of leaving the house without cleaning the body. Really, we shouldn’t think about leaving the house without cleaning the mind.
We are interlinked with everybody and therefore, they are helping us.
We’re in the midst of a muddle about how to understand the nature of patenting genes.
I worry about what it's going to mean as we begin to micromanage the genetics of our children.
This is just despicable. Reprehensible. Maria Rodale, the CEO of Rodale, Inc., has likened the purposeful murder of more than 1,400 people in Syria by sarin gas to the […]
What do these pictures tell us, and what do they fail to tell us?
Half a percent of the universe is all we see - all the stars, the dust, the galaxies, everything - half a percent. So what’s the rest?
We’re going to have to learn how to cooperate on a much wider scale around the work than we’ve ever done before.
A broken heart isn’t something that should be discounted.
I can go with my gut and sort of feel a situation out. And I think that’s rather liberating.
I think you don't need vitamins only under certain conditions.
I think people just have to sort of basically realize that they’re going to face some difficulties in the first few days.