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Dubbed "Valeriana" by researchers, the city of 50,000 peaked around 800 AD before being swallowed by the jungle.
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Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, "precrastination," and Westeros lore.
In his new book, "Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy," former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang explores how media narratives can warp public perception of political candidates.
A Nazi institute produced a Bible without the Old Testament that portrayed Jesus as an Aryan hero fighting Jewish people.
Science journals may be lowering their standards to publish studies with eye-grabbing — but probably incorrect — results.
If you’ve ever struggled with the strong force, this explanation is a life-saver. If you ask someone to think about some physical phenomenon that’s responsible for any sort of force […]
There’s a flowchart if you aren’t sure. It’s a situation that comes up all too frequently: an expert in their field publicly states a conclusion that is thoroughly accepted by the […]
"Our data should be ours no matter what platforms and apps we use," Yang said.
Duke University researchers might have solved a half-century old problem.
Researchers discover a massive ceremonial structure of the ancient Mayans using lasers.
The 2020 Democratic candidate's plan to give Americans a universal basic income seems to include a special provision for truckers.
A new survey suggests that free money isn't as popular as you'd suppose.
A universal basic income is just one of Andrew Yang's ideas to update capitalism for the 21st century.
Andrew Yang argues that the Alaska Permanent Fund shows the path to implementing a nationwide universal basic income.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate wants to give every American $1,000 a month – but will that disincentivize work?
These powerful habits from six powerful people are worth taking to heart.
The moral bankruptcy of the European Union, the backlash against Steven Pinker’s defense of progress, and where we go from here.
Sudan leaves behind only two other northern white rhinos, but artificial reproductive technologies could provide a future for the subspecies.
Researchers in Mexico discover the longest underwater cave system in the world that's full of invaluable artifacts.
American ingenuity is often foreign-born. With 51% of tech unicorns (valuation over a billion dollars) having an immigrant founder, we take a look at the Top 20 tech influencers with strong immigrant ties.
A Canadian teen who discovered a lost Mayan city via satellite imagery is not backing down from the critics.
How one researcher created a pirate bay for science more powerful than even libraries at top universities.
It’s what holds the nuclei in atoms together, overcoming electric repulsion. But how does it work? “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say […]
The United States and Myanmar are tied for first overall, with the USA being the only nation to score in the top 10 for all metrics: giving, volunteering, and helping strangers.
Animals behind cages, starving and dying, is an awful sight. It’s an image that underlines the callousness with which humans treat other creatures and indeed themselves. The philosopher, Immanuel Kant, […]
Despite an uptick in tourism and a shortage of hotel rooms, the government has clamped down on citizens offering private rooms to foreign visitors, mainly because those visitors lack basic home training.
Next week, the government will grant licenses to two foreign mobile service providers, who will help it achieve its goal of bringing wireless coverage to at least 80 percent of the country by 2015.