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Ever wonder why men finish their meals faster than women? No? Maybe? Well, a recent study shows men eat with more “chewing power” than women and take larger bites.
Resulting from President Barack Obama’s efforts to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba, Netflix has made its monthly video-streaming service available on the island for $7.99 per month.
“They f**k you up, your mum and dad,” poet Philip Larkin wrote in the late work “This Be the Verse.” “They may not mean to, but they do./ They fill you with the faults they had/ And add some extra, just for you.” Larkin kidded that those lines would be his best remembered, a guess not too far off 30 years after his death. Where others see in those lines a perfect portrait of the sour, sad curmudgeon poet, in the new biography Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love, James Booth sees something different. “The poem’s sentiment is sad, but the poem is full of jouissance,” Booth argues. “This must bid fair to be the funniest serious English poem of the 20th century.” Likewise, Larkin — target of posthumous charges of racism, misogyny, and assorted cruelties — could lay claim to being the “funniest serious” English poet of the 20th century. Booth, who knew and worked with Larkin, shows the sweet, happy side of the sour, sad poet and makes a strong case for learning to love Larkin again, if not for the first time.
How does the media talk about men’s and women’s sports? Quite differently, according to Nicholas Subtirelu, a Ph.D. student in applied linguistics at Georgia State University.
Paying it forward — helping others in their time of need — may boost your confidence if you’ve had to ask for help in the past, and more likely you’ll ask for help when you need it in the future.
The chief executive officer and president of NPS Pharmaceuticals walks us through the health innovations we can expect in the coming decades.
Just as smart devices revived the audiobook industry, our tablets and phones are the most accessible language tutors around.
Elementary students in the Anaheim City School District, located just outside Los Angeles, have partnered with local professional teams to teach science lessons based on sports.
Why do we prefer Mr. or Ms. Okay over Mr. or Ms. Perfect? A deeply rooted evolutionary bias propels us to take the surest route to passing on our genes.
When we don’t slow down and don’t allow our thoughts to be expressed completely, we end up talking past each other.
In a Big Think interview, David Westin, who ran ABC News for 14 years, laid out the steps that NBC needs to take to keep Brian Williams at the anchor […]
The Cricket World Cup begins this weekend. If you’re confounded by the game, yet curious to learn, the internet has your back.
One-third of 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States consume energy drinks, leading health officials to wonder what kind of effects a beverage heavy in caffeine and sugar could have on a developing mind.
As reported by The Washington Post’s Max Ehrenfreund, the reasons why Teach For America is receiving fewer applications are manifold, though the main components appear to be the organization’s checkered reputation and the American economy’s recent rebound.
What do British Romantic Era poets and video games have in common? The answer is Elegy for a Dead World, an unlikely game that leaves the players with “no game […]
Our relationship with food has evolved to a point of complexity as some people strive to find the “perfect” diet and eat right to the point of obsession.
Officials wonder how long sled dog racing will survive the warming temperatures, which threaten the very landscape of the race.
Incredible views from a single solar eclipse, thanks to an amazing photography mastermind. “Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The […]
“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one’s garden.”
Journalist Claire Shipman discusses the role authenticity plays in the manifestation and expression of confidence. Shipman is co-author of the 2014 book The Confidence Code.
Since 1946, five major exams that quantify intelligence have shown a steady pattern in which students who choose majors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are generally more intelligent.
Biologist Edward O. Wilson speaks to the impact of synthetic biology and other advances that will reframe how human beings perceive life.
Greece’s new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis warns that the euro zone is “a castle of cards.” Remove the Greeks and the whole thing would fall apart.
What victims really want from the person who wronged them, according to studies conducted in the US and Europe is a sense of genuine remorse along with a sincere apology.
If you think getting an MBA from a prestigious school will guarantee you a job at Google, think again.
There’s more than one way to plagiarize another’s work. Some are going so far as to resort to copying, pasting, and replacing phrases and words with synonyms from the thesaurus — an effective technique with varying results.
Researchers have found connections that suggest a population’s growing rate of obesity could be connected to the proliferation of wholesalers and restaurants in that region.
You won’t believe this view of the far side — and the Earth — until you see it. “When I look at the moon I do not see a hostile, empty world. I see […]
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