Telecommuting breeds bad habits. It’s a good idea to adopt a schedule replete with forays out into the sunlight, as work breaks boost productivity.
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The Universe was 99.999999% Hydrogen and Helium after the Big Bang. Billions of years later, there’s a new contender in town. “When it comes to atoms, language can be used […]
Research suggests jokey explanations will help little ones laugh, which will help them learn.
Researchers find extroverts are too distracted with their social lives to go green.
A recent New York Times op-ed advocating for student loan default has elicited a bevy of critical responses.
Your brain has a smart filter that pushes out irrelevant data so we can be unburdened from remembering.
Live long and prosper…and try not to hit us, please.
Stereotypes can be hard to shake.
One potential solution is to continually freeze and unfreeze an organ in such a way that ice will never form.
The FDA has until the end of the summer to pass a decision as to whether or not flibanserin is safe for the consumer market. Emotions are high and many women would do anything for even a small improvement in their sex lives.
Emerson championed individualism and critiqued the countervailing pressures of society.
Pets are adorable. But our love for pets produces some very un-adorable facts. For example, in the U.S. alone there are 70 million stray dogs and cats, and of them […]
The Daily Table, a new Boston grocery store from the ex-president of Trader Joe’s, sells nearly expired food items at a steep discount.
Who says wearable technology can’t be classy? A company called Italian Tailored Technology is currently crowdfunding the production of a sharp-looking jacket that doubles as a secret agent toolkit.
Meditating on unethical acts may help in making better, more ethical decisions in the future, and, as a result, help you sleep at night and allow you to look at yourself in the mirror.
The first evidence that shows how your lifestyle could alter your child’s genes and their children’s genes has appeared.
Researchers are here to assure you that memory doesn’t go all at once as we age. Some parts strengthen as other parts give way.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874–1965) was a British politician who was the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Obscured by our galactic plane, this once-unknown sight of the southern skies — Westerlund 2 — may house the Milky Way’s next supernova! “The wonder is, not that the field of the stars is […]
No matter how great your expertise, new discoveries await for the curious. “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and […]
The media, health personalities, and our own pedometers constantly tell us to aim for 10,000 steps a day. So, should we?
Bees produce honey, beeswax and… maps? Yes they do, if they’re one of Ren Ri’s swarms.
After 1.8 million miles, Google’s self-driving car has been involved in only 13 accidents — all of which were caused by the other car.
The states of your house, household, and community vary greatly based on where you live. Where does your country stack up against the rest?
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881 – 1960) was an American columnist, well known for his wit and his newspaper column, “The Conning Tower.”
Irritation is a powerful force. It has the whiff of righteousness.
VanDerWaals’ line of app-enabled, color-changing bags could represent the future of tech-driven fashion items.
If String Theory has nothing to do with reality, what are our options? “I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for it to be all […]
Gay rights supporter Patrick Stewart sees some nuance in the debate. Do you agree?
Researchers discuss their research into the Disneyland measles outbreak and why you should vaccinate for the good of the herd.