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Science Is Not Your Enemy
The great thinkers of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment were scientists. Not only did many of them...
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West Antarctica Warmed Quickly: 20,000 Years Ago
The modern meltdown of the Antarctic Ice Sheet mirrors the frozen continent’s big thaw after the last ice age...
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Warning Label: Big Pharma meets Big History
Why should Big Pharma invest in Big History? My answer is in the form of a warning label I...
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A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox
This time, they say, Einstein might really be wrong. A high-octane debate has broken out among the world’s physicists...
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The Real Meaning of the Exoplanet Revolution
Until quite recently we knew of only one life-harbouring planet in a single planetary system — adrift within a...
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The Nature Of Consciousness: A Question Without An Answer?
Today I’d like to go back to a topic that leaves most people perplexed, me included: the nature of...
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Big History Project Launch
There are big things happening with the Big History Project, an educational initiative started by Bill Gates to create...
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Zapped Malaria Parasite Raises Vaccine Hopes
A malaria vaccine has become the first to provide 100% protection against the disease, confounding critics and far surpassing...
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Science Journalism and the Art of Expressing Uncertainty
Journalism is filled with examples of erroneous reporting turning into received opinion when reporters, editors, and the public take...