With U.S. infrastructure crumbling, an honor oath and iron ring remind engineers of their profession’s ethical weight.
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Long before tobacco arrived from the Americas, ancient civilizations in the Old World were getting high off hemp smoke and opium.
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The U.S. economy is creating thousands of new jobs each month–and overwhelmingly, most of them go to people with education beyond high school.
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Let us share this miracle with mothers in poor countries.
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Some animals were even assigned their own lawyers.
A woman’s name would undermine the credibility of the mission. Names of former Nazis, however, were no problem.
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After years of analysis, the Event Horizon Telescope team has finally revealed what the Milky Way’s central black hole looks like.
Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki discusses the dangers of cynicism and how skepticism can invigorate our relationships and communities.
While GLP-1 agonists help people lose weight, different drugs could help them retain muscle at the same time.