By Agence France-Presse Around another 60 artworks, including pieces by Monet and Renoir, have come to light at the Austrian home of an elderly German recluse whose earlier discovered art hoard is suspected to contain Nazi-looted works. The latest pieces were found at the…
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By Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company The fact that the citizens of “red” and “blue” states live in what are essentially two countries with very different governments has largely flown under the radar, but it may become the defining story of our time. The two major parties are…
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By MARIA CHENG
LONDON (AP) — In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells.
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By Agence France-Presse Millions of poor people in the Philippines will have access to free contraceptives for the first time after the nation’s top court on Tuesday approved a deeply controversial birth control law. The Supreme Court’s ruling was hailed by supporters as a…
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By William Teach Why yes, yes, climate change believers are all about the fascism and restriction of speech
(Wired UK) The UK Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee has recently delivered a report on the state of climate knowledge and communication in the country. Although it…
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http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/ngillespie/2014_04/annefortier2.jpg?h=281&w=250 By Reason.com
How
can a freedom-loving writer make the greatest impact for liberty in
the world today? That’s the question posed by novelist and
libertarian Anne Fortier. For her, the chosen path has always been
through fiction. Even as she pursued a doctorate in the history of
ideas in…
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By Travis Gettys Pele has unveiled an unusual line of diamonds using strands of the football legend’s own hair, local media reported. The man many regard as the sport’s best player of all time presented the ultimate superfan souvenir in Sao Paulo ahead of the World Cup that Brazil…
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By Wade Henderson and Rashad Robinson
Big data is revolutionizing commerce and government for the better, but it is also supercharging the potential for discrimination. Protecting civil rights in this new environment requires a thoughtful update to our nation’s policies on privacy and…
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By The Editors This weekend’s Afghan elections were a happy occasion for a country that has had few such moments of late. Recent months have seen increasing aggression from the Taliban and growing violence in Kabul, the once relatively secure capital. But for a few days this weekend,…
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By Jim Geraghty The American government should not own a car company.That was a wise stance back in 2008, before Barack Obama was elected president; it was a wise stance from 2009 through 2013, when the U.S. government owned a large but gradually shrinking portion of General Motors stock; and…
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