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Her husband died in 2009 of the disease.
Turns out those violent video games might be a blessing in disguise.
For more than two years, Andrew Left of Citron Research has been one of the most vocal Tesla skeptics.
The researchers created a special polymer that can make robots repair themselves.
Build up, tear down—new technology stirs up a cycle of progress and cynicism we’ve seen all throughout history.
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The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to a record-setting $1.6 billion after Friday’s drawing yielded no winners. Now, thousands of people are snatching up $2 tickets ahead of Tuesday’s drawing […]
The Boring Company plans to offer free rides in its prototype tunnel in Hawthorne, California in December.
Pay attention to the decisions made by the provinces.
How did human homosexuality evolve?
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The new version’s battery has a shorter range and a price $4,000 lower than the previous starting price.
It’s hard to imagine such a number. But these images will help you try.
“Expropriation without compensation” is meant to address the nation’s stark inequalities in wealth and land ownership.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has cancelled an upcoming trip to an economic conference in Saudi Arabia amid the controversy involving missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
A new report warns about the increasing likelihood of international conflicts over water.
Are we standing on the brink of Mutually Assured Destruction?
Ever wanted to describe precisely how crummy you feel after a bad haircut?
A senior official told a Turkish newspaper that audio recordings prove that missing Saudi journalist was murdered in the Saudi consulate.
Are we sure this isn’t alien technology?
The tax coffers for the entire country will be growing rapidly, and citizens of Canada will be able to access what they need.
Canadians who’ve been caught with 30 grams of marijuana or less will soon be able to request those charges to be expunged.
Inconceivable wealth. And a few lessons in how not to get rich, too.
This is about so much more than Donald Trump. Anand Giridharadas explains why America must reclaim its heritage of revolution before the next presidential election in 2020.
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At what point does spending billions on rocket technology seem irresponsible to those suffering on Earth?
Saudade: the untranslatable Portuguese word that names the presence of absence and takes melancholy delight in what’s gone.
In the world of crypto, the more outlandish the idea, the more potentially disruptive.
James Patterson on teaching kids to read.
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The Seattle tech magnate died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Andy Thomas, a Missouri-based painter, painted an imaginary image of Trump and past Republican presidents that now hangs in the White House.
142 more stores to close, but that might be just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Postmodernists like to question the very foundations of our modern society. Does this make them anti-science?