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Bonobos have sex with everybody basically all the time. Well, not everybody. 

We often think that if people get happy, they’ll stop working hard or that happy people are unintelligent.  And what we're finding is just the opposite. 

The world has a hole in it that is shaped just like you and it needs your voice to fill that hole.  

For many of us, adult life is an extension of middle school awkwardness, mitigated only by a cultivated apathy. Sir Ken Robinson says it doesn’t have to be that way.

This topic deserves more attention. Below you will find an [abridged] transcript of a fascinating talk given on Chinese identity by Frank Ching, an American writer and journalist. It touches […]

Here are all of the arguments against Edward Snowden. This is why they are wrong.

There are also outliers like me who would choose to have female children or gay children and would balance things out.

Engineer Alex Hornstein is the creator of Tiny Pipes, a system that's turned out to be a bargain for residents of one off-the-grid Philippine island.

Many Americans seem to hold on to a romanticized portrait of Columbus even when they are exposed to his dark side.

One factor that is involved in resilience is having a moral compass, a set of beliefs that few things can shatter. 

Artists have an implicit understanding of a universal biological principle: "people have limited attentional resources."

California's program is still young and isn’t the world’s first emission trading program, but here are the top four reasons we’re celebrating – and why the global community should, too.

Not exactly, say the authors of a new study. However, they have identified a certain gene variation that causes people to notice the negative more quickly while also experiencing emotional events more vividly.

The ultimatum game is the ultimate test of fairness, and chimpanzees passed the test by going for the fair options.  

“We’re seeing an unprecedented epidemic of depression in our society,” says Dr. Andrew Weil, “More people are being diagnosed with depression than ever, including millions of children.  The latest statistics […]

Technology has a scarcity-liberating capability.  It takes that which is scarce and can make it abundant.

90% of the news in the newspaper and on television is negative because that’s what we pay attention to.

First instituted over 60 years ago to help care for war orphans, the schools eventually began to attract a more moneyed clientele. Today, supporters say they promote independence, while critics say they leave some kids feeling abandoned.

If stars, planets, and biological processes are so common in the Universe, then where is everyone? “If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens… Where Is Everybody?”–Stephen Webb As egocentric as […]

Jack Hidary hopes to model himself after Michael Bloomberg as a pragmatic, nonpartisan politician.

There’s going to be much more, much stronger emphasis on kind of creative work, on generating content. 

I decided that I would attempt to scientifically figure out where on the phylogenetic tree, which is the master map of all the species on earth, where you might put God. 

One of the benefits of being a psychopath is you are not depressed and you are not anxious.

A carbon tax could be devised to incentive consumers to be ever-more energy efficient. 

Brushing your teeth with the wrong hand can increase things that might matter to you much more, like sticking with an exercise program. 

We certainly can’t say that it definitely started on Mars, but it seems very plausible that it did.

Most people listen to win the interaction, not to hear the content. 

The widely-read science news site, Popular Science, recently decided to remove comment sections almost completely – save for a minority of articles. Online content director, Susan Labarre, explains: “Comments can […]

Tory Johnson: While there are plenty of slackers among the unemployed, the vast majority of out-of-work people I know are very eager to find a job.

I think this whole idea owning your work seems silly to me.  I feel you should flip everything.