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World Population Living Longer but With More Disability
The health of most of the planet’s population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where...
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Liberals, Conservatives More Alike Than You Think
With media figureheads like Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore representing the right and left, it’s no wonder conservatives and...
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Holy Cow! First Cheesemakers Date Back 7,500 Years
The first direct signs of cheesemaking now seen in potsherds from Poland may help reveal how animal milk dramatically...
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Mighty Old Trees Are Perishing Fast
The death rate of many of the biggest and oldest trees around the world is increasing rapidly, scientists report...
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A Deliberate Language Barrier
The United States and Britain are two countries “divided by a common language”, George Bernard Shaw allegedly quipped. This...
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‘Like Lesser Americans’: Atheists Face Discrimination, Persecution
Atheists and other religious skeptics suffer persecution or discrimination in many parts of the world and in at least...
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Understanding How Children Develop Empathy
The capacity to notice the distress of others, and to be moved by it, can be a critical component...
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Too Much Religion at Military Academies?
Citing overt religiosity on campus, a West Point Academy cadet publicly quit just months before graduation. This is not...
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Hawking, CERN Scientists Win Huge Physics Prize
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner’s Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation is awarding two special prizes of $3 million each to British...
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What Hanukkah Can Teach Us About Preserving Sacred Space
Hanukkah, a festival of light in the darkness of winter, shares much in common with other religions that also...