How Vera Rubin changed the Universe. “Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.” –Vera Rubin Look out at the night sky, and what do you see? […]
Search Results
You searched for: positive thinking
The work of Kremlin-approved philosopher Alexander Dugin provides key insights on the longterm strategy behind Russian hacks of the American elections.
Would you be cryo-preserved, knowing that if you survived, you would wake up hundreds of years later?
The United States and Russia are longtime geopolitical adversaries looking for a new way forward.
Given the FDA’s lack of oversight, the FTC is stepping in to regulate homeopathic products.
Silver medalists are likely less happy than Bronze medalists, because our minds have a tendency to dwell on “what could have been.”
New research at MIT might be a game-changer for Alzheimer’s. But you don’t have to wait to strengthen your brain’s memory system.
Christopher Hitchens argued that religion makes humans “extremely self-centered.”
If you “know” the answer before you ever begin, you might as well not even try. “I have difficulty to believe it, because nothing in Italy arrives ahead of time.” –Sergio […]
How easily grossed out are you? Your sensitivity to disgust reveals more about you than you’d probably be comfortable with, from how you’ll vote in this election to your potential to be a cold-blooded killer.
▸
5 min
—
with
Former FBI negotiator Chris Voss sheds light on communication and indirect messages, the value of empathy in business and in life, and when and how to walk away from a deal.
▸
2 min
—
with
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.
Credit card debt is an increasing problem for many Americans. It seems insurmountable, but it can be overcome. It just needs to be conquered one step at a time, and […]
Demagoguery, colonizing Mars, and the perpetual pendulum of party politics. Princeton Historian Sean Wilentz on the Think Again podcast
Using incomplete facts to spin a false narrative and mislead the public is the modus operandi of a political liar. “I’m not a natural leader. I’m too intellectual; I’m too […]
Neuroscience suggests that we have limited free will, but there is a model of freedom that even neuroscientists support; “free won’t”.
The increased use of smart drugs to boost brain performance is raising many ethical and practical questions.
October had one, November will have one and December will have one, too. What’s the science of Supermoons? “The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It’s […]
Don’t believe every science study you read, because sometimes not even their authors believe them. Here are the issues corrupting good, honest science – and how to fix them.
In Netflix’s “Stranger Things” characters enter a parallel dimension. Could this actually happen?
Our reliance on GPS is not only hurting our learning and memory systems, it’s changing our ethics.
New psychology study finds people of higher intelligence to be much less physical than non-thinkers. You can take the utilized Need for Cognition Test yourself here to see if you’re a thinker.
While cult leaders are alive and well, nowhere is this trend more apparent than in the vegan food industry.
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.
A new study shows how interval exercise resulted in two hundred fewer calories consumed in just thirty-five minutes.
We know that both aerobic exercise and meditation help curb depression. What happens when these interventions are combined?
Scientists conceptualize a potential avenue of creating an embryo with only male cells.
If you’re looking for a point in space, the answer is going to shock you. “The world you see, nature’s greatest and most glorious creation, and the human mind which gazes […]
The question isn’t, “Are you a narcissist?” — it’s “Which type are you?”
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has known two kinds of fear – one good and one bad.
▸
4 min
—
with