A standard gold bar is worth $1 million after soaring prices catapulted the precious metal to a record-breaking $2,500 an ounce earlier this week.
Anthony Santander hit a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning to seal the Baltimore Orioles' 7-5 victory over the Houston Astros.
Aaron Judge blasted his major league-leading 49th home run, connecting for the fourth straight game as the host New York Yankees beat the Colorado Roc
A female intern in Vietnam recently resigned from her job after an older male colleague allegedly threatened to kiss her at a company team-building event.
Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
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Dylan Matthews, Vox
There are some mysteries that I fear I'll never see resolved. Who was DB Cooper and what happened to him?...
Miriam Solomon, iai
We place high epistemic value on expert opinion and when it reaches a consensus, we may view this as settled science. But, writes Miriam Solomon, we should not equate...
Joe Schwarcz, Mont Gazette
Harvey Whitehouse, Big Think
If asked what the most important social consequences of religion are, many people would say it is that religious beliefs make us act more morally. A survey...
Nicola Davis, The Guardian
Jonathan Jarry, Office for Science and Society
Genghis Khan is more legend than man. We're not even sure when he was born: historians agree it's somewhere in the decade that spans 1155 and...
Maddie Bender, Slate
A new public health rumor is making the rounds on...
Roff Smith, Nature
The Neolithic farmers and herders who built a massive stone chamber in southern Spain nearly 6,000 years ago possessed a good rudimentary grasp of physics, geometry,...
Massimo Pigliucci, Skeptical Inquirer
When scientific skeptics think of a purveyor of pseudoscience, they may visualize a somewhat socially awkward dude with a tinfoil hat. Oddly, however,...
Betsy Holmberg, Psychology Today
It's weird. Time feels faster the older we get. I can think back to an event three years ago, and it feels like yesterday. I still wear the same clothes. My...
Marc Defant, Skeptic
Do we live in a patriarchy? Does toxic masculinity permeate our society? Are they the reasons why women are paid less than men, and fewer women are working in STEM?...
"To be a hater as an adult, you have to have some deep rooted issues you refuse to heal from childhood."
How did you meet your wife? I met my wife, Feyishayo, for the first time in 2011 through a mentor, who is like a father figure to me. He invited her to our church at the time. What attracted you to her? Her simplicity and amiable moral conduct attracted me to my wife. When I
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pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a is hoping that a return to the Grand Slam stage will be just the catalyst he needs to shrug of back-to-back early defeats at the ATP Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati./p pMaking his ninth main draw appearance at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a, Fritz is excited to be back in New York and the Grand Slam stage, on which he has enjoyed consistent success this year... Читать дальше...
The whereabouts of a former Las Vegas Democratic politician around the time a veteran investigative journalist was brutally stabbed to death remains a key question in the ex-official’s murder trial.
Two men were arrested in Sohna for luring a man to an isolated spot and extorting Rs 68,000 under death threats. The victim had arranged the meeting via a dating app. Police identified the suspects through call details and UPI transactions. Harsh Mathur, already in jail for another crime, confessed during interrogation.
Addison Barger will require a video review of his first walk-off homer in Major League Baseball because after his massive moment he had difficulty relaying what it was like to be mobbed by his Toronto Blue Jays teammates.
Amazon India launched 'Project Ashray', creating rest points for delivery executives after facing criticisms for poor working conditions during a heatwave. Collaborating with an NGO, the initiative aims to improve workplace safety with amenities like seating, water, and charging stations. The first center opened in Malibu Towne Boulevard, Sector 47, inaugurated by ILO Director Michiko Miyamoto.