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Her support of Democratic candidates has the alt-right furious.
Novels open us to the nuances of being human.
Haley, who's at times been both a supporter and critic of the president, reportedly "shocked" White House officials by announcing the end of her two-year tenure as a U.N. ambassador.
We need religion not to tell us what to think but to help us feel: it has evolved to manage human emotions.
This is doubly worrisome on the heels of the recent UN climate change report, which gave humanity an urgent deadline to cut carbon emissions: just 12 years.
New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used survey data from 2 million Americans to examine the links between climate change and mental health issues.
Experiments show brain-to-brain collaboration.
A new study shows how interbreeding of modern humans and Neanderthals boosted our genomes.
Motivation works in some complex ways. There are reward systems, giving a person something they really want after completing a task. There’s reinforcement, punishing bad behavior and buttressing good behavior. […]
Achieving successful diversity training can be a challenge for many employers because employees may regard this type of mandatory training as unnecessary, cumbersome, tedious, or even aggravating. Many view them […]
The tech giants seem to be all in on blockchain.
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First, we have to understand the internet. Then we have to understand the audience.
This year’s prize represents not just a single example of brilliant work, but generations of advancements that led to it. Every year, the most prestigious prize in the most fundamental of […]
Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.
The age-old question, finally answered. Kind of.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies recently unveiled the Quintero One, a hyperloop passenger capsule that can travel at a top speed of about 760 mph.
Early reports show that it works, as odd as the approach may seem to some fontologists.
A new study finds that naps bring cognitive benefits.