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In the 1970s, the Australian moral philosopher Peter Singer began to argue that it is ethical to give parents the option to euthanise infants with disabilities.
The scientific quest for immortality is predicated on the belief that evidence may already exist in the form of Near-Death Experiences and reincarnation.
Flame-bearing birds streak out of mythology and straight into science.
Our bodies may fight Cas9 proteins.
In-person training programs were, at one time, the best way to help your employees learn new skills and to ensure that the lessons stuck. With an in-person training session, employees […]
Keeping a gratitude journal is good for you on a number of fronts.
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Want to predict someone's next move, or know if someone is telling you a lie? Learn to read body language like a poker pro.
Twitter clarifies whether it would block any world leaders from its platform.
Short-term use isn’t a problem. Long-term use however may come with lots of side effects.
Bitcoin started at $.008, and today is worth over $12,000. What's the deal with other cryptocurrencies? We're here to help.
This new pill could make it easier for people to stick to the treatment.
In this video, Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer with The New Yorker magazine and author of four New York Times bestselling books, discusses what separates “geniuses” from the rest. In addition […]
A cosmic controversy is back, and at least one camp — perhaps both — is making an unidentified error. Ever since Hubble first discovered the relationship between a galaxy’s distance and its motion away […]
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From a low-brow adolescent distraction to a sophisticated art form and educational tool, comic books are finally having their moment in the sun.
More Nations Are Banning Ritual Slaughter. Should Religious Tradition Be Honored Over Animal Rights?
Kosher butchers must have a steady hand. Their ritual slaughter, shechita, must result in one precise cut severing carotid arteries, jugular veins, vagus nerves, trachea, and esophagus; it has to […]
Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real.
The effect worked best when the women knew whose shirt it was.
A theory proposes that the universe is not speeding up in its expansion but that time is actually slowing down.