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How ‘apocalypse’ became a secular as well as religious idea

The exponential growth of artificial intelligence over the past year has sparked discussions about whether the era of human domination of our planet is...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at 200: Revolutionary work of art has spawned two centuries of joy, goodwill and propaganda

In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning the great composer to reconsider his plans...

Boeing’s Starliner is about to launch − if successful, the test represents an important milestone for commercial spaceflight

If all goes well late on May 6, 2024, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will blast off into space on Boeing’s Starliner...

Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless – a dentist explains why and how best to protect them

At an auction in England in 2011, one of John Lennon’s teeth sold for just over US$31,000. How much are your teeth worth? Teeth...

What students protesting Israel’s Gaza siege want − and how their demands on divestment fit into the BDS movement

A wave of protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people is spreading across college and university campuses. There were more than 400 such demonstrations...

The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in Wonderland

The Bible’s Book of Job opens on an ordinary day in the land of Uz, where a man carefully performs religious rituals to protect...

To reduce Black-on-Black crime, two criminal justice experts explain why offering monthly stipends to people at risk makes sense

After a historic spike in homicides in 2020, murder rates in most U.S. cities appear to be returning to pre-pandemic levels. This drop has...

Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people for decades

On Feb. 23, 2024, Daqua Lameek Ritter was found guilty of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe, a transgender woman from...

For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond

Some people fear that breaking a mirror can lead to seven years of misfortune. The history of this superstition may go back to the...

Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop

The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is held by a...

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