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A loophole signed into law during the Bush administration has been fiendishly tough to close.
The world's richest people could breeze through a climate disaster – for a price.
You can be born with good genes and study hard and still not meet your potential. Your environment has a lot to do with how smart you are.
Andrew Yang argues that the Alaska Permanent Fund shows the path to implementing a nationwide universal basic income.
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Don't underestimate the power of play when it comes to problem-solving.
Chairman of JetBlue Joel Peterson considers trust, “smart” trust, a key element in a successful organization. Where there’s trust, a company is free to become a whole greater than the […]
If you thought that diamonds were the hardest things of all, this will have you thinking again. Carbon is one of the most fascinating elements in all of nature, with chemical […]
An astrobiologist joins a like-minded global community in ramping up the search.
Future cancer research may come from studying antler growth.
The more we learn about the microbiome, the more the pieces are fitting together.
We're going to have to reckon with our workweek sooner than later.
At the core of the largest star-forming region of the Local Group sits the biggest star we know of. Mass is the single most important astronomical property in determining the lives […]
How modern astronomy helps determine its precise timing. Sort of.
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Here's how we stop a health crisis before it wreaks havoc on us.
Harvard psychologists discover why we dislike the people who deliver bad news.
If life exists on Mars, there's a good chance it's related to us, say researchers.