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coronation
Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
For decades, the Communist Party of China has relied on reeducation camps to reform "parasites" and persuade people to support the communist cause.
Democracy is in decline, regardless of how we measure it.
Recent research suggests that Earth’s magnetic field bounced back just as complex life was starting to emerge on our planet.
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The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
When you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s easier to miss it.
Yes, NASA's Perseverance rover found organics on Mars. So did Curiosity. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean anything in the search for life.
wabi sabi
Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of "wabi sabi" can help.
summit public schools
Summit Public Schools take a radically different approach to education. And it's working.
Stand Together
ai physics
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
insulin pills
These dissolvable pills aren’t meant to be swallowed, though.
stonehenge
"Spanish Stonehenge" contains 526 giant stones, three circular burial sites, a quarry, and four necropolises.
conjoined twins
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
chess cheating
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
These salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.
how big is the universe
You would think that with all our technology, like the James Webb Space Telescope, we would know how big the Universe is. But we don't.
heavy neutral atom
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?