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‘Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ said Mark Twain.
The idea is to flood the markets and drive prices down. Contrary to what you may think, a rhino horn is not made of bone but of keratin - the material found in nails and hair.
As wonderful as the evidence that supports or invalidates a theory is, it can never truly kill the ones that don’t work out. When it comes to science, we like to […]
A new study shows that oxytocin plays a similar role in dogs’ emotions as it does in humans.
A reappraisal of the Chinese Dali skull suggest a more prominent role for China in early human history.
Once desire becomes suspect, sex is never far behind.
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First there was the industrial revolution. Then there was the information revolution. Now, says Cartoon Network president Christina Miller, we must prepare for the creativity revolution.
If atmospheric hazes can cool the distant ice dwarf by an extra 30 degrees Celsius, maybe we can geoengineer a solution to our warming problem? When NASA’s New Horizons flew by […]
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The amount of political disagreement in the nation is matched only by righteous indignation. But in order to disagree without disrespecting each other, we need to look hard at our own positions.
For the first time, an object from outside our solar system is observed traveling through our neighborhood.
Every organization wants to have the best possible leadership, and will shell out big dollars to find and retain them. A strong leader can inspire others to be more dedicated—which […]
An Irish Catholic priest thinks we should stop using the word "Christmas" and replace it with another word.
Predatory journals are so busy scamming scholars that seven big ones appointed a dog posing as a PhD to review submissions.
One type of dog in particular is linked with the lowest rates of cardiovascular disease in their human pals.
Physicists propose a new kind of space structure that can allow information to escape from black holes.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has announced a proposal to repeal net neutrality regulations set forth by the Obama administration in 2015.
Student loan debt doesn’t make you undateable. How you handle it might.
It's not only a lack of sleep that's hurting us. A lack of dreaming might point to health problems.
Geologists find that when the earth’s spin slows as it has recently, major earthquake activity follows.