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"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."
- George R.R. Martin
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold."
- Zelda Fitzgerald
“This common household object can kill you. Which one is it? Find out at eleven,” says the local news anchor promoting his show. This is an old joke. But the […]
Just 1,400 light-years away, among all the dust of a crowded star forming region, is the Flame Nebula. NASA released this image on Saturday, and explains on its site how the […]
Stephen Dubner on the strategy lessons of his latest book Think Like a Freak.
Editor’s Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. One of America’s greatest tragedies is curiously absent from most U.S. history textbooks. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork […]
What’s being hyped up as possibly “the best meteor shower of the year” is taking place on May 24th across the sky of the northern hemisphere. Perhaps to build anticipation, […]