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Hope in a Dark Era: In the Face of Barbarism, Thousands Turn to Democratic Socialism

In his book The American Left and Some British Comparisons, published in 1971, the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith sought to analyze the persistent shortcomings of the Democratic Party.

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Ideological Debate

Vote Recount vs the Media Consensus

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The impatience across much of the media is palpable. Recount? Oh groan. That’s not going to change the election results. The consensus “truth” writhing just below the surface of the mainstream, eyeball-rolling

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

The Extraordinarily High Burden of Proof for Violating Liberty

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One less rewarding consequence of that same fact is hearing something like, “Of course you believe in that; you are a libertarian,” in response to some policy conclusion I have drawn.

November 29, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Philosophy

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Human Rights

An End to AIDS: New Vaccine Could Be The “Final Nail in the Coffin” for HIV

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HIV/Aids directly affects roughly 36.7 million worldwide and kills over 1 million each year. A human trial period for the HIV vaccine, known as HVTN 702, started this November for 5,400 sexually active South African men and women between the ages of 18 and 35.

November 29, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Will Left-Wing Terrorism Be The New Law Enforcement Crisis?

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April 1995 put radicalized right-wing terrorism firmly in the minds of Americans and law enforcement, when Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols destroyed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At the time,

November 29, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Police State

Reprogramming the Human Mind: Here’s How We’ll Make Humanity 2.0 [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Building A Better Mind: How Human Intelligence Will Be Supercharged By AI

November 30, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Free Science: A New Company is Making Peer Review Science Free For Everyone

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ScienceMatters is a new journal seeking to democratize scientific knowledge by taking away some of the pretense associated with the most prestigious journals. Greater access by more thinkers to more knowledge is a wonderful ingredient to boost scientific discovery.

November 30, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

India Just Unveiled the World’s Largest Solar Plant

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With 2.5 million individual solar panels across more than 10.36 square kilometers, India's new plant is capable of powering 150,000 homes. The facility puts India on track to be the world's third-biggest solar market by next year, joining several other countries on the path to creating a fossil-fuel free future.

November 30, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Get Involved in the World’s Biggest Quantum Physics Experiment Happening Right Now

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The world's largest quantum physics experiment, run by 12 different labs around the world, will test Albert Einstein's idea of local realism - one of the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics. The experiment aims to use a huge amount of random, user-generated data to test Bell's inequality.

November 30, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Quantum Physics

Thanks to a Novel Protein, We Could Bring an End to Obesity

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Obesity affects more than 600 million adults and around 41 million children under the age of 5 according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers may have found a way to halt the development of both type 2 diabetes and obesity in humans using a recently discovered protein.

November 30, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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