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Neil deGrasse Tyson on Intelligent Design as a Philosophy of Ignorance
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Intelligent Design as a Philosophy of Ignorance

Why even Newton was susceptible to cognitive cop-outs.

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The Neurochemistry of Empathy, Storytelling, and the Dramatic Arc, Animated
The Neurochemistry of Empathy, Storytelling, and the Dramatic Arc, Animated

What cortisol and oxytocin have to do with a 19th-century German playwright.

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Richard Feynman Explains Where Trees Actually Come From and How Fire Works
Richard Feynman Explains Where Trees Actually Come From and How Fire Works

How the light and heat of the sun made their way into your fireplace.

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Minimalist Posters Celebrating Six Pioneering Women in Science
Minimalist Posters Celebrating Six Pioneering Women in Science

One designer’s homage to Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Rosalind Franklin, Grace Hopper, Rachel Carson, and Sally Ride.

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William James on the Psychology of Habit
William James on the Psychology of Habit

“We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone.”

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The Surprising Science of Why It’s Dark at Night, Animated
The Surprising Science of Why It’s Dark at Night, Animated

The glowing edge of space, or how the expansion of the universe is affecting the visible spectrum.

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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus

How a tiny cluster of genes and proteins gave rise to zombie and vampire mythology.

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Timeless Lessons in Ingenuity and Entrepreneurship from the Story of Polaroid
Timeless Lessons in Ingenuity and Entrepreneurship from the Story of Polaroid

The Apple of yore’s eye, or what modern entrepreneurs can learn from Edwin Land.

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The History of Medicine in 250 Milestones
The History of Medicine in 250 Milestones

From witch doctors to human cloning, a visual chronology of the human quest to master health.

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Mockup Diagram Drawings of the Interior of the Space Shuttle, 1981
Mockup Diagram Drawings of the Interior of the Space Shuttle, 1981

“This is a start to get a ‘feeling’ for space.”

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