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LIFE 
February 8, 2019 ‘First Reformed,’ ‘Beale,’ Focus on Characters from Different Walks of Life
Many of this year’s films nominated for original and adapted screenplay center on issues of class, race, diversity, and marginalized individuals who are living on the fringes of society, or operating within their own personal realm to the extent that they feel like outsiders to the rest of the populace. When narratives explore events from […]
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LIFE 
January 30, 2019 Without the Impact that Formed the Moon, We Might Not Have Life on Earth
The Earth wasn’t formed containing the necessary chemicals for life to begin. One well-supported theory, called the “late veneer theory”, suggests that the volatile chemicals needed for life arrived long after the Earth formed, brought here by meteorites. But a new study challenges the late veneer theory. Evidence shows that the Moon was created when […]
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SUCCESS 
January 2, 2019 Badhaai Ho Director On The Success Of His Film And His Next Project With Ajay Devgn
The unprecedented success of Badhaai Ho – a Bollywood potboiler with a difference – has set new precedents. Director Amit Sharma, now ready to help a film about football coach Syed Abdul Rahim, says his edge as a filmmaker lies in the fact that he likes chasing big ideas. It is something he did with […]
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SUCCESS 
December 30, 2018 Badhaai Ho Director On The Success Of His Film And His Next Project With Ajay Devgn
The unprecedented success of Badhaai Ho – a Bollywood potboiler with a difference – has set new precedents. Director Amit Sharma, now ready to help a film about football coach Syed Abdul Rahim, says his edge as a filmmaker lies in the fact that he likes chasing big ideas. It is something he did with […]
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MOTIVATION 
December 17, 2018 The co-founder of billion-dollar start-up Klook found his business partner on LinkedIn
Klook Klook’s executive team featuring David Liu, Bernie Xiong, Anita Ngai, Eric Gnock Fah and Ethan Lin, chief executive officer. When Eric Gnock Fah dreamed up the idea for a new business, he did something rather unusual — he headed straight to LinkedIn. He wasn’t rushing to update his job title to “entrepreneur.” No. He […]
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PODCASTS 
December 5, 2018 Stay Liquid, Stay on Top
Fixed deposits may be one of the most popular investment products for risk-averse investors. However, fixed return investments are not entirely risk-free. “Even a fixed return asset class has risks like interest rate change in the market, default by the issuer, etc. Fixed deposits absorb some amount of the risk in terms of default, and […]
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QUOTES 
November 25, 2018 Gerard Pique clarifies on controversial quotes about Roger Federer
In October, the FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, announcing the new Davis Cup format in a conference call in Madrid, said that ‘Roger Federer’s legs can do only what they can do’. These quotes turned viral and sounded like a Pique’s criticism towards the 20-time Grand Slam winner, but in a recent interview to L’Equipe, […]
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November 21, 2018 7 Podcasts to Binge on Your Thanksgiving Road Trip
Thanksgiving is here, which means more than a few of us—hell, a record number of us—will be traveling to feast with family and friends. Whether you want to make the journey a little smoother or just block out the sound of your racist uncle after dinner, we’re here with a list of seven Slate podcasts […]
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LIFE 
October 8, 2018 UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists reported Sunday. But they provide little hope the world will rise to the challenge. The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued […]
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LIFE 
September 17, 2018 A Neuroscientist Tries to Explain The Meaning of Life Based on How Evolution Shaped Our Brains
What is the purpose of life? Whatever you may think is the answer, you might, from time to time at least, find your own definition unsatisfactory. After all, how can one say why any living creature is on Earth in just one simple phrase? For me, looking back on 18 years of research into how the human […]