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Are we living in a simulation? - Zohreh Davoudi
Is our reality a detailed computer simulation? And how can we know for sure? Explore the scientific and philosophical theories surrounding this debat…
6 days, 22 hours ago
Can you solve the demon dance party riddle? - Edwin Meyer
The only way into the world’s most exclusive club is to solve a challenge from the Demon of Reason. Can you get into the party?
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Once a year, thousan…
6 days, 23 hours ago
Math class needs a makeover - Dan Meyer
Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than sol…
6 days, 23 hours ago
Watch out for nominalizations (AKA zombie nouns) - Helen Sword
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Few mistakes sour good writing like nominalizations…
1 week ago
The sexual deception of orchids - Anne Gaskett
Check out the fascinating ways orchids trick insects into pollinating, using sexual deception, pheromones and mimicking the shapes of other plants.
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1 week 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 …
1 week ago
Does stress create pimples? - Claudia Aguirre
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Which came first: the stress or the pimples? The physical reacti…
1 week ago
The Resistance | Think Like A Coder, Ep 2
The adventure continues! Episode 2: Ethic and Hedge search for the leader of the Resistance. Can they solve the puzzles blocking their way?
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This is…
1 week ago
When is a pandemic over?
Explore the three strategies governments and communities can use to contain and end a pandemic, and find out which method is best.
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Consider the foll…
1 week ago
How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe - Iseult Gillespie
Get to know the life and works of painter and sculptor Georgia O’Keeffe, whose art became a cornerstone of American Modernism.
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Feeling disconnected…
1 week ago