Articles Tagged with #science
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2021, and what were the least?
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2020, and what were the least?
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2019, and what were the least?
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked more than two dozen of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2018, and what were the least?
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
Yes, 2017 went off the rails. But what pushed it? We asked 29 of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of the past 12 months, and what were the least?
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
The past year has been bad—but what made it bad, more or less? To find out, we asked a group of writers and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2016, and what were the least?
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On Memory
People diagnosed with Alzheimer’s recount memories they never want to forget.
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What to Do About Insomina
An adorable animation explains that the key to solving insomnia may be a daily dose of philosophy.
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The Man Who Put the Pee in Phosphorus
In the 1660’s, German alchemist Hennig Brand intended to turn urine into gold. Instead he discovered phosphorus.
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It May Be Science, But It Feels Like Magic
Time-lapse video of the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis, shot from the International Space Station.
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked writers and thinkers to tell us: What were the most important events of 2015—and what were the least?
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The Medicine Cabinet
The Loss
To understand everything wrong about health care in America today, look to a horrifying trend in amputation.