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Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?
Any alien civilization that grows to span an entire planet would spark the same effects that we have. So, what do we do about it?
In New Zealand, ambitious Kiwis want to launch a lawn mowing business; in South Africa, it's cooking gas refills. Start-up dreams vary widely.
Technology will not save the world, and it is inherently neither good nor bad. But, when tech is coupled to human virtue, good will prevail.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will study many dangerous cosmic phenomena, knowledge of which may help save humanity.
The sonnenrad is a Heathen symbol composed of 12 repeated runes.
A dispute marked by flags and booze has been replaced with an official land border.
The answer to this question depends on how you define "freedom."
Prison is an unreliable method of punishment. Let's do better.
Where did the “seed” magnetic field come from in the first place?
The weirdest thing about the 21 feet found near Vancouver since 2007? Foul play has been ruled out.
Science doesn't fit neatly into ideology.
John Templeton Foundation
In all of science, no figures have changed the world more than Einstein and Newton. Will anyone ever be as revolutionary again?
For centuries, men prevented women from writing music. These classical composers broke with social norms and made their mark on history.
Preventing scurvy is not just a problem in the Antarctic.
Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.
This marks a historic moment in humanity’s relationship to the planet.
Polarization or misunderstanding?
Detective fiction reveals how a particular society or time period looks at crime and criminal justice.
The strangest thing about trying to predict the future is that our only clues lie in the past.
One theory for catatonia is that it is similar to an animal's “death feint.”
Experimental archaeology is the practice of recreating past events using knowledge and tools available at the time. Sometimes, it involves elephants.
The chemistry of cooking over an open flame.
The last time the population shrank was during the great famine of 1959-61.
Robinson v. California helped to established a rehabilitative ideal: addiction should be dealt with as a therapeutic matter.
This isn't America's first rodeo with monkeypox. In 2003, the virus swept across America thanks to a shipment of exotic animals.
Before the war, medical experts treated the body as a sum of its parts. Conditions like wound shock and brain damage called for a change in perspective.
Privateers pillaged British merchant ships in the name of liberty — and profit.
Wyoming's roads are nine times deadlier than Ireland's. California's road safety is on par with Romania's.