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A 2020 study revived a longstanding controversy over Christopher Columbus' claims of marauding cannibals in the Caribbean.
Perhaps there was something theatrically satisfying about a learned man waving around a flask of pee, looking at it from all angles, sniffing it, and making bold proclamations.
If you want to write and speak well, use common words, not grandiose ones. Unless you're Shakespeare, you're more likely to annoy people.
Math can explain why your laces spontaneously come untied — and how to stop it.
Your brain is trying to show you the future.
Your expectations form the way you experience the world.
People discovered prehistoric fossils long before Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species." The remains of these unknown creatures often puzzled their discoverers.
Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.
Debate is a verbal sport with winners and losers. As such, it is less about the truth and more about who looks and sounds the best.
For thousands of years, we puzzled at how far away the Moon was. Today we know its distance, at any time, to within millimeters.
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
It's like combining Google Translate with a time machine.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
When you turn a map of East Asia upside down, Beijing’s geographic constraints and regional ambitions become much clearer.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.
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Knowing your key strengths can make you happy in anything you do. Here’s how to identify them.
While Saturn and its moons all appear faint and cloudy to JWST, Saturn's rings are the star of the show. Here's the big scientific reason.
Lost in a building or underwater? A new muon-based navigation system could be your guide.