Perspectives
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The Age of American Exceptionalism is Over
Tom Engelhardt
July 3, 2015
The rise and fall of great powers and their imperial domains has been a central fact of history for centuries. It’s been a sensible, repeatedly validated framework for thinking about the fate of the planet. So it’s hardly surprising, when faced with a country once regularly labeled the “sole superpower,” “the last superpower,” or even the global “hyperpower” and now, curiously, called nothing whatsoever, that the “decline” question should come up. Is the U.S. or isn’t it? Might it or might it not now be on the downhill side of imperial greatness?
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Scientists Seek Ban on Method of Editing the Human Genome
Nicholas Wade
March 19, 2015
A group of leading biologists on Thursday called for a worldwide moratorium on use of a new genome-editing technique that would alter human DNA in a way that can be inherited.
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Humanity Keeps Discovering Brilliant New Ways to Destroy Itself
Leo Mirani
January 15, 2015
Of humanity’s many notable achievements since the end of World War II, perhaps the greatest is simply that we haven’t yet destroyed ourselves.
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Rate of Environmental Degradation puts Life on Earth at Risk, Say Scientists
Oliver Milman
January 15, 2015
Humans are “eating away at our own life support systems” at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years by degrading land and freshwater systems, emitting greenhouse gases and releasing vast amounts of agricultural chemicals into the environment, new research has found.
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Wycliffe Reaches 5.8 Billion People With Bible Translations
Michael Gryboski
November 11, 2014
An estimated 5.8 billion people now have all or some of the Holy Bible translated into their first language, and the Bible is now in more than 2,800 different languages, according to a recent announcement by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.
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Bible’s Most Popular Verse is ‘Be Anxious For Nothing’, Says Amazon
Stephanie Samuel
November 9, 2014
The most popular portion of the Bible is a verse urging readers not to be anxious, according to data released from online book seller Amazon. The online retailer recently released a list of the most popular passages from its most popular books. Amazon’s most popular books include The Hunger Games, The Harry Potter Series, Pride and Prejudice, and the Bible. It found that the commonly highlighted portion of the Bible is Philippians 4:6-7.