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The greatest of the United States’ homegrown religions – greater than Jehovah’s Witnesses, greater than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, greater even than Scientology – is the religion ...

The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest bird in North America, has existed near the brink of extinction for decades, with its wild migratory population having dwindled to a single flock of 15 ...

Let’s start by observing that, mercifully, not all silences are awkward. Most of the time, even silence in the company of others is not awkward. I’m currently sitting in a busy coffee shop. Animated ...

In this interview from the long-running series Closer to Truth, the British theoretical physicist and philosopher David Deutsch makes the case that understanding the difference between good and bad ...

The misunderstood story of Phineas Gage shows that we need a new way of understanding the experiences of brain injury ...

Take a tour of Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece of organic architecture built atop a waterfall in rural ...

The core of an actor’s work is to create and sustain connection, to build a shared experience with her or his audience. I call these technologies of connection ‘What Actors Know’. You do not have to ...