Is inertia of prior ideas the only thing keeping us from the next major revolution in science? This post was written by Brian Koberlein. Brian is an astrophysicist and Senior Lecturer […]
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It’s possible to develop the areas of your brain that control feelings such as kindness, as well as the regulation of difficult emotions. In this way, you can train your brain to be a tougher guard against negativity.
Recent research studies the link between creativity and emotional states, offering answers to the age-old question, “How can I be more creative?”
Every time there’s a new technology, criminals immediately take advantage of it, explains Steven Kotler. It’s only a matter of time before they find new, nefarious uses for 3D printing and synthetic biology.
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France is welcoming Syrian refugees, but the U.S. is frightened. Have we forgotten who we are and how we got here?
The Campbell Soup Company says it will go ahead and label foods that contain GMO ingredients, breaking industry ranks on the issue holding up wider adoption of agricultural biotechnology.
Dr. Sacks died on 30 August 2015, in his home in Manhattan at the age of 82 from liver cancer.
If Americans get a “D” in science, what should the A-students do? “It is worthwhile, too, to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times […]
Life on Earth may not be the only way. But could it be this different? This article is written by Jillian Scudder, currently a postdoctoral researcher at Sussex in the […]
The median house price in London’s most expensive borough is almost six times as high as in its cheapest one.
Wanting to believe in the impossible can be far worse than keeping an open mind. “No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man […]
Leaders at the Federal Reserve will meet later this month to discuss potential rate hikes that have most experts and economists split.
Scientists weigh in on the controversy.
ISIS routinely traffics and sells captured women and girls. Is buying them back fueling more terrorism?
And it couldn’t have done it without the heat from our world. “Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon.” –Langston Hughes If you’ve ever […]
Do these facial composites merely represent national averages, or are they national “ideals”?
Exclusion and a lack of diversity are the breeding grounds for harassment. “There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in […]
Roll over, Picasso, and tell Kandinsky the news.
Add static electricity to the long list of things we thought we understood, but didn’t. “Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever […]
There are three kinds of BS, explains Stewart, and all three made appearances last night.
Always wanted the Zen, but without the meditation? Maybe drawing is your path to mindfulness.
Sure their students won a debate against Harvard, but that’s only one reason the Bard Prison Initiative is changing the way we think about criminals.
With the amount of destruction we’re causing, is it time we curbed our own population?
There are fair quarrels with the details of the Obama Administration plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. But beyond the details, the fact that such a major step is being taken in the first place is a hopeful sign that our leaders can lead with reason and wisdom, and not just follow public opinion and emotion, as we try to find a more sustainable path to the future.
Mariam Sultana became her country’s first woman with a Ph.D. in astrophysics. This is her story, with an update on where she is now. Mariam Sultana, Pakistan’s very first woman […]
When Microsoft’s Windows 10 is released next week in seven countries, each market will receive a specialized version of Cortana, the system’s digital personal assistant (and Microsoft’s answer to Siri). Microsoft has put yeoman’s work into making sure each country’s iteration of Cortana is sensitive to local cultural nuances.
An incredible live-blog of an incredible event. “It’s becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory where sufficiently extreme conditions are ever achieved to test new […]
The best way to benefit from meditation is to start small — really small. Dr. Suzuki explains how short bursts of meditation can change the biology of your brain for the better, making you healthier and more purpose driven.
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Gene Roddenberry would have celebrated his 95th birthday today. Many of his ideas have become reality, but some never will. “‘Star Trek’ says that it has not all happened, it […]