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As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

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The Forbidden Experiment” is about a totally unsocialized child who wandered into a French village in 1800 and the doctor who treated him ...

It is in the news, talked by our politicians: the issues of affordability, scarcity and the feeling of being left behind by many of our fellow citizens. Below, please consider my thoughts on the issue ...

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Evolution is neither purposeful nor intentional: it has no ideal, aim, or end-point. For evolutionary change, there are no ...