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In his 1930 Church History for "upper high school & college courses and adult reading," Father John Laux writes about two ways of knowing God that

Ordinarily, the word "unprecedented" is hyperbole, similar to "Breaking news!" or "Greatest ever!" When used to describe the current danger to American democracy, however, it is all too appropriate. Never in the nation's history have democratic institutions been so at risk under what would first appear to be banal circumstances.

Graphene-based, self-heating wallpaper. The Mona Lisa is attacked with cake, for some reason. A hyper-realistic first-person writer video game in which you try selling short stories to magazines. Morningstar’s latest update on “supply chain disruptions.” Is there any point to recycling plastic? Dyson is closer than ever to robot housekeepers. NY State program distributes robots to the elderly to combat social isolation. A hamster genetic engineering project goes awry. Monotype studies how ...

Ordinarily, the word “unprecedented” is hyperbole, similar to “Breaking news!” or “Greatest ever!” When used to describe the current danger to American democracy, however, it is all too appropriate. Never in the nation’s history have democratic institutions been so at risk under what would first appear to be banal circumstances.

Stop using those boring loading spinners in your user interfaces. Seriously. It's killing your apps' experience more than you know. A loading spinner

A dust-up over an open letter signed by star scholars reflects a troubling trend.

If Romeo and Juliet lived happily ever after, would we have reason to remember them?

The prosecution in the Kim Potter trial argued that consequence was the issue, not the intent. To that I say a resounding “no!”

One of the most powerful tools of learning is the ability to ask questions. Asking questions does not mean we are foolish but it’s just an expression of a

Items from the Sutton Hoo ship burial, now in the British Museum. Top: Gold garnet shoulder clasp encrusted with Sri Lankan garnets (RobRoy/Creative Commons/Wikimedia). Bottom: Gold belt buckle, weighing nearly 1 pound. "All the objects shone in the sunshine as on the day they were buried." — Basil Browns diary, August of 1939. Britains "Dark Ages" may have formally ended in a field in Suffolk, England, on July 21, 1939. Thats when archaeologist Peggy Piggott uncovered a tiny gold pyramid enc...