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Welcome to Star Trek: Discovery. From science to ethics and more, how does the new series’ debut stack up? “If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a […]
The US Air Force’s Space Horizons Team wants to juice America’s space program. Here’s how.
Talking about politics in the office is stressing people out and hurting their productivity. Many discussions are erupting into full-blown arguments, and millennials are particularly likely to witness political escalations in the workplace.
The days of the all-night cram session are numbered.
Anxiety can be a force for good, writes Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön.
A new study says running enhances connectivity in areas of the brain associated wth high-level thinking.
A study finds that just 30 minutes of memory training per day, for 40 days, can reorganize your brain connectivity.
Researchers study the “paradox of happiness” to find out how get into “flow activities” that would make us happiest.
Studies show that participants who had more travel experience were more likely to cheat on tests, and believe in moral relativity.
A patent filed for Amazon’s “airborne fulfillment centers” reveals the e-commerce giant’s plans for the future of delivery.
Luck doesn’t receive enough credit.
If Indiana Jones and Google Earth had a love child, it would be GlobalXplorer, a “space archaeology” software by TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak.
Certain sounds, like chewing, drive misophonia sufferers mad. New research might have found a neural misfiring.
Building a close relationships with your adolescent may seem like the most difficult task but it is one of the most important ones.
This study reminds us that we are stardust, operating under the same laws as any other form of matter.
A new Yale-Harvard study categorizes gun violence as a social contagion and a public health epidemic. If nothing changes, over 33,000 people will die at the end of a gun this year in the United States.
“Shut up and take my money” isn’t just a meme anymore, it’s the way people are increasingly choosing to access art, news, and culture.
Is there such a thing as boredom, or is it an all-encompassing term for a variety of root causes like apathy, frustration, or depression?
What if you found out your disaster relief donation did more harm than good? Juanita Rilling explains the humanitarian logistics of unwanted donations, and how you can give in a more informed way.
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Yale psychologist Paul Bloom suggests a bit of reason in your feeling in his new book, Against Empathy.
Is introversion sometimes invoked unwittingly to mask outright rude behavior? The answer is: it’s complicated. Here’s what introverts and non-introverts can do to navigate the complexity.
Shouldn’t that be Hindenburgburg, mate?
When dating online, people disclose personal details more readily than in real life. This leads to a false sense of intimacy that can result in serious misunderstandings over sexual desire.
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If it weren’t just the three space and one time dimensions, what would be different? “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a […]
Just imagining movement fires the same neurons as if we were actually moving. A new study shows we can wake our sleeping mind to practice motor skills in our dreams.
According to Pulitzer prize-nominated writer Nicholas Carr the internet is a utopia in which we never have to confront anything. When technology and humanity intersect, how does it affect our brains, our intellect, and our ability to explore?
According to Tali Sharot, our innate optimism bias is necessary, but needs to be taken in doses.
Earth is pretty much the limit of how large you can get and still be rocky. Anything much larger, and you’re a gas giant. “How vast those Orbs must be, and […]
The Los Angeles Hope Festival is the celebration and examination of hope and optimism, two paradigmatic mental attitudes that play a vital and influential role in our daily lives.