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Gaming for understanding - Brenda Brathwaite
It's never easy to get across the magnitude of complex tragedies -- so when Brenda Brathwite's daughter came home from school asking about slavery, s…
11 hours ago
A 3-minute guide to the Bill of Rights - Belinda Stutzman
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Daily, Americans exercise their rights secured by …
11 hours ago
Flash of understanding - Jill Bolte Taylor
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Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happ…
12 hours ago
Lessons from fashion's free culture - Johanna Blakley
Copyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Joha…
13 hours ago
What should you do if you accidentally sever your finger? - Jason Hoellwarth
Dig into what circumstances allow for an accidentally amputated limb to be reattached, and what options you have when it can't be.
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In order to reatt…
14 hours ago
A day in the life of a Peruvian shaman - Gabriel Prieto
Follow Quexo, a Peruvian shaman, as he searches for cinnabar to complete a special ritual that will protect his village from winter storms.
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The year…
15 hours ago
Why is it so difficult to get rid of bed bugs? - Gale E. Ridge
Dig into how bed bugs establish a colony in your home, and find out what makes it so hard to prevent these itchy invasions.
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Bed bugs have tormented …
15 hours ago
A window into teenage existence in ancient Rome - Ray Laurence
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Welcome to the world of Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-year old …
16 hours ago
A rogue of one's own - Tim Adams
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How can an anti-hero teach us about the heroic--and sometimes,the unhe…
17 hours ago
One crucial reason that life on Earth exists - Elise Cutts
Explore the Big Whack theory, and how the event could have created the Moon and given Earth its all-important axial tilt.
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4.5 billion years ago, Ear…
18 hours ago