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Why East Germany is a map zombie
Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.
America of the 1930s saw thousands of people become Nazi
Nazi supporters held huge rallies and summer camps for kids throughout the United States in the 1930s.
Should men’s salaries be made public to solve the gender pay gap?
A new law in Germany seeks to close the gender pay gap, but it could ultimately prove counterproductive.
How Traveling Abroad Changes Your Outlook on the World for the Better
Considering that the United States remains the world's only superpower, that begs the question: How informed are Americans when it comes to their country's vast global power?
Persistence, Not Genius, Is the Reason We Know Einstein’s Name
In 1905, Albert Einstein's mother thought he was a genius, his sister thought he was a genius, his father thought he was a genius – but that was about it, says author David Bodanis.
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The World Would Be $1.1 Trillion Richer If We Implemented This German System
The future success or failure of the economy is up to the young, and many countries could do better to equip them.
Secret Nazi Science Base Discovered in the Arctic
Russian researchers unearth over 500 artifacts from a secret Nazi base in the Arctic.
Is Donald Trump Democracy at Work? What One Nobel Laureate Thinks
Nobel Laureate and Columbia professor Dr Eric Kandel discusses the nature of good and evil via the Trump candidacy, and his own devastating childhood experiences in Austria.
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Is the Land that Gave us Combustion-Engine Cars About to Be the Death of Them?
Will this EU power be the first to prove that a modern, industrialized nation can make major shifts towards cleaner, greener energy without catastrophe?