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The US Has a Cloned Sheep Contraband Problem
This elephant learned to use a hose as a shower. Then her rival sought revenge — Behaviors reveal sophisticated tool use—and possible “pranking”—among pachyderms
Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya
One of the most confounding concepts to emerge from the cauldron of early 20th-century physics was the idea that quantum objects can exist in multiple states simultaneously. A particle could be in many places at once, for example. The math and experimental results were unequivocal about it. And it seemed that the only way for a particle to go from such a “superposition” of states to a single state was for someone or something to observe it, causing the superposition to “collapse.” Must the observer be human? Can AI Save Schrödinger’s Cat?
A bribery experiment involving people from 18 countries reveals that the phenomenon is largely subject to circumstance […] The bad news is that even those who consider themselves immune to corruption can easily become corrupt
This paper argues that unusual coincidences, particularly those involving historical events, can be viewed as design patterns, suggesting an intelligent influence over the course of events. A compelling case examined in detail using probability theory concerns the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) and John F. Kennedy (1917–1963). This and other coincidences involving historical figures disfavor the materialistic perspective and point to the presence of an intelligent agent acting on a global scale, beyond the arrow of time, influencing human lives and the course of history.
Happiness should be the outcome of doing things you love, not the primary goal.
As scientists of language, the Grimms compiled a massive survey of mythology, edited epic poems, launched a historical dictionary—and collected old stories. As cultural detectives, they cast a wide net, creating a history for a nation that did not yet exist. The idea of one Germany was itself a fairy tale, a political construct shopping for an origin myth, and neither brother lived to see Otto von Bismarck’s triumphant unification of Germany in 1871. […] No German authors have been more translated, not even Goethe.
