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Peak Oil is a popular idea, but we're nowhere close to reaching it.
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Technically, no one owns or can lay claim to the Moon. But if we start routinely staying on its surface, the law may need to change.
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Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the myth of communism leading to atheism persists.
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AIDS is a terrible disease afflicting tens of millions of people. So why are some experts upset that fighting its spread is getting so much attention and funding?
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A new space race may be on, and this one will have far more competitors aiming to go to the Moon and stay there longer than the others.
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We need to lift the ban on embryonic stem cell research if we want to help millions of people who suffer from complex degenerative diseases.
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Believe it or not, over the long term, political discourse is getting a lot less nasty on average.
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There's a very good reason why religion should have no say in government: the government won't be able to say no.
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How junk science led to the one of the darkest chapters of human history.