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The Meaning of Time in the Place where Humanity’s Earliest Ancestors Arose

The region around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is a desert landscape. To a Californian, the look of the hills…

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Coronavirus News Roundup for June 20-June 26

The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily…

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Which of These Four Attachment Styles Is Yours?

Have you seen the show How I Met Your Mother? It's about a bunch of flawed but lovable New Yorkers trying…

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Multistate Disagreement over the Length of the Foot to End

In 2023 every U.S. land surveyor will finally be on equal footing. One kind of foot, specifically: the “international foot.”…

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Saharan Dust Plume Slams U.S., Kicking Up Climate Questions

An enormous dust cloud has finally hit the United States, after journeying 5,000 miles from the Sahara Desert across the…

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Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Have Evolved to Dismiss Facts That Don’t Fit Their Worldview

Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic…

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Bogs Are as Handy for Rice as They Are for Cranberries

Originally published in February 1900 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “In 1898 the United States produced less than half the amount of…

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How to Protect Yourself during Protests

As Black Live Matter protests continue across the U.S., police have deployed various “less lethal” weapons to disperse participants. Tear…

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It Shouldn’t Be Taboo to Publish Images of Those Killed by Violence

A video documenting the final moments of life for George Floyd has sparked massive protests in every part of the…

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The Messenger Is the Message

Behavioral scientist Stephen Martin and psychologist Joseph Marks talk about their book Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don't,…

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