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Every year, federal, state, and local governments spend nearly $1 trillion to fight poverty, yet millions of Americans remain trapped in poverty with little hope for the future. Could the welfare system itself be part of the problem? Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers make the case that our current welfare system has failed the poor, hurting the very people it is supposed to help. They suggest that good intentions are not enough and that if we truly want to reduce poverty, we need to understand the limits... Читать дальше...

For the first time ever Silicon Valley hosted it’s very own Comic Con. It didn't quite measure up to the San Diego incarnation that dominates entertainment headlines every year, but it shows promise.

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Jason Brennan is author of the new Libertarianism.org guide, Political Philosophy: An Introduction.

Three years after that first devkit came out it’s showing up at people’s houses starting now. The Oculus Rift proves that this is not a phase. This is the first real step into the world of VR.

Shark Week. Aunt Flo. Period.

All of these words are euphemisms for one thing: menstruation. So why can't we just use the word menstruation instead of all of this period slang? Well, there's probably a lot of reasons we're always looking for other words for period, ranging from everything from social pressures to the idea that the word menstruation is just a little bit hard to say. 

An international survey conducted by the health app Clue found that there are more than "5,000 different... Читать дальше...

The study assessed the diets of tens of thousands of men and women

The Oculus Rift is now shipping. Four years of intense work led to this moment. WIRED got to look at some of the early prototypes that would have never made it to market.

Kate Eaton writes: On Saturday 19th March Bromley and Leander swimmers met for the second Bromley vs Leander Dual Meet of the season – the first having been last September. This time the venue was Alleyn’s instead of JAGS and … Continue reading →