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A young woman looks at her phone outside.
The belief that lying is rampant in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.
Social conflicts can leave molecular marks on animals, according to recent research on the ant species Harpegnathos saltator.
Mexican Revolution
The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
lunar eclipse
We haven't seen a partial eclipse lasting this long since 1440, and won't again until 2669. North America is perfectly positioned for 2021's.
A woman in a yellow shirt talking on the phone.
Does the voice in your head castigate the voice coming out of a recording device?
Truth needs us to define the rules, grammar, and criteria for true statements. But can we do this within language itself?
Safe consumption
The two-year pilot program will be a test of harm reduction strategies.
Robot cheetah at MIT
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
Leon Trotsky propaganda
Although equal parts Hollywood blockbuster and Putinist propaganda, "Trotsky" still manages to capture the good, the bad, and the ugly of Russia’s revolutionary past.
It’s about 7.6 million times faster than what you probably have at home.
The most momentous and significant events in our lives are the ones we do not see coming. Life is defined by the unforeseen.
People climbing up a mountain following a leader
Compassionate leadership is what differentiates good from great leaders during crisis.
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
Satan
By taking Satan out of the religious context, storytellers explored the nature of sin in new ways.
Although most of the Universe's mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can't make black holes.
Rising Star cave
Fittingly, the skull was found in the Rising Star cave of South Africa, itself located at a site known to UNESCO as the Cradle of Mankind.
inventions
From textiles and transportation to chemicals and microchips, a group of researchers proposes a new way to measure the impact of innovation.