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First-Ever Malaria Vaccine Found to Be Somewhat Effective in Humans
The world’s leading candidate for a malaria vaccine has cleared another hoop on the way to widespread use, proponents...
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What Is the Most Important Thing We Can Learn From India’s Religious History?
V.V. Raman says the most important thing the world can learn from India’s religious visions is the doctrine of...
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Scarce Resources, Climate Biggest Threats to World Health
The Earth’s natural resources like food, water and forests are being depleted at an alarming speed, causing hunger, conflict,...
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A Deliciously Thought-Provoking Documentary
Netherlands director Walther Grotenhuis, in his first independent documentary, focuses on the worldwide journey some foods experience to get...
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The Origins of Religion, Beginning With the Big Bang
Despite lengthy discussions of tribal social organization as well as “archaic” societies like ancient Egypt, Religion in Human Evolution,...
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Americans, Like Ancient Humans, Prefer Taller Leaders
“In evolutionary times, when people traveled in small groups and people competed for resources, the argument was that, when...
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What to Expect When You’re Expanding
The world population will hit 7 billion on Halloween this year, according to a guesstimate from the United Nations....
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An Epoch Debate
An influential group of geologists, ecologists, and biologists argue that humans have so changed the planet that it is...
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History and the Decline of Human Violence
Steven Pinker’s latest work is called The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, and it combines...
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Researcher Offers Ideas to Feed the World Without Ruining the Planet
Transform the global food system in the next 40 years by using crops to feed people instead of fattening...