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Oxford Expert: 10% Chance Humans Extinct in a Century 0
- Entertainment
- May 18, 2016
I have not been blessed with a refined taste in cinema, with my favorite movie franchise being the Terminator series, especially the second and third, in which Arnie is in peak form. Alas, there’s not enough space here to reminisce, so let’s confine ourselves to the premise for the action. On August 29, 1997, Skynet,
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A Beginner’s Guide to Sex Differences in the Brain 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
Asking whether there are sex differences in the human brain is a bit like asking whether coffee is good for you – scientists can’t seem to make up their minds about the answer. In 2013, for example, news stories proclaimed differences in the brain so dramatic that men and women “might almost be separate species.”
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Racial Unrest is Tame Compared to a Century Ago 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
There is a powerful perception in the United States that race relations are deteriorating. A recent Gallup poll revealed that this view is shared by blacks and whites. Thirty-five percent now say they worry about race relations “a great deal,” up more than 100 percent from just four years ago. This angst is no doubt
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Should Students be Taught to Argue Rationally?0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
Critical thinking has become a buzzword in today’s education system – and for good cause. Effective reasoning skills are essential in the fast-paced information world in which we live. But are students actually learning how to be critical thinkers? Or do teachers really even know how to train students in effective reasoning? If college students
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Don’t Find Yourself, Overcome Yourself 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2016
Selves are not found; they are created. That’s the perennially valid message of some ancient Chinese philosophers, according to the book The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life, by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh, a journalist with a PhD in East Asian history who studied under Puett. Puett, a Professor
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18 Ways Lord of Rings is Christian Allegory 1
- Entertainment
- May 18, 2016
Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.” Is it possible to summarize this dimension of Tolkien’s magnum opus in fewer than 600 words? You better believe it! The connections between The Lord of the Rings and Christianity are numerous. There is a connection symbolically between the One Ring and Original Sin and, therefore, between Mount Doom and Golgotha.
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