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Science is in a reproducibility crisis. This is driven in part by invalid statistical analyses that happen long after the…
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The Harry Potter universe has become a popular setting for stories featuring autistic characters, written by young writers…
The country's carbon emissions should level off again soon.
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The history of Britain's vote to exit from the European Union, known as Brexit, is not a tale of populist resentment…
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Whether a technology helps or hurts someone depends not on how much time he spends with it, but how he uses it.
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Drivers buy less gas when filling the tank burns holes in their wallets.
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