Where it is, and how it got there
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An interview with a loneliness researcher about the varieties of social isolation
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These scientists are proposing a new law of nature
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We’ve come a long way since then
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Our culture valorises the big, coherent self: reading Robert Musil helps me embrace the beauty of my no-self existence
- by Mette Leonard Høeg
The racist origin story of the most common college entrance exam
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Insects just aren’t what they used to be
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When a father of astronomy wrote the first science-fiction book about the dark side of the moon
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Suggesting deep evolutionary roots of rhythm in animals
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Timing is key
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The transition from green to yellow is more complicated than previously thought
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It is a public holiday in Australia today and I decided that I would use the time, which is free of workplace-type interruptions, to finalise a major project that has an impending (very) deadline. So happy holidays to all not that the global events are anything to be very happy about.
Pete McTighe, Steven Moffat, and more attended the screening of the recovered Doctor Who episodes "The Nightmare Begins" and "Devil's Planet."
By making Iran into a religious crusade, Trump’s spiritual advisers are making the war that much more difficult to end.
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Federal agents’ indiscriminate use of tear gases and “less-lethal” projectiles has become a mainstay of protest crackdowns.
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When the viral video cooled off, people thought the case against the 62-year-old would be dropped. Prosecutors doubled down.
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The "lost" episodes of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan ("The Nightmare Begins" & "Devil's Planet") are now available to screen on YouTube.
Humanitarian journalism is a moral calling to document human suffering. But in practice, it’s an ethically murky undertaking
- by Cathy Otten
Journalist Sarah Posner on how the Christian right’s end times views are shaping U.S. foreign and domestic policies.
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A cohort of 42 media organizations and press freedom advocates filed an amicus brief supporting court decisions against Trump’s attempts to censor the press and legal profession.
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There's SOMETHING going on with UNIT and "Black Alerts" on the Doctor Who website. What does it mean? Are more details arriving tomorrow?
On Thursday, Sanders waded into the New York City race between progressives and socialists to replace Nydia Velázquez.
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. Important and far-reaching questions indeed. Taxing the rich is not only a question of raising revenue or counteracting potentially increasing inflation. Inequality that undermines democracy is a dangerous thing. Without a conscious effort to counteract the inevitable forces driving our societies towards extreme income and wealth inequality, our societies fracture. It is crucial to […]
Plant roots don’t have a nervous system, yet can produce sophisticated responses. What does that say about intelligence?
- by Aeon Video