Under a new law passed last week, a number of Germany’s largest companies must award at least 30 percent of board seats to women by January of 2016. Germany has […]
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A prominent medical professional is calling for the law to further protect children’s health from the risks of secondhand smoke, including appealing to Social Services.
How is it that being hungry controls so much of our behavior not immediately related to the gathering and consumption of food?
Too many top minds have “positive capability” bias. That label usefully contrasts with Keats’ “negative capability,” a poetic idea that applies to many unpoetic experts. It explains why Shakespeare’s psychology is better than much of the modern “scientific” sort.
A new study has found that there are too many studies. So much that there’s an information decay happening in the minds of researchers.
What makes the Sun shine? For decades, the science didn’t add up. “Every time we get slapped down, we can say, ‘Thank you, Mother Nature,’ because it means we’re about […]
Should long-distance couples use social media sites to gauge the health of their relationship? Studies show it’s all about how you use the medium.
Olga Khazan argues that always gunning for the best option may leave us with a feeling of regret — there’s always something better on the horizon. So, instead, be able to be happy with something that’s “good enough.”
We are more connected than ever, and yet people will still accept myths as facts. So, when the truth is just a Google search away, why do we continue to circulate internet myths?
When parents offer too much praise, their children become narcissistic as a result, believing themselves to be naturally superior to their peers and deserving of special treatment from authority figures.
Giving children a fine-arts education is essential to create the kinds of skills necessary for the modern, creative economy, according to UCLA’s Anderson Forecast School of Management.
What false belief is held by 93% of British teachers?
Joy Division’s iconic “soundscape” was designed by a Cornell University astronomer.
People who lose their jobs are less willing to trust each other and that feeling carriers over into their next job, according to a study out of the University of Manchester.
Physicians have long been counseled to have an emotionally sensitive bedside manner, but now scientists are discovering that a doctor’s words also affect our biology.
Uncertainty can be a powerful motivator, according to one group of researchers.
Researchers cast doubt on a widely held belief that a bully must be physically imposing. Their studies reveal aggressive behavior comes first; strength comes as they mature.
Nobody likes to be treated like a tool, so instead of networking, just work on building relationships with people in your field.
Reports on the Apple Watch have said it will change everything — for better or for worse, depending on whom you ask. Mark Sullivan, however, is one of the hopefuls.
The Wikimedia Foundation is taking the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice to court, challenging their large-scale surveillance program.
Advances in download speed, digital storage, and device capabilities have led to an audiobook renaissance. With such a rising demand for spoken entertainment, could the dormant audio drama format make a mainstream comeback?
The latest Scholastic Kids Family Reading Report is out and among its many findings is a reiteration of how important it is to allow children a degree of autonomy when planning their reading routines.
Antivirus software maker AVG has created a new pair of eyeglass frames designed to thwart facial-recognition technology.
Moans, groans, and gripes release stress hormones in the brain.
Since 2011 state officials have been restricted from using the phrase “climate change” in addition to a list of other terms surrounding environmental issues.
Researchers have been experimenting with oxytocin to find it has a range of beneficial effects — one of the most recent being in calorie control.
Over-saturation of a brand doesn’t mean consumers will be able to recall it exactly. Researchers found only one out of 85 students was able to replicate the Apple logo in a drawing, perfectly.
Millennials are the first American generation who have not been taught how to use tools and that could have a negative effect on the country’s trade industries.
When two giant ellipticals get together, the astronomical chaos is beautiful. “Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.” –Yousuf […]
The massive damage humans have done to the natural world has provoked a backlash that could be just as dangerous, or more. There is a growing global rejection of technology and almost anything human-made in favor of whatever is more ‘natural’. But a simplistic rejection of modern technologies eliminates many of our best options for solving the problems we’ve created.