New research suggests that individuals who identify as politically conservative are more likely than their liberal counterparts to find “slippery slope” arguments logically sound. This tendency ...

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Jennifer Williams’ commentary about parents’ right to choose what books their children read and/or have access to in school libraries is one more example of the current movement to silence particular ...

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rory McIlroy survived a bizarre encounter with a banana peel lodged in a tree to shoot a 3-under 68 on Saturday at the Crown Australian Open. His round left him nine ...

The rapid depreciation of the Indian rupee against the US dollar and its breaching of the 90-per-dollar mark have set off many questions. Those involved in government or the monetary system have, ...

Alex Ryvchin, the co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, called the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday a “logical conclusion” to the rising ...

The reason we can gracefully glide on an ice-skating rink or clumsily slip on an icy sidewalk is that the surface of ice is coated by a thin watery layer. Scientists generally agree that this ...

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Baker’s analysis, shared in a recent podcast called ‘Invest Like The Best,’ provides the economic logic behind Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) newly revealed “Project Suncatcher” and ...

A transistor that operates with photons rather than electrons is often heralded as the next step in information processing, but optical technology must first prove itself to be a viable solution in ...