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A team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has successfully modeled how group decisions form from seeming chaos.
One of the eminently amusing and frustrating things in life is how people suspend common sense when thinking about anything related to their bodies or their health. Most people understand […]
Winners of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival have been announced and distribution deals have been cut (to the disappointment of on-demand platforms like Netflix and Amazon).
It’s 1962 in an America that has lost World War II…
Live-streamed from Perimeter Institute, & exclusive real-time commentary! “Every generation of physicists solves some old puzzles and finds some new ones.” –Dr. Kendrick Smith I want you to think back […]
The power of positive thought has a double edge: on one hand it helps us cope when we’re faced with difficult circumstances, but if not checked with a dose of realism, it can set us up for defeat.
Gaps in public services available to women are closing, but women still lack a participatory voice in economic and political matters.
Too much of a good thing can be harmful and that includes exercising. A 12-year study found people who did strenuous workouts died at the same rate as couch potatoes.
It may sound obvious, but debt can be a major strain on a person’s mental health. So, it’s interesting that a recent study is among the first to explore the link between student loans and a decrease in mental well-being.
As we all come to grips with the groundhog’s latest prediction that we’ll be facing six more weeks of winter, businesses should be glad. Researchers have found a correlation between bad weather and an uptick in productivity.
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
The author of The Internet is Not the Answer decries the free business model that has brought so much success to companies like Google and Facebook.
While some school districts have experimented with holding classes via the internet during bad weather, the format isn’t wholly feasible for all subjects.
The way most helicopter parents behave, you’d think the daily chance of dying is equal to a coin flip.
Every form of medical therapy has a Number Needed to Treat (N.N.T.) and Number Needed to Harm (N.N.H.). These statistics help patients learn whether a treatment is worth pursuing.
Without a nuanced understanding of what it means to be authentic, we easily shirk the effort required to fully explore our range of personal and professional potential.
I began the new year on a very positive – and inspiring – note after reading Eric Liu’s latest commentary on “Radical Empathy”. The founder and CEO of Citizen University, […]
One of the field’s most acclaimed psychiatrists explains the dangers of neglecting the severity of intense traumatic experiences.
Pope Francis’ remarks on climate change, that we must collectively account for our mistreatment of nature, has also weakened the GOP’s political narrative in which they appear as the party of God.
Some may be shocked or relieved to hear a study recently revealed that older people enjoy having sex well into their seventies and eighties.
Tablets and smartphones are often used as a pacifier during mealtime for youngsters. But researchers speculate that this use could be detrimental to a child’s ability to learn self-control.
Americans are brought up on the idea that if someone works hard enough, they can move up in society. When in reality this kind of social mobility—a rags-to-riches story—is hard to come by.
The largest, diffuse sight in the sky is full of wonder. (And stars, and more!) “The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in […]
Legislators in several different states are trying to keep cursive alive by introducing bills mandating its teaching. Some experts—including the architects of common core—don’t feel it’s a priority.
The theories that physicists have amassed over the centuries to explain our understanding of the universe are ultimately paradoxical.
High-intensity exercise is better at preventing conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, than typical sustained activities like jogging or biking.
Creativity comes at unusual times: in the shower, when you’re out for a walk, seemingly when we aren’t doing anything—when we’re bored. But smartphones assure that our minds are never without occupation.
Say “I still love you, but I’m furious” with the adorable, contemptuous Japanese concept of the “Revenge Lunchbox” (Shikaeshi Bento). “If you prick us do we not bleed? If you […]