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With tax season in full swing, how much money can you get back from the government? Would it be fairer if everyone paid the same rate?
If it can stretch the Universe from the size of a subatomic particle to billions of light years in a fraction of a second, why doesn’t Einstein’s relativity forbid it? When […]
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Is Donald Trump a plutocrat in populist's clothing? Martin Amis defends rational thought over anti-intellectualism—which might just be the greatest con in American politics.
Where do cultures come from? The answer is as old as life itself.
Scientists are developing liquid metal or "electric blood" that can move and form 2D shapes. This may revolutionize the field of soft robotics.
In the wake of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal, another data firm was discovered to have amassed similar user profiles of millions of people.
A little peek into our past reveals tantalizing details.
Sure, we found the Higgs Boson at the LHC earlier this decade. But what else has, and more importantly, hasn’t turned up? It’s now just over five years since the two […]
In her new memoir, Duke Divinity School professor Kate Bowler opens up about battling Stage IV cancer.
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Got drama in your life? Here's how to recognize the high-conflict personality instigating it and avoid playing into their hands.
A new paper explores why women gossip about each other, and identifies some key factors that influence how women choose gossiping targets.
After the wrongful arrest of two black men, the coffee shop chain will be closing down for an afternoon in order to educate up to 175,000 employees on racial bias in the workplace.
It's not a solution yet, but perhaps the start of one.
Sometimes conspiracy theories turn out to be true, like the one about how the CIA tried to use LSD to find a mind-control drug.
Rapper Meek Mill is stuck in jail, caught in the U.S. justice system’s perpetual probation trap that keeps a disproportionate number of black people in America incarcerated.
Optimal efficiency is a goal that every organization or business strives for. However, achieving that task is easier said than done. Helping employees find ways to increase their efficiency while […]
The 'Great Polish Map of Scotland' is the coolest map story you've never heard of.
Among the general public, people compare it to the aether, phlogiston, or epicycles. Yet almost all astronomers are certain: dark matter and dark energy exist. Here’s why. If you go by […]
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Raw talent doesn't just exist in ivy league business schools, says superstar business consultant Ram Charan.
A longtime debate over Buddhism's religiosity has drawn a line between metaphysics and action.