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Researchers at Kyoto University claim they will be able to clone a baby mammoth from the DNA of a 10,000-year-old woolly mammoth. The time frame: 5 to 6 years.
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Spaces between words were only invented around 800 or 900 AD, before which reading was a more cognitively intensive act. The advent of eReaders threatens to revive this complexity, says […]
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If you want to change your brain, you have to change your habits—but good luck avoiding the Internet in this day and age!
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The Internet might actually be diminishing our capacity to form long-term memories.
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The map, the mechanical clock and the printing press are all examples of "intellectual technologies" that have reshaped the way humans think. And the ways of thinking that we learned […]
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A conversation with the technology writer.
If sex workers are effectively used to manipulate economic decision-makers then, just like other forms of corruption, this will lead to poor economic outcomes.
Look for the answer to MVP #31 later today, but for now, I have a brief update on Bulusan in the Philippines. We ended 2010 with the restive volcano producing […]
Sex educator Jessi Fischer on why and how we vilify male sexuality: "The falsehood that men are brutes who can't control their sex drive is harmful to everyone."
Sales of Glock semi-automatic guns are skyrocketing in the wake of Tucson. The growing piles of bodies is real evidence of growing extremist activity. What could be plainer or starker?
A study has found an unexpected sex difference in the effects of caffeine consumption on performance under stress. Men fared worse and women better.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator tells Spiegel about the dangers of waging cyber warfare against Iran's nuclear facilities and the West's false expectations for upcoming talks.
Multiculturalism critic Kenan Malik: The very thing that diversity is good for is the very thing that multiculturalism as a political process undermines.
Steve Jobs isn't saying why he's taking a medical leave. Slate asks: Is that fair to Apple investors?
Would we celebrate this tableau of human good nature so enthusiastically if we did not also fear, somewhere in our hearts, that we might have reacted differently?
George Monbiot asks: "Who threatens us most — peaceful campaigners or a private militia run by police chiefs?"
A border collie in South Carolina has the largest vocabulary of any known dog. She knows 1,022 nouns, a record that may help explain how children acquire language.
Could online galleries prove a successful sales innovation for a struggling art industry? The first virtual contemporary art fair is about to be launched.
I’ve yet to go to the cinema to watch ‘Kings Speech’, which is currently the talk of Hollywood. Those who have come back enthused, including some of those who are not […]
Staying Grounded Last week's out-of-nowhere smash hit "Things Real People Don't Say About Advertising" isn't just a source of hilarity, it's also a good reminder that we as marketers often […]