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Cosmologist Lee Smolin says that at certain key points, the scientific worldview is based on fallacious reasoning

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As the 2020 presidential election draws closer, it’s more important than ever for Democrats to put aside their differences to unite around my feckless centrist candidate. We must remember that this is simply not the time to discuss and debate the merits of each candidate to arrive at a popular consensus pick. That sort of “primarying” isn’t helpful in a primary election, as it will only result in the most popular candidate winning the nomination, which isn’t my feckless centrist.

It seems like every day there’s someone in a fancy office talking about how teamwork and collaboration is the key to success. And yet, most of us are still stuck with the same infuriating video conferencing tools that make people want to give up.

"Talk is dangerous," Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner, aka Flock of Dimes, confides on "The Sisters," before reprising the line a minute later as "Life is dangerous." Her mood is more gently contemplative than alarmed as her voice drifts aloft in a breeze of guitars and keyboards. "The Sisters" is half...

Time proves the irrelevancy of its “Influential 100" list, which asks celebrity pals and fans to write about the magazine’s list of chosen influential people, by including both Christine Blasey Ford and the man she accused of assaulting her.

1. The $9,000 Surface Hub 2S Is a Gigantic Windows Touchscreen With Special Wheels to Scoot Around on  Gizmodo
2. Microsoft Surface Hub 2 hands-on: a $9K PC on wheels  The Verge
3. Microsoft unveils an 85-inch Surface Hub 2S collaborative display  Engadget
4. Microsoft’s more portable Surface Hub 2S ships in June for $9,000  TechCrunch
5. Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2 hands-on: a collaborative PC for the future  The Verge
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Hail to the (master) chief: Orange Is The New Black alum Pablo Schreiber will star in Showtime’s live-action Halo series, based on the Xbox video game franchise, TVLine has learned. The actor is set to play Master Chief, the games’ central character, described as Earth’s most advanced warrior in the 26th century. He’s also the only […]

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Matthew Thurber humorously imagines curating a comics survey for the Whitney Museum in this illustrated piece.

After a disappointing Game 1, Kawhi turned in an all-time Raptors playoff performance and Lowry bounced back. After Game 2, the temperature is much hotter in Toronto

Hail to the (master) chief: Orange Is The New Black alum Pablo Schreiber will star in Showtime’s live-action Halo series, based on the Xbox video game franchise, TVLine has learned. The actor is set to play Master Chief, the games’ central character, described as Earth’s most advanced warrior in the 26th century. He’s also the only […]

The Royals seek to avoid going from the sweepers to the swept.

Afternoon baseball in the Windy City. 1:15 pm CDT first pitch. It’s Brad Keller and Lucas Giolito.

Please just don’t get swept. This road trip is not going to get easier with trips to New York and Tampa on the horizon. Get a W today.

Whit gets the day off, Maldonado is back in the lineup.

Afternoon action in the South Side today.#AlwaysRoyal pic.twitter.com/DFgASsg4GF

Today's #WhiteSox starters! Читать дальше...

By Lauren Block (SR/Tripoli, Iowa), sports information student assistant

In 2010, while promoting The Social Network, Max Minghella revealed that before he wanted to act, his original teenage dream was to direct music videos. Nine years later, the Handmaid’s Tale actor-turned-writer-director finally gets to live out that adolescent fantasy in his debut feature, Teen Spirit, which is as…

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD is Tarantino's ninth film, but it may not be ready for its promised Cannes slot in time. Could he be replaced by Ladybird director Greta Gerwig?

PASSPORTS are vital documents for travel and allow holidaymakers to visit countries around the world with varying degrees of simplicity. An index has revealed the best passport in the world for 2019 - so how did the UK rank?

Lena Scholman won second place in the Star’s annual short story contest.

John Hart was the first-place winner of the Star’s annual short story contest.

Nicholas Anthony James Pullen won third place in the Star’s short story contest.

Okay, so 'Avengers: Endgame' and 'The Lion King' will rule them all, but what about the rest of the big summer movies?

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The World Cup is set to begin with England’s match against South Africa at The Oval on May 30.

In a cryptic tweet, the almost wife of Scoop Makhathini Akhona has responded and well...it doesn't look too good for Scoop.

Why then did Andrew Zondo and Robert McBride go against the ANC's directive and harm innocent people asks the writer

Also opening: Gugu Mbatha-Raw in "Fast Color"; Elle Fanning sings in "Teen Spirit"; Elisabeth Moss in "Her Smell."