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Pre-Columbian Chinese Megaships Ruled The Seas, Then They Burned Them
Long before Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic, a Chinese admiral named Zheng He launched the greatest armada the world had ever seen: more ...
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Apps Track How We Fail to Keep New Year's Resolutions
Based on data from the online grocer FreshDirect, many customers fail to keep their New Year's Resolutions. The retailer reported that customers' ...
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Marathon Runners Meet an Unexpected Obstacle
Anyone who's lived near train tracks knows the hassle and inconvenience a passing train can cause. You're already running late, you're driving ...
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Competitiveness is a Better Motivator than Encouragement
If you've ever tried to find the motivation to start exercising more (around the New Year, perhaps), you have likely been encouraged to find a "workout ...
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The 'Quitters Club' Helps People to Not Give Up
On a drizzly afternoon in early 2015 seven people gathered for Washington D.C.'s newest group—The Quitters Club. Tagline: "Let's Give ...
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John Stott's Dying Wish
One of the greatest Christian leaders of the last century was John R. W. Stott, rector of All Souls Langham Place in London and a peerless preacher, Bible ...
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Chief Rabbi: When Judaism Is Easy People Lose Faith
Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, once referenced what he called the "counter-intuitive phenomena of Jewish history"—a ...
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The Old Preacher's 67,600 Pages of Sermons
In Marilynne Robinson's beautiful novel Gilead, the old preacher John Ames starts digging through a box of sermons in his attic. One day he figures ...
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12-Year-Old Girl 'Accidentally' Runs Half Marathon
A 12-year-old girl accidentally ran a half marathon after signing up for a family-friendly 5K run. LeeAdianez Rodríguez-Espada, a 12-year-old student ...
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Scientist Exclaims the Wonder of a Tree's Roots
Science writer Hope Jahren shares an interesting fact about plants, especially how a tiny seed starts to put down roots—the most essential thing ...
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