How Would We Pay Interstellar Workers?

How Would We Pay Interstellar Workers? A contract signed by an interstellar worker today may not be worth much when they return in 20 years.

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The Neapolitan "Kindergarten Ship." For 15 years in the early 20th century, poverty-stricken Italian boys as young as six could better themselves by going to sea on the ship Caracciolo. 

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Here's Why You Might Need to See a Psychodermatologist. We are learning more about the link between our minds and our skin.

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How Terminator 2: Judgment Day Changed the Blockbuster Game. Making a sequel when the main characters had already died was a fairly new concept.

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My Hero Grandmother Who Escaped An Arranged Marriage. She sailed to America by herself at age 13.

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It Wasn't Always Easy to Determine Whether a Person Was Dead. A case from 1702 chronicles how doctors tried to revive a man with procedures that were tantamount to torture. (via Strange Company)

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8 Amazing Lobster Rolls from Across the East Coast. This list is liable to leave you hungry.

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What Would Happen if Everyone Jumped at Once? Could 7 billion people affect the earth underneath us?