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It’s Time to Make Human-Chimp Hybrids
The humanzee is both scientifically possible and morally defensible. By David P. Barash.
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The Politics of Shame
How effective is shame as a tactic? Are there better responses to shameful behavior? By Briahna Joy Gray.
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How to change the course of human history
The story we have been telling ourselves about our origins is wrong, and perpetuates the idea of inevitable social inequality. David Graeber and David Wengrow ask why the myth of 'agricultural revolution' remains so persistent, and argue that there is a whole lot more we can learn from our ancestors.
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Besides, I’ll be dead: When the Ice Melts
Meehan Crist reviews "The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilised World" by Jeff Goodell.
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Clay tablets from the cradle of civilisation provide new insight to the history of medicine
Ancient “doctors” mixed magic and medicine to heal patients. By Bo Christensen.
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Ecosophia: Zeno’s Laughter
We really are going to have to start a conversation about ethics, aren’t we? By John Michael Greer.
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How to Design Beacons for Humanity’s Afterlife
A time capsule meant to teach aliens about humans could consist of math, DNA, a bot, or a brain—or something else entirely. By Stephen Wolfram.
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Why We Hurt Each Other: Tolstoy’s Letters to Gandhi on Love, Violence, and the Truth of the Human Spirit
“Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.” By Maria Popova.
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Seeing Martin Luther King As A Human Being
King should be appreciated in his full complexity… By Nathan J. Robinson.
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Five Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed
A number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects. By Alexandra Gedrose. (May 6, 2008)
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Ten top science minds tell what strange new body part they’d like to have
Evolution is hard to control — but what if you had a magic wand? By David Freeman.
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The Stick Is an Unsung Hero of Human Evolution
Stone’s silent sister in the archaeological record. By Alexander Langlands.
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The Downloadable Brain: We’re Closer Than We Think to Immortality
Stanley Bing considers rooting for the bad guys in search of eternal life.
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What is the Basis for Human Equality?
One of the most fundamental American tenets—that all human beings are created equal—is nowhere near universally accepted. By Samuel Moyn.
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28 Psychological Experiments That Will Change What You Think You Know About Yourself
The nature of human behaviour is complex, sometimes illogical, and often difficult to understand. We, however, are curious creatures, eager to find out the truths behind every question, always striving to know more. That is why there’s no surprise that over the years many psychological experiments were conducted in order to delve deeper into the human mind and to clear out the why’s and the how’s of our behaviour. By Agne.
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Why you need to touch your keys to believe they’re in your bag
Now why would touch bring us more certainty? This verdict is at odds with what cognitive science tells us. By Ophelia Deroy.
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The Girl in the Window, 10 years later
A feral child was found starving, covered in her own filth, unable to walk or talk. A new family adopted the girl in 2007, called her Dani, and tried to make up for years of neglect. By Lane DeGregory.
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Europe at Its Ugliest: The Refugee Scandal on the Island of Lesbos
As winter arrives, the situation on the Greek island of Lesbos is unsustainable. Conditions at the refugee camps are horrific and island residents are tired of being left in the lurch by Athens and the EU. A visit to ground zero of European ignominy. By Giorgos Christides and Katrin Kuntz.
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Is The Stupidity Of Our Age Unique?
To those worried that the Trump Era represents a unique low point in human rationality, take comfort: we’ve always been like this. By Brianna Rennix and Nathan J. Robinson.
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Free Thought and Official Propaganda
“Apparently it has not occurred to anyone that a ‘good American,’ like a ‘good German’ or a ‘good Japanese,’ must be, pro tanto, a bad human being.” By Bertrand Russell. (1922)
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