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Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social media giant recently announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that reads people’s brainwaves to allow them to type just by thinking. And Elon Musk wants to go even further. One of
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Silent Sam, the statue of a weary, stoic Confederate Army foot soldier, came crashing down Monday night, pulled down from his post at the edge of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus by a howling mob of protesters. But a lot more fell than a Progressive-era statue of a Confederate soldier. Another brick in the wall that
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Tears sprang to my eyes in the fall of 2014 when I read of the short life and impending death of Lauren Hill. You may remember the story, too, though much in our culture works against the retention of stories like Lauren’s for more than a few news cycles. This ill-fated young woman was set
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As the old saying goes, “Healthy body, healthy mind.” It’s become common knowledge that exercise does wonders for human beings in numerous different ways. Not only does it release endorphins, making us feel great, but it’s been seen to affect the brain in positive and sometimes unexpected ways. Now scientists are discovering that silence is one more
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American journalist H. L. Mencken once said, “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, raise the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” Dec. 30 was a day I wanted to spit on my hands. That was the day I read the introduction to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s The Real
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Of all the lessons I learned growing up, the one that made the biggest impression was the commitment to show up every day. On the farm, taking care of cattle and hogs never stopped. Dad had to do the chores, whether it was 100 degrees or a windchill of -40, whether he was sick, sore,
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