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Why American universities are the best in the world
American universities used to be small centers of rote learning, but three big ideas turned them into intellectual powerhouses.
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- April 26, 2021
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Tarantulas: How 120-million-year-old creatures conquered the globe
A study from Carnegie Mellon University tracks the travels of tarantulas since the Cretaceous period.
‘Mad honey’: The rare hallucinogen from the mountains of Nepal
Of the world’s 300 honey varieties, none is stranger and more dangerous than mad honey.
How Europe will beat China on batteries
Map shows Europe’s imminent Great Leap Forward in battery cell production
New galaxy clusters found hiding in plain sight
“It’d been in the archive for decades and no one saw it.”
Psychopath-ish: How “healthy” brains can look and function like those of psychopaths
A recent study used fMRI to compare the brains of psychopathic criminals with a group of 100 well-functioning individuals, finding striking similarities.
Fighting online misinformation: We’re doing it wrong
Counterintuitively, directly combating misinformation online can spread it further. A different approach is needed.
Self-awareness is what makes us human
Because of our ability to think about thinking, “the gap between ape and man is immeasurably greater than the one between amoeba and ape.”
Does science tell the truth?
It is impossible for science to arrive at ultimate truths, but functional truths are good enough.
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Science is only truth to those who choose to have trust in government institutions . Why do think the big push back on "conspiracy theorists " in recent years ? Because science being proven a lie especially in the area of medicine the one area it should strive for truth . All we know of medical scie... View More
- April 21, 2021
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The science told the truth until became an "elites" financed "Séance" ...
- April 21, 2021
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