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A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...work with clarity,” Colbert reminded Stewart that for 16 years he had “the power to be a player in the world of media and Washington politics,” even if it was a power Stewart said he didn’t want. Of course, last night’s show was recorded hours before the Republican debate actually started. There was and will be no witty recap of Thursday night’s debate from...
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Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists

...work out the sequence of events that occurred at the earliest stages of solar system formation. Rosetta’s investigation of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko remains exciting because it provides us with a window into the past to a time before the formation of the planets. We can look forward to the next surprises this comet has in store for us. This article was originally...
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When is the best time to buy plane tickets?
Money & Business

When is the best time to buy plane tickets?

...works. For each flight or route (if we are talking about multi-segment itineraries), the airline has a set of available price levels – from the most expensive fully refundable fare to the cheapest deeply discounted non-refundable price. The industry jargon for these prices is “buckets.” Then, seats can be interpreted as balls that are allocated among these buckets....
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Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...worked to build something old in a new way. If the Nano Membrane Toilet saves lives, then we should call it a success. But we need to take a harder look at how we frame these sorts of problems. Do we need cutting-edge nano polymers to solve a problem as old as where to put our waste? Or should our creative efforts be focused in re-arranging governance structures and...
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Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...works. When we experience a painful jab of heat to the skin, how much pain we feel does not simply reflect the amount of heat in the stimulus. The felt intensity of pain, and pain processing in the brain, depend on a range of contextual and cognitive factors, such as whether we are in the presence of a close friend or whether we have knowingly received treatment that we...
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Displaced children of our time
Education & Development

Displaced children of our time

...working for extremely low or no wages, and the despair and uncertainty felt by detainees. Even for young refugees whose age is not officially disputed, turning 18 can come as a difficult milestone. The rights they are afforded as children, such as accommodation by the local authority or leave to remain in the UK, come abruptly to an end. So young people may find...
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...work long hours under harsh conditions and for little reward. She became interested in workers’ education, and ran the library for a club providing members with access to learning. Together with a co-worker she then founded the reading and debating club, Libertas, and later a club for social-democrat girls and women (“Verein sozialdemokratischer Frauen und...
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Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?

...work of a disparate group of American anti-feminist thinkers. They came to prominence in the early 1940s, gained strength in the 1950s, and were provoked to vocal ire by the rise of second-wave feminism in the early 1960s. It is here that we find the origins of four key features of Trump’s campaign. ‘Crooked Hillary’ Trump’s moniker, “Crooked Hillary”, was a...
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