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Claims of a "loneliness epidemic" aren't based on robust data. Loneliness might be a problem, but it's not worse than it was in the past.
asteroid deliver organics to Earth
When the Universe was first born, the ingredients necessary for life were nowhere to be found. Only our "lucky stars" enabled our existence.
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We can reasonably say that we understand the history of the Universe within one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. That's not good enough.
Scenario Based Learning
Scenario-based learning makes employees active participants in their own learning process, better preparing them for the real issues they may face at work.
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500 sheep were slaughtered to produce the 2,060 pages of the "Codex Amiatinus," a Latin translation of the Bible.
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Large language models are an impressive advance in AI, but we are far away from achieving human-level capabilities.
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Take a hint from Einstein and Mozart — unplug and make peace with some degree of failure.
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Some say that the Sun is a green-yellow color, but our human eyes see it as white, or yellow-to-red during sunset. What color is it really?
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Archaeologists can learn how societies lived by studying what they left behind when they died. Astronomers are doing much the same thing.
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The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.
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Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.
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Rather than sending serial killer art to auctions, it should be sent to abnormal psychologists for research.
black hole central singularity
Yes, "the laws of physics break down" at singularities. But something really weird must have happened for black holes to not possess them.
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People with aphantasia cannot conjure mental images, either original or from memory.
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"In order to seek truth," Rene Descartes once wrote, "it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things."
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A recent study highlights the astounding adaptability of the human brain.
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You can learn a lot about life through literature's most unrespectable and heinous characters.
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A new, unexpected brightening, just 3 years after a massive dimming event, has astronomers watching Betelgeuse. Is a supernova imminent?
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“Who is the aggressor?” That depends on which of these maps you believe.