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African Americans have always been innovators, despite a long-discriminatory patent system.
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To cite an anonymous source, a media outlet must first enjoy a high level of credibility.
The famed science fiction author coined the term "cyberspace" before it existed.
In 2008, Elon Musk explained which of history's tech geniuses was his role model.
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How activism has led to better data regarding police brutality.
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Being evenhanded with evil ideas is "ridiculous," argues Martin Amis.
Robert Wright and Massimo Pigliucci explore the question.
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China's export growth model hit a wall. So it reinvented itself.
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We're unearthing the next big idea in post-high school education. Is it yours?
We spent a day with a primate expert to find out.
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Algorithms and propagandists exploit the human instinct to connect to play us.
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Getting to close to a black hole is a nightmare waiting to happen.
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Hollywood's notions of future wars may be nothing like the real ones.
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Dear millennials. Ask for a raise. Every single year.
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Two questions hold the key to breaking through your limitations, says David Goggins.
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Despite incredible economic growth, it is not necessarily an investor's paradise.