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The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.
“We must end the needless and unjust convictions and the debilitating criminal stigma and let’s legalize the adult use of recreational use of marijuana once and for all,” the governor said.
A new study from Nvidia researchers show just how far artificial image-generation technology has come in recent years.
Explore the many different iterations and times of New Year’s celebrations around the world.
Decades of studies have shown parents to be less happy than their childless peers. But are the kids to blame?
Cryptocurrencies have had their time in the spotlight. Now it’s time to focus on solving bigger problems.
Dialogue and an open mind can go a lot further than angry rhetoric.
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The Russian robot named “Boris”, promoted as hi-tech by state tv, was revealed to be an actor.
The findings are based on a phenomenon known as the “Mighty Girl Effect.”
When it comes to the workplace, more diversity means more money.
The rocket reached an altitude of 51 miles, meeting the Federal Aviation Administration’s definition of space.
The potential of blockchain might have been ruined for you by your unemployed cousin who wears Balenciagas to Thanksgiving dinner and told you to enter into the cryptocurrency market at […]
Whether or not there are tropical islands in 50 years might depend on whether or not we can eat fewer hamburgers.
Eboo Patel explains how America’s political philosophy broke the democratic mold.
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“Didn’t you see me Googling ‘baby not moving?'” Gillian Brockell wrote a heartbreaking open letter to big tech companies imploring them to change the ways they target ads to users.
One cardinal is accused of covering up sexual abuse. The other faces criminal charges in Australia.
Technology proves what women know and men may not want to hear
What can America learn from this?
That’s a sharp increase from the 1960s when it took the same share of scientists an average of 35 years to drop out of academia.
Jewish people living in nearly all European countries report that anti-Semitism has grown in recent years.
Secretary-General António Guterres said corruption is “an assault on the values of the United Nations.”
China’s rise has necessitated a global PR push. It includes influencing how the movies you watch depict China.
How to talk to kids responsibly about drugs.
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There are two main types of sexual fantasies. One, however, is more destructive than the other.
Just because you disagree with something doesn’t mean that it isn’t true for someone else.
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Luxembourg will offer the world’s first fare-free public transit system, but is there really such a thing as a free ride?
Here’s why financial independence doesn’t mean free time forever.
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Walgreens now competes with Amazon and CVS in the race to dominate the prescription delivery market.
Towards the end of his life, Francisco Goya began painting terrifying scenes directly onto the walls of his house.
Russia has launched several so-called “inspector satellites” that could potentially be weaponized.