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Why are blue whales so extraordinarily large? - Asha de Vos
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Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet, but what he…
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What transpires in your body during a miscarriage? - Nassim Assefi and Emily M. Godfrey
Explore what happens in the body during miscarriage, and learn about three common treatment options for pregnancy loss.
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Globally, around 23 million …
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The human and the honeybee - Dino Martins
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Both honeybees and humans originated in East Africa, and the conne…
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Amplified motorcycle design - Yves Behar
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Yves Behar and Forrest North unveil Mission One, a sleek, powerf…
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What Rumi teaches us about love - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Explore the life and works of Rumi, who became one of the world’s most celebrated poets and mystical philosophers.
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According to legend, the renowned…
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The surprising origins of the word “lesbian” - Diane J. Rayor
Discover the works of poet and songwriter Sappho, and find out why only fragments of her poetry still survive.
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Over 2,500 years ago, one of ancient …
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Can you solve the computer virus riddle? - James Tanton
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Your antivirus squad is up against a code that’s hijacked your mainframe. What you’ve l…
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Can you work out the basketball riddle? - Dan Katz
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You’ve spent months creating a basketball-playing robot, the Dunk-O-Matic, and you’re e…
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A tale of mental illness -- from the inside - Elyn Saks
"Is it okay if I totally trash your office?" It's a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn't a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks cam…
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Can AI foresee someone's breakup? - Thomas Hofweber
Explore one of the main issues of AI-based predictive models and how it affects user decision-making and accountability.
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A couple has been consideri…
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