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08/09/2024 - 12:37

My household is absorbed in debate over when time goes the fastest or slowest. "Slowest in the car!" yells my son. "Never!" replies my... →

25/08/2024 - 11:30

The tragedy hit a community already deeply affected by the current war, given that most Druze towns in Israel are located near the northern... →

14/08/2024 - 14:24

We can see this preference in sports. Just consider the popularity of the Jamaican bobsled team who inspired the film Cool Runnings.... →

24/07/2024 - 11:47

"This comprehensive framework, crafted through months of collaboration among special envoys worldwide, lays out essential 'best practices'... →

17/07/2024 - 13:24

Conspiracy theories are not new in American politics. Adherents of QAnon – a wide-ranging political conspiracy movement – were... →

10/07/2024 - 18:06

The apps are responsible for transforming "happy-go-lucky kids into teenagers who are depressed", she said, but according to Hochul, the... →

25/06/2024 - 12:10

Even in authoritarian states where surveillance is almost total, Applebaum reports, “the experience of tyranny and injustice can radicalize... →

13/06/2024 - 11:32

The familiar and intuitively appealing description of an atom as a tiny solar system, with electrons orbiting the atomic nucleus, was no... →

04/06/2024 - 12:27

Whenever international rules become meaningless, countries naturally seek safety in armaments and military alliances. Given events in... →

30/05/2024 - 15:28

Certainly, when compared with other animals of a similar size, our brains are gigantic. The human brain has nearly quadrupled in size... →

16/05/2024 - 14:53

"Misinformation is worse than an epidemic," Marcia McNutt, president of the US National Academy of Sciences, put it in 2021,... →

09/05/2024 - 14:42

‘You’re a Buchleitner and not a native German speaker?!’ Her astonishment and disgust flood me with shame. What does it mean... →

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