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I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.” Isaacson is an influential public scholar and ...

Every day, countless substances cling to surfaces around us without becoming part of the material itself. This fascinating ...

I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. ” Isaacson is an influential public scholar, ...

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Scientists explore whether humor influenced language evolution, suggesting "survival of the wittiest" shaped communication and cognitive development.

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