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Dr. Brian Hare is a professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and founded the Duke ...

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We can extract CO2 from the ocean. Can it turn into a business?

If you say Lauren Sánchez, I definitely think of Matières Fécales,” I overheard a guest tell another in between cackles as I took my seat at the label’s show at Paris Fashion Week. Indeed, Matières ...

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