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Alien warning as scientist claims trying to contact other life forms is terrible idea String theorist Michio Kaku has warned against Earth trying to make contact with other alien civilizations which could be "a million years ahead of us in technology" 12:46, 4 APR 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When...

Is the Release of U.S. Diplomatic Cables by WikiLeaks Ethical? Ethical Inquiry is a monthly series that examines ethical questions, highlighting a broad array of opinion from journalism, academia and advocacy organizations. Our intent is to illuminate and explore the complexity of some of the most vexing ethical questions of our time. February 2011 “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” — Louis Brandeis “There is nothing brave about sabotaging the peaceful relations betwee...

In Salem, Hamilton Halls lecture series celebrates 75 years Blake Maddux As is probably more widely known than ever before, Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804. The following year, architect Samuel McIntire completed work on the stately Federal-style structure on Chestnut Street that bears the first secretary of the treasury’s name. Hamilton Hall is amid its 75th year of hosting the Lecture Series on World Affairs. This year’s eight-person roster a...

TRENDSPOTTING When travel resumes, politics is ‘absolutely’ likely to affect where people want to go and where they’ll feel welcome Even before America’s great rupture, there was evidence that travelers preferred to avoid visiting places whose residents didn’t share their politics. By Jon Marcus Globe Correspondent,Updated January 28, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Even before America’s great rupture, there was evidence that travelers preferred to avoid visitin...

Biden promised to return normalcy. It’s a tall order By Victoria McGrane Globe Staff,Updated January 19, 2021, 8:14 p.m. Email to a Friend President-elect Joe Biden.Chip Somodevilla/Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/G When Joe Biden places his hand on the Bible around noon on Wednesday, tens of millions of Americans will exhale in relief, grateful that the tumultuous Trump administration has reached its official end. Biden campaigned on a promise of returning normalcy to the country. No place...

Opinion: In uncertain times, certainty is over-rewarded 15 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM 4 minutes to read The psychological analogy of the fox and hedgehog offers a valuable lesson in uncertain times. Photo / Getty Images The psychological analogy of the fox and hedgehog offers a valuable lesson in uncertain times. Photo / Getty Images Financial Times By: Jemima Kelly Type the words "kind of", "probably" or "perhaps" into an email in Microsoft Outlook and the program might well tell you to think...

Dec. 15, 2020 Credit...Illustration by The New York Times; photographs by Erin Schaff/The New York Times and Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell, the most powerful Republican in Congress, finally recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect after the Electoral College certified his victory on Monday. “The integrity of our elections remains intact,” Mr. B...

That hes so insecure, hes so, you know -- his ego is so fragile about the fact that he barely skated to victory with 55,000 votes, that anything that questions that legitimacy he simply cannot accept in his brain and therefore is willing to go to these kinds of outlandish lengths in order to somehow secure his time in office. and furthermore, this is all about not 2016, but 2020. and so part of the reason that impeachment becomes necessary and the trial becomes necessary is that this is a presid...

Msnbc political contributor rick tyler. and joining the conversation, senior editor for national review and bloomberg view columnist. and professor of international politics at the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university, daniel drezner. well start with hans nichols live from west palm beach, florida. hans, whats on the administrations plate this morning and the presidents conspiracy theory about ukraine -- well, putins actually -- that continues to be put out on sunday intervie...

President trumps approval hasnt really changed much. hasnt really changed much for years now. so i think at a certain point you have to step back and say, lets do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. i do think that its important for the people who are advocating impeachment and removal to not try to respond to political games with their own political games. so if you think that the senators are not going to do their constitutional duty, i think its a little bit too clever to h...