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Seemingly small moments of discrimination often pass unnoticed.
The first planet beyond ‘naked eye’ astronomy will pass within just 1° of Mars. Although there are eight major planets in the Solar System, most of us never see Uranus or […]
Two space agencies plan missions to deflect an asteroid.
"I should be as happy as I'm ever going to be right now, but I'm not. Is this it?"
The assumption "that without memory, there can be no self" is wrong, say researchers.
Through calculated use of gossip, women, non-citizens, or slaves wielded a potent weapon against those who wronged them.
Think you've seen sand? You haven't seen sand.
The 8th century AD was a tough time to be a genius from a poor family in China. Poet and novelist Ha Jin on the tortured life of the legendary drunken poet Li Bai. Also: panpsychism, the value of idleness, and humanities education in America today.
You’d be amazed at what you can learn from even one single pixel. Over the past decade, owing largely to NASA’s Kepler mission, our knowledge of planets around star systems beyond […]
The keto diet can help with weight loss, but at what cost?
Finland and the U.S. have chosen opposing answers to the question of how much standardized testing is too much.
Are these two laws universal throughout nature?
It's not just ostriches who stick their head in the sand.
The Universe is filled with something, as opposed to nothing, and scientists don’t understand it. When we look around at the Universe: at the planets and stars, at the galaxies […]
…and hopes for big benefits.
Throughout history, anarchists have been responsible for bombings and assassinations, including some very recent ones.
He's enflamed conversation about socialism across America.
Are Americans growing more skeptical of promises of investment from massive (digital) companies?