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The Robotic Alchemist

The Robotic Alchemist

How Lee Cronin created the chemputer
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Peter Manthos
Life’s Urgent Question

Life’s Urgent Question

The rent you pay for your room here on Earth
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Andrew Rodwin
Do We Really Want Income Equality?

Do We Really Want Income Equality?

Lessons from the Most Equal Countries on Earth
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Matthew Server
“Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Students…. Ask What They Can Do For You?”

“Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Students…. Ask What They Can Do For You?”

What Michel Foucault’s work can teach prestigious researchers obsessed with sourcing ‘good’ students
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Linda Margaret
Creation, Evolution, and Beyond: Lessons From the Game of Life

Creation, Evolution, and Beyond: Lessons From the Game of Life

How a simple mathematical game offers some surprising insights into deeper questions
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Robert Mackay
The Power of Volcanoes: How They Shape Our Earth

The Power of Volcanoes: How They Shape Our Earth

Exploring the tremendous force of volcanoes and their impact on Earth
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EmmadTech Info
How American Corporations Killed the Golden Goose

How American Corporations Killed the Golden Goose

The systematic dismantling of the American Dream through corporate sovereignty
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Gael MacLean
Money, Sex, and Smartphones

Money, Sex, and Smartphones

Do you need them as much as you think you do?
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Patty Kawasaki
The U.S. Might Not Be Able to Pay Off Its $36 Trillion Debt

The U.S. Might Not Be Able to Pay Off Its $36 Trillion Debt

America’s national debt continues to skyrocket each year because the country is trapped in a dangerous debt cycle
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Economics & Tech
How To Love John Coltrane

How To Love John Coltrane

I do, and so should you
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Gary Chapin
Angelina Jolie, ‘Maria’ & the Problem with Pedestals

Angelina Jolie, ‘Maria’ & the Problem with Pedestals

Her Maria Callas needs more high notes
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T. Kent Jones
Nordic Noir: From Arne to Zappfe

Nordic Noir: From Arne to Zappfe

Exploring Norway’s penchant for deep ecology and pessimistic philosophy
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Marcus Dredge
What To Kill A Mockingbird Can Teach about the Digital Divide

What To Kill A Mockingbird Can Teach about the Digital Divide

An American classic demonstrates how digital diversion can lead to digital division — and how it is designed to do just that
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Linda Margaret
I Found a Coincidence or Did It Find Me?

I Found a Coincidence or Did It Find Me?

Why I believed in coincidences — until I learned the “Texas sharpshooter fallacy”
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Dr. Cüneyt Yardımcı
Let’s Talk About Being Smart

Let’s Talk About Being Smart

It’s not as simple as you might think
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Susan Brearley
How to Lose an Argument

How to Lose an Argument

Reframing the age-old phenomenon
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R. Charles J
Is Star Trek Neo-Liberal Propaganda?

Is Star Trek Neo-Liberal Propaganda?

The Borg and the demonisation of collective action
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Robert Gowty
Is It Wrong To Enjoy ‘Wicked’ Right Now?

Is It Wrong To Enjoy ‘Wicked’ Right Now?

Is the Yellow Brick Road the path to Hell?
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T. Kent Jones
ICON: Revolutionizing Housing with AI, Robotics, and 3D-Printed Construction Technology

ICON: Revolutionizing Housing with AI, Robotics, and 3D-Printed Construction Technology

ICON, an innovative American startup, is at the forefront of transforming the housing industry by leveraging the power of AI, robotics…
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Manisha Jayawardane
Hail, Scene Seizer!

Hail, Scene Seizer!

Denzel Washington slays in OK, but not great, “Gladiator II”
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T. Kent Jones
The Blue Washing of America

The Blue Washing of America

How the liberal media helped elect Donald Trump
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Gael MacLean
Research, Art, & Algorithms

Research, Art, & Algorithms

Why do good research proposals combine all three these days?
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Linda Margaret
The Republican’s Best Magic Trick Was to Turn the ACA Into Obamacare

The Republican’s Best Magic Trick Was to Turn the ACA Into Obamacare

Obamacare is the nickname given to the Affordable Care Act by Republicans
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Toni Crowe
The Loophole That Makes It Legal to Bribe U.S. Politicians

The Loophole That Makes It Legal to Bribe U.S. Politicians

A 2010 Supreme Court ruling created a loophole that effectively legalized bribery of American politicians in the name of free speech
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Economics & Tech
What is to be done?

What is to be done?

How Democrats can win back the White House
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Evan
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