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11/10/2015 - 12:43

In these times of paralysis in Washington, with yet another government shutdown that had been looming merely kicked down the road, it is... →

06/10/2015 - 13:50

Commensurate with their power to change biology as we know it, the new technologies are driving renewed ethical debates. Uneasiness is... →

01/10/2015 - 16:06

Meanwhile the internet, much like the written word, struggles to reflect the linguistic diversity of the spoken word. According to the UN,... →

27/09/2015 - 13:24

Of course, a history of intimacy does not preclude separation, as divorce lawyers can attest. And the two countries had been “divorced” for... →

22/09/2015 - 16:19

В Голованевске, 22 июня 1939 года, родился и я. Мой отец – кадровый офицер Красной армии. С началом войны семье Затучных-Аникиных удалось... →

22/09/2015 - 11:52

Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, who led the research, published earlier this year, has a name for this remarkable collaboration: a "... →

17/09/2015 - 13:54

Jannini found that those who harbour homophobic attitudes are often encumbered with deficient coping mechanisms, and that their averse... →

11/09/2015 - 12:35

Both perspectives seem plausible — but our research shows that there is little merit to either of them. In our review of the 79 dictators... →

07/09/2015 - 12:53

U.S.-led sanctions against Putin’s Russia has led it to look East, particularly to China, even if it means a weakened Moscow being the very... →

31/08/2015 - 11:33

That view is as wrong as it is widespread. In fact, in countries that owe their growth to innovation, the state has historically served not... →

26/08/2015 - 13:43

My attitude toward their religiosity swings between laughter and tears. There’s no doubt that they are a lot more pious than I would want... →

18/08/2015 - 20:03

The clock is specially designed to allow participants to discern sub-second changes. This clock has a single dot, which travels around the... →

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