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Why Paleontologists Get Riled Up Over This ‘Heretical’ Pterosaur Concept Art

06.12.15

By Graham Templeton
News

The Quest to Save the World’s Scholars From Persecution and Death

06.01.15

By Justin Rohrlich
Tech

Why Are Paper Maps Still A Thing?

05.29.15

By Jordan Hale
Tech

Faking Taste With Electrical Shocks to the Tongue Is Our Dystopian Food Future

05.22.15

By Kyle Chayka
A Philosopher Explains Why Growing Up Is So Hard

05.15.15

By Arielle Pardes
Tech

A New Breakthrough Could Help the Elderly Echolocate Like Bats

05.08.15

By Graham Templeton
The Company Formerly Known as Blackwater Is Training Canadian Soldiers

04.09.15

By Ben Makuch
A Somali Journal Launched Without Any Somali Editors, Igniting a Debate on White Privilege

04.02.15

By Huda Hassan
Tech

The Unplumbed Depths of Government Data

02.04.15

By Theresa Bradley
Tech

Finally, an Academic Journal You Don’t Have to Read

01.27.15

By Ben Richmond
Tech

The ‘Genius’ Obsession May Be Why Men Outnumber Women in Academia

01.21.15

By Victoria Turk
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