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April 25, 2025
Antidote to criminal system? 'Fewer rules, better people'
In his first book, UC Riverside Professor of Philosophy Barry Lam broaches widespread criminalization and argues to return decision-making power to “the street level.”
“The proliferation of rules and mandates is making us dumber, less moral, more deceptive, and less able to govern important institutions,” Lam argues in “Fewer Rules, Better People,” published by W.W. Norton & Company. The book is 157 pages and utilizes narrative to ground abstract ideas.
April 21, 2025
Scientists finally confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958
Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water — a feat long thought impossible.
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