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According to the biologist's view, if we are indeed inherently polygamists, we should have never been as happy as we are today because modernity would seem to enable our real nature to express itself. 
Extremely lightweight materials allow developers to program a robot to do almost anything a real bird can do, from dives to back flips. 
There is an imbalance between economic importance in global GDP and economic voice in the setting of the global economic agenda. What’s required for the future is a rebalancing of this mismatch. 
The “intent to treat” format does not alleviate selection problems within the “intent to treat” group.  
 The most revealing and important line in Angelina Jolie’s OpEd in the New York Times today  is not the one in which she reveals she has had her breasts removed […]
The reason that eating and everything that involves is taboo is that it’s something we have in common with animals. 
I think a lot of people stereotype generous and helpful people as pushovers, as weak, as not tough and driven enough to be successful.  And I think that is a myth that we really need to break down.  
Under Helene’s leadership, CARE has strengthened its focus on the intersection of poverty and the environment.
In a world created by hackers those who can't hack are the underclass.
If you thought that random samples of your DNA collected in public spaces could never be used as part of a futuristic genetic surveillance program, think again. In what has […]
The gun debate in America may have “jumped the shark” with yesterday’s Mother’s Day Parade shooting in New Orleans that left 19 wounded, including two children. When something as universally […]
While mainland Chinese companies already export inexpensive goods like seat belts, wipers and radios, their native engineers are young and lack the knowledge necessary to develop cars year in and year out.
Dull Flag, Tongue of Gangsta and dozens more strange toponyms dot these windswept Scottish archipelagoes
Every minute costs two rubles, which means an hour costs 120 rubles ($3.80). For their money patrons get coffee, tea, toast, biscuits, and as much as they want.
One software developer is doing just that, via a Kickstarter campaign offering digital footprints of various sizes for as little as US$2.
The only way China will become a threat, I believe, is if we believe it will be a threat.
Why should you only have sex with the person you are in a relationship with?
New research shows that people presented with an indicator showing the strength of their password created stronger passwords that were also memorable. However, the evaluation method itself is flawed.
The image above maps the location of more than 150,000 geocoded tweets that contained words deemed to be racist, homophobic or that targeted people with disabilities.
When we teach people how to catch liars, it takes us 32 hours.  And there are over 30 different things you look for.  I’ll tell you a couple of them […]