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Numerous critics have called for the ban of the infamous instruction manual for violent civil disobedience.
For the Japanese in World War II, surrender was unthinkable. So unthinkable that many soldiers continued to fight even after the island nation eventually did surrender.
Anxious? Dr. Frankl suggested you take a different view of things.
The brains of two genetically edited babies born last year in China might have enhanced memory and cognition, but that doesn't mean the scientific community is pleased.
The fierce debate over participation trophies ignores a crucial fact: Children aren't idiots.
Advances in satellite imagery are shining a light.
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The formula for resilience? Hope, grit, and amnesia.
If dark matter doesn’t interact with normal matter or light, how can it be heated up? One of the great cosmic mysteries of our time is the presence and existence of […]
The Megachile pluto is about four times the size of a honeybee.
 An autistic woman, Judy Singer, coined the term 'neurodiversity' in her 1988 thesis as a label for the unique contribution made to the world by people whose brains are wired […]
Why are soda and ice cream each linked to violence? This article delivers the final word on what people mean by "correlation does not imply causation."
A primer on the infinite of knowledge waiting to be learned.
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The plan to stop megacorps from owning superintelligence is already underway.
From billions of miles away, a faint, single pixel shows us how precious and alone Earth truly is. There are people alive today who can remember a time where no human-made […]
If you have a strong imagination, this won't help you with academic study.