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The Rebellious and Revolutionary Life of Galileo, Illustrated
How a college dropout reordered the heavens and forever changed our understanding of our place in the universe. By Maria Popova.
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Antiracism, Our Flawed New Religion
Opposition to racism used to be a political stance. Now it has every marking of a religion, with both good and deleterious effects on American society. By John McWhorter.
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Bias-Free Language Guide claims the word 'American' is 'problematic'
“American,” “illegal alien,” “foreigners,” “mothering,” and “fathering” are just a handful of words deemed “problematic” by the University of New Hampshire’s Bias-Free Language Guide.
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Is Washington DC going to disappear?
A new study has come to some worrying conclusions about our nation’s capital — it’s sinking.
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In Defense of Puns
Just because they're punderful.
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A Look at the Awesome but Ridiculously Old Technology That Runs the NYC Subway System
Vintage technology is fun and fascinating. It feels new all over again to see how old devices made modern concepts possible. But buying LPs again is different than finding out that missile silos in the United States still rely on floppy disks. And this video of the old tech still...
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How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina
To the cops, Jabbar Gibson was just a low-level drug pusher. But to the residents of a New Orleans public housing complex, he’s the man who rescued them from Hurricane Katrina when no one else would. By Joel Anderson.
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5 Reasons Americans Are No Longer the Most Obnoxious Travelers
We’ve all heard stories about Americans being terrible while traveling. But other tourists are catching up.
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10 Outrageous Experiments Conducted on Humans
Some truly bizarre and troubling things have been done through the ages in the quest for scientific knowledge. The 10 experiments on this list all made humans into lab rats.
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Edward Snowden Interview About Fellow NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake
In an exclusive video provided to AJ+, Edward Snowden talks about mass surveillance, the NSA and Thomas Drake, the agency whistleblower who preceded him.
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Applying to a UC campus? Now you can choose among six gender identities -- if you want to
Starting this fall, students applying to the University of California will have the option to choose among six gender identities listed on undergraduate admissions forms: male, female, trans male, trans female, gender queer/gender non-conforming and different identity.
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Seoul Vows to Retaliate Against N. Korea for Planting Deadly Landmines
Seoul Monday accused the North Korean military of illegally crossing into the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and intentionally planting landmines that injured two soldiers on Augus...
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Four airline crews report seeing drone near Newark airport Sunday
So what, did they see birds and cars too?
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China central bank under pressure to weaken yuan further: sources
By Kevin Yao
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Letter to Editor PREDICTED COLORADO EPA SPILL One Week Before Catastrophe
Last Wednesday, a small EPA-supervised work crew inspecting the Gold King mine accidentally knocked a hole in a waste pit, ...
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What the Stuff?!: 5 Ridiculous Victorian Etiquette Rules
These 5 Victorian customs might seem crazy by the standards of many cultures today!
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Toxicologist Skeptical Of Early Animas River Reports, Metals Are 'Long Term Poisons'
People who live along the Animas River could be ingesting the contaminated water in any number of ways, from drinking it to showering in it, and the fear is how much exposure those people have had.
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Welcome to Liberland, the World’s Newest Country (Maybe)
Travels with Vit Jedlicka, the would-be founding father of a libertarian paradise. By Gideon Lewis-Kraus.
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FDA Approves OxyContin for Children as Young as 11
The Food and Drug Administration approved limited use of the powerful painkiller OxyContin for children as young as 11 years old.
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9 Shocking Health Statistics
We have comprised a list of some of the most shocking health statistics we could find, brace yourself as you may be in for a shock.
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