Intellectual types are usually kind of jerks, right? At least, that’s the prevalent stereotype. We know that Mark Zuckerberg screwed over his good friend Eduardo Saverin. We’ve heard that Jeff Bezos of Amazon delivers some harsh insults to people in meetings. There are numerous complaints from professors that many of their academic colleagues are unpleasant
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If you haven’t learned yet through personal experience, not getting enough sleep can be one of the most detrimental things to a person’s overall well-being. In fact, various different studies have discovered that prolonged periods of sleep deprivation can have devastating health consequences. Here are five diseases and chronic conditions that have been linked to
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Via Newschannel 3 out of Michigan: A Branch County mother says her son was suspended from school for doing the right thing. Kyler Davies, a 7th grade student, found a pocket knife in his backpack. His mom tells us she bought the bag at Goodwill and never checked it. When her son found it, he
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Earlier this week, it was announced that San Francisco State University would offer segregated housing for African-American students. CBS SFBayArea reports: New student housing designed for African-American students and culture is coming to San Francisco State University. African-American students make up just under 6 percent of the campus population and it’s unclear how many dorm
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A couple of years ago, Common Sense Media reported a dramatic increase in the number of children who rarely – if ever – read. In 1984, just under 10 percent of children ages 13 and 17 reported doing so; by 2012, those numbers had risen to 22 percent and 27 percent respectively. So why aren’t
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In 1614, when the telescope was new technology, a young man in Germany published a book filled with illustrations of the exciting new things being discovered telescopically: moons circling Jupiter, moon-like phases of Venus, spots on the Sun, the rough and cratered lunar surface. The young man was Johann Georg Locher, and his book was
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