The nicest response to a critic who gives a product (particularly films, games, comics, etc.) a low score is fans’ insistence that the critic is wrong. Of course, many fans […]
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Inspired by the success of McDonald’s and KFC — which have outlets throughout southern and eastern Africa — other American chains are exploring the sub-Saharan market.
There is a new treatment for C. diff infection that’s safe, effective, and has no known down side except that it’s disgusting to think about.
In their study, Monash University researchers put a number on it: During a 16-minute trip, the average parent takes their eyes off the road for nearly three and a half minutes.
A recently published study confirms that the way in which you frame a refusal can help determine how successful you’ll be with your personal goals.
So long as you’re not being pressured to do it, staying at your desk can result in less fatigue than previously expected, says a new study.
If you’re trying to win a skeptic over to your side, direct and sustained eye contact can work against you, according to new research.
Researchers found that looking at lots of food photos, such as those posted on Instagram or Pinterest, lessened the viewer’s desire for certain foods over time.
Why are all the radicals on the right today? My argument is that we have two problems in Washington: One is hyperpartisanship, as a Washington Post article details. Because of […]
Without access to CDC labs to identify which strains of the virus are circulating, new mutations could be missed.
Currently, about 40 percent of agricultural products go to wast, a percentage that would not be acceptable in any other industry.
Experts say that wireless devices could let more of their health care happen at home.
As the human population continues to inch closer to 8 billion people, feeding all those hungry mouths will become increasingly difficult.
Guest post by Dana WattsCrossposted at www.teachwatts.com As recruiting season is around the corner for international schools and job continue to be posted on TieOnline, I find myself wondering what higher […]
Since open access publishers are effectively paid up front, the more papers they accept, the more money they make.
Don’t abandon state of the heart for state-of-the-art.
The idea is to take yourself seriously enough to be on the journey and to make as much of it that you can possibly make.
A study claims that, compared to nonfiction and popular fiction, literary fiction engages the reader in a type of social interaction with the characters, requiring them to work harder to infer their motives and feelings.
After I learned my why, I literally stopped telling people what I did and only started telling them what I believed.
We live in a world in which most people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work.
The first thing I’ve learned about leading an extraordinary life is you don’t ride the jumps in your path, you ride the path itself.
I think the more transparent that the world gets, enabled largely by technology, the more important it is that you are what you appear to be.
If you want to change a culture, what you have to do is try to change everything all at once.
You have good teachers of all different personality types, all different sizes and shapes. And so this is an art, this is not a science.
John Boehner’s latest move in the political chess game from Hell has moved us deeper into the fiery pit. Even Dante would be shocked. When House Republicans were threatening to […]
Often you’ll find yourself having those sleepless nights in Seattle and in other places and it’s only when you are asleep that you aren’t basically stuck with this metronome of worry.
I would argue that probably there are more people like me who learn through interest-driven learning or through building things than young people who can kind of plan their future and execute against it.
I think online education has the opportunity to completely blow this thing inside out where everybody has access to really great education.
When you’re trying to interact with an ecosystem of ideas, intellectual property becomes an encumbrance.
What’s become clear is that, like romantic love, pregnancy is something that changes the risk and the reward processing circuit of the brain.