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Give a Counterexample

Have you noticed that disputes are often unconstructive, and the winner is the one who shouted louder or expressed themselves more assertively? But if we

How The Rainforests Are Drying Out?

According to NASA’s ground and satellite observations, the atmosphere over the Amazon Rainforest has become significantly drier over the past 20 years. What consequences might

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How to build a skyscraper

An increase
in the number of
stories in multi-level
buildings posed a serious challenge to the global
construction industry. Continued

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How Evidence-Based Medicine Works

According to legend, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used the brilliant diagnostician Joseph Bell as a prototype for Sherlock Holmes. Just one look at a patient

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See the Forest beyond the Trees

A forest — it’s more than just a large group of trees in a particular area. It is an entire ecosystem, necessary not only to

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A Combination Of Properties

Half of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is made up of composite materials, 82 % of the Eurofighter Typhoon consists of them, and some unmanned aerial

An astronaut is standing in front of the moon.

How to Become a Space Tourist

Space tourism is a strange thing. Everyone’s heard of it, but there’s still a lot about it that we don’t understand. Who do you contact

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How Does a Black Box Work?

We often hear about black boxes from news reports about airplane crashes. The information from this mysterious object can help us figure out the cause

A Cockroach Life

“Ew, a cockroach!” Somehow, this is always our instinctive response when we see one of these insects crawling around. What you might not know is

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BOOKS: FROM AN IDEA OF BOOKSHELF

A book is the result of many people’s painstaking labor. All that work just so that we can crack open a book, smell freshly-printed ink,

A boy gazes at the stars through a darkened window at night.

Why Is It Dark at Night?

This is one of the first questions children ask when embarking upon the difficult path to knowledge. So, why exactly is it dark at night?

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