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20/03/2018 - 12:36

There is much we can learn by reflecting on the stories heard in childhood. Magical characters such as the Pied Piper, the talking frog and... →

16/03/2018 - 13:57

Even ancient classical texts, students have argued, can be dangerous: at Columbia University in New York, student activists demanded that a... →

11/03/2018 - 15:37

Although it’s already well known that we should pace our studies, new research suggests that we should aim for “minimal interference”... →

04/03/2018 - 12:14

That seemed more like a toy for researchers than a way of getting any serious number crunching done. But 70,000 users worldwide have... →

26/02/2018 - 10:47

Drawing extensively on U.S. archival material as well as some Russian, British, French, German, Serbian and Czech sources, Steil tells the... →

22/02/2018 - 10:51

“Why should we think common sense is a good guide to what the universe is like?” says Philip Goff, a philosophy professor at Central... →

12/02/2018 - 15:42

However, in the East, space is understood a bit differently. In Japan, spaces have meanings prior to any activity that happens within them... →

11/02/2018 - 16:53

Тем не менее, решением израильского правительства установлено, что правом на ношение нагрудного знака участника кампании "Мир Галилее"... →

05/02/2018 - 16:29

Now he has done so. The Pouncer, a hundred-and-forty-five-pound edible glider, with a ten-foot wingspan, is designed to be released from a... →

27/01/2018 - 20:55

Likewise, we all know that the Easter Islanders chopped down all the palm trees on their small, isolated island to clear farmland for their... →

22/01/2018 - 16:31

But what if this attitude has it exactly backwards? What if the key to success isn’t trying hard but not trying very hard at all? The idea... →

15/01/2018 - 17:21

Two recent studies set off a predictable deluge of diet advice. They seemed to imply that 1) eating more leafy greens could stave off... →

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