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Telegrams were the “Twitter of the 1850s and 1860s” — and they elicited the exact same overblown fears as Twitter does today.
The creative force behind The Vampire Diaries explains how she learned to deal with her insecurities.
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Who doesn't love a little existential fear every once in a while?
If you want to write and speak well, use common words, not grandiose ones. Unless you're Shakespeare, you're more likely to annoy people.
‘Flow state’ is a peak performance mental state experienced by the world's highest achievers. Learn how it works in just 7 minutes.
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Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
Socrates lived during a time when people did not strive to separate fact from fiction. So how much of what we know about Socrates is true?
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
A classical equivalent to Chanel No. 5.
Late-night shows, developed during the "golden age" of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.
Created in the 1880s, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan," which depicts a father murdering his son, divides Russians to this day.
Omer Bartov, who spent decades studying the unspeakable horrors of genocide, shares how his studies have impacted his own mental health.
Jim Lee, President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, tells us how his childhood obsession with Superman changed his life.
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Legend holds that newly elected popes in the Middle Ages had to present their genitals for inspection to confirm that they were male.
There's a lot to love about the innovations of Scrivener 3 for the Mac.
500 sheep were slaughtered to produce the 2,060 pages of the "Codex Amiatinus," a Latin translation of the Bible.
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Positivity psychologist, lecturer and author Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar shares techniques on how to unlock happiness at work.
Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?
The Universe isn't as "clumpy" as we think it should be.
Nero’s reputation as one of the most malevolent emperors in Roman history might be partly slander.
The Siege of Leningrad lasted over two years and claimed nearly a million lives. It also inspired writers to record the bleak conditions in which they lived.
A quote from a 1995 book by astronomer Carl Sagan describes a world many find disturbingly similar to ours.
The Swedish Academy honored the writer for his uncompromising inquiry into the lasting consequences of Africa’s colonization.
You can learn a lot about life through literature's most unrespectable and heinous characters.
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s "Dune," science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
The author of classics like "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises" is known and loved for his simple yet effective writing style. Here’s how to imitate it.
"Even with my training, I still got insights from the book’s descriptions. That’s how good Carroll is at explaining physics."