Professor Benjamin Ginsberg of Johns Hopkins, the nation’s leading critic of administrative bloat in higher education, has a modest proposal worthy of Jonathan Swift himself. If we’re going to have the […]
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Toddlers’ speech patterns were thought to lack the grammatical architecture used by adults, but new research suggests that children just learning to talk have already begun obeying grammatical rules.
As we move toward a more cashless society, the dangers of credit transactions are becoming more apparent as those vulnerable to abusing credit also increase in number.
‘Midway in the journey of our life I came to myself in a dark wood, for the straight way was lost. Dante Alighieri was about 35 and suffering from what […]
New research suggests that the father-child bond is remarkably similar to the mother-child bond in terms of the essential physical communication that takes place during a child’s infant years.
During a crisis, the demonstration of wealth via the purchase of luxury items is more effective at exhibiting qualities favorable to survivability than such purchases in favorable economic times.
The vastness of our scientific ignorance is especially evident when it comes to explaining how life arose on earth.
Study after study tells us somewhat disturbing things about the solidity of human character: There is no single version of “you” and “me” even though we talk as if there were.
In 2013, an American prisoner fought for an execution: “for” not “against”. The question is whether we should have allowed him to commit suicide and/or receive help in doing so. In […]
In experiments on non-human primates, biologists are working to switch off the gene, controlled by proteins myostatin and activin A, that keeps muscle mass between certain boundaries.
By injecting a virus with a normal gene directly into the retina of an eye with a defective gene, researchers have successfully restored some sight to more than a dozen people with a rare inherited eye disease.
The Supreme Court has ruled against a Utah-based genetic testing company in a decision which defines the legal limits of ownership over the building blocks of life.
MIT developers have created a system that uses a computer-generated face and specialized software to help people with social phobias and others practice their interpersonal skills.
Retaliation is illegal in the US, but businesses and organizations tired of being vulnerable to cyberattacks are reviewing what counterattack options they do have.
by Suzanne Ehlers, for Population Action International A walk to her local clinic may take several hours. She may have to wait in line. She may have to go back […]
“We’re seeing an unprecedented epidemic of depression in our society,” says Dr. Andrew Weil, “More people are being diagnosed with depression than ever, including millions of children. The latest statistics […]
Beveridge did what he loved, followed his dream, and ended up beating the odds. Maybe his success is not such a fluke after all.
We have a misconception that making things “isn’t knowledge work and it isn’t about ideas.
The brain is the most demanding organ that your circulatory system has to feed.
Other people are really just another version of you. It’s nothing fancier than saying, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
The efficient market model states all security prices today reflect all available information and only new information is going to change the price.
When you tell a child “You’re so smart,” you’re unwittingly encouraging a fixed mindset.
Having superpowers, without the enlightened self-interest in making your company extraordinary, is the fast track to self-destruction.
Continued high unemployment among younger workers — and the potential for explosive social consequences — are causing officials to think about retiring older workers. However, many economists say this is (still) a bad idea.
Public health researchers have found that when employees are given a day or two of paid recovery time, the influenza virus spreads through the office at a much slower rate, further reducing absences.
In a controversial book, What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, journalist Daniel Bergner argues that female sexual desire is just as strong and just as […]
How all the parts of the brain come together so that you have a unified perception of the world is one of the unsolved mysteries in neuroscience.
The idea that there’s this massive amount happening under the hood came from Freud.
Think of consciousness as essentially the company president that has to arbitrate all the different mechanisms.
Three nights a week, as many as 300 Runners Venezuela members jog along the streets of Caracas to maintain their fitness while avoiding being kidnapped. It’s one approach to maintaining normality in an increasingly dangerous city.