Work exploring how Buddhists kept their faith in WWII detention camps wins Grawemeyer prize
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Hitting the Books: How the interplay of science and technology brought about iPhones
Engadget· 1 year agoScientific research and technological advancement have gone hand-in-hand since the invention of the...
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10 Ways You're Spoiling Your Kids Without Even Realizing It
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Andrew Bird and Phoebe Bridgers Transform an Old Emily Dickinson Poem on ‘I Felt a Funeral, in My...
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Alzheimer's disease, retirement 'pacts,' and serving until you're 104 years old: Inside the federal...
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Hitting the Books: Domestication brought about our best fuzzy friends
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When Tocqueville Went to Algeria
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoESSAY Alexis de Tocqueville’s journey to the United States in 1831 is one of the most famous journeys in the history of political thought. As he recorded...
Pliny the Elder’s radical idea to catalog knowledge
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