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A growing consensus among those who hold this view is that sleep is needed for maintaining a healthy nervous system, not necessarily a brain.

Confront nature's mysteries, scientists find mutant sea stars surviving in warming waters and that sexual competition forces ducks to grow longer penises.

Because of its commitment to continuing revelation, Mormonism is replete with examples of individual doubt that have resulted in more, not less, religion.

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Frederick Wiseman's 42nd documentary in 50 years of film-making has just been released. What's he making movies about, anyway?

What can we learn from the extraordinary period in Holland's history when a surge in demand for tulip bulbs pushed the price up to exorbitant rates?

Kazuo Ishiguro, an English novelist, won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. His work deals with topics like national identity, memory, and trauma.