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Solar Eclipses May Have Spurred Both Scientific Curiosity and Economic Development

A study explores the relationship between curiosity, triggered by natural phenomena such as solar eclipses, and economic development in pre-modern societies. Read More ›
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Beauty and Our Privileged Planet

As Jay Richards and I argue in our book, nature seems designed in such a way that the most habitable places are the best places to do science. Read More ›

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